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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 42 (setup 4, season 27)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Coventry City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Mamadou SAMASSA1Craig GORDON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA72Federico FERNÁNDEZ
Patrick VAN AANHOLT3Cristian MOLINARO
Rhys WILLIAMS747MIGUEL Luís Pinto VELOSO
Vegard FORREN58Laurent KOSCIELNY
Joost VAN AKEN666Damien PLESSIS
Felipe TEIXEIRA78Siem DE JONG
Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez86Nikola SARIC
Sjoerd ARS98Frederico Chaves Guedes, FRED
Nicolas MARIN6106Stefano OKAKA Chuka
Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona711Nacer BARAZITE
Manager
Danny GRAHAM12Glen JOHNSON
David RAYA Martin13Heurelho Silva GOMES
Peter WHITTINGHAM14François CLERC
MIKEL ALONSO Olano156Marco FILIPPINI
Stefan MOORE16Gabriele PUCCIO

Blackburn Rovers 2 Coventry City 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 19,870, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Andy PENN 5)
6 Saizar, 68 SaizarScorers55p Fred
68 Marin <=> WhittinghamSubstitutions68 Fernández <=> Filippini
Sendings off
Bookings1 Barazite, 56 Okaka
2Corners1
13Fouls6
0Offsides8
6Shots on4
7Shots off8
13Total shots12
4Shots saved3
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Frederico Chaves Guedes, FRED
1A high challenge on FORREN by BARAZITE results in a booking.
2The Coventry City 'keeper blocked a clever strike from ARS.
6GOAL!! A wonderful shot from VAN AKEN was punched clear by the Coventry City 'keeper only as far as SAIZAR who nudged the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
7The motionless Blackburn Rovers 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from JORGE TEIXEIRA fell just wide.
12FERNÁNDEZ waltzed past VAN AKEN and flicked a weak shot over.
15A free-kick from ARS went over.
25MIGUEL VELOSO made space on the right and touched the ball to OKAKA who fired the ball wide.
26OVIEDO worked the ball to ARS, JORGE TEIXEIRA collected his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of GORDON.
27GORDON dived to his right to save an accurate shot from Blackburn Rovers's MARIN.
27ARS was put clear by FORREN and he beat the Coventry City 'keeper but struck his shot just wide.
31SAIZAR rushed a simple chance.
37A corner was collected by OKAKA who turned an effort wide.
40OVIEDO headed inches over.
 
47FRED headed the ball wide from just inside the area.
54SAMASSA saved a beautiful shot from BARAZITE.
55GOAL!! A foul on MIGUEL VELOSO inside the area gave Coventry City a penalty which FRED buried.
56OKAKA booked by the ref.
57ARS floated the ball to OVIEDO who nodded it just beyond the far post.
68GOAL!! Some steady work by ARS on the right, left SAIZAR yards clear, and he dummied GORDON and blasted the ball home. (2-1 Blackburn Rovers)
70A penalty box meleé resulted in SARIC knocking a low shot wide.
72A shot from FILIPPINI was smothered by the 'keeper.
86MIGUEL VELOSO drove a right foot shot wide from close range.