Despite the contrasting league positions, it would be naive to reach the conclusion that Coventry will not push Blackburn all the way in this contest. Nevertheless, despite the Sky Blues having the potential to get back to winning ways, we can only back Blackburn to come through in a closely-fought match.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Coventry City win with a probability of 41.65%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 30.59% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Coventry City win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.41%) and 2-0 (7.91%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 0-1 (10.1%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.03%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 12.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Coventry City in this match.
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