Bookies Going For Blackburn

Last updated : 11 February 2009 By Covsupport News Service

Blackburn Rovers are heavy favourites going into the FA Cup Fifth Round tie on Saturday with Coventry City at Ewood Park.

Bookies BET365 have the Sky Blues as a 9/2 shot to win with Blackburn 8/13 on . You can get 11/4 on a draw.

This is the 35th meeting of the two sides with Coventry having won 16 of those games. There has been fives draws. City have scored 52 goals compared to Blackburn's 43.

City have travelled to Blackburn for an FA Cup tie on three previous occasions and won the last two. Last season, Jay Tabb set up all four goals in a 4-1 win whilst on Feb 15th 1997, City won 2-1. In January, 1980 top flight City lost to Division 3 Blackburn Rovers 1-0.

Last Season's teams
Coventry City
Konstantopolous, Borrowdale, Ward, Turner, Osbourne, M.Hughes, Tabb, Doyle, Mifsud, Adebola, Best SNU De Zeeuw, Kyle, Simpson, Gray,Thornton

Blackburn
Friedel,Samba,Tugay,Emerton (Pedersen 59), McCarthy,Bentley,Khizanishvili, Mokeon,Rigters (Nelsen 59),Berner,Treacy (Derbyshire 68) SNU Brown,Warnock.

Ht BRFC 0-1 CCFC FT BRFC 1-4 CCFC ATT 14,421
Goals Michael Mifsud (33 & 92), Elliott Ward (63 Pen),Dele Adebola (83), David Bentley (85)
Ref Lee Probert Booked Michael Doyle, Khizanishvili

Head to Head http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp