National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Blackburn Rovers or Cardiff City that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
Blackburn have reached this Carabao Cup stage through battling and winning against Harrogate Town and Walsall. Blackburn Rovers was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Carabao Cup.Blackburn Rovers have played 4 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Tomasson led his Blackburn to a defeat away at Ipswich Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ewood Park. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Pears had a busy but productive day in the Ipswich Town match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Preceding that match was a Championship defeat to Sunderland (1-3).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackburn Rovers handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Blackburn Rovers as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Leicester City are visiting.
The Blackburn fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Blackburn Rovers defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Cardiff City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Colchester United and Birmingham City in order to reach 3rd round of Carabao Cup.The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Two trips in a row for Cardiff, whose coach Bulut could celebrate last time after the win against Sunderland. Cardiff City goalie Alnwick was high and low in the Sunderland game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Alnwick (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.94. Alnwick topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Coventry City in the Championship.We have checked recent matches where Cardiff City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cardiff are hosting Rotherham United in the Championship only three days away.
Cardiff City has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cardiff have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Blackburn Rovers won four games, four matches ended with a tie and Cardiff City got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Szmodics 5 goals |   I. Ugbo 3 goals |  A. Ramsey 3 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 6.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 11.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 39% | ||
| 12.6 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Preston North End | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Hull City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Leeds United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Millwall | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Southampton | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Watford | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 21 | Swansea City | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 5 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 2 |
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