Home advantage could prove decisive in Blackburn Rovers - Hull City battle

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

Championship: Blackburn Rovers welcome Hull City in what is nearly guaranteed to be an engrossing football game. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Championship
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

D L L L W

Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ewood Park as Blackburn Rovers have scored 25 goals to get 40 points from 19 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 13-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Blackburn travelled for their previous game, a trip to Huddersfield Town that ended 2-2. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Huddersfield Town as Hedges's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. The hometeam coach Tomasson made a successful contribution in the game against Huddersfield Town, bringing on Hedges who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Morton (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Morton hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 80 successful passes (of 88 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Norwich City (0-2).

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 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Blackburn, as the Championship home game vs Coventry City is only four days away.

Blackburn Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 19 games. Blackburn Rovers have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

W D D D L

Hull City form and stats

5 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Hull City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. It's three draws from Hull City's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

The regulars enjoyed Hull's previous fixture versus Millwall (placed 5th), a 1-0 win played at home. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone five league fixtures without victory. Hull City goalie Darlow was high and low in the Millwall game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Darlow (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.13. Darlow topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 4-4 draw at Sunderland's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Hull City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 15 of this side's latest 20 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.

Hull have another game that requires travelling in just four nights, a Championship match vs Middlesbrough. A rough programme for them!

Hull City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 20 league away games 26 goals have been scored. As for defending, Hull rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 31 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played before this season: Hull City - Blackburn Rovers 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Blackburn Rovers wins - draws - Hull City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hull CityO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
13 goals
BlackburnB. Brereton
B. Brereton
12 goals
Hull CityO. Tufan
O. Tufan
7 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Hull City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Hull City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
40 19 6 Played P 5 20 41
19 13 4 Won W 0 5 13
5 1 0 Drew D 3 8 13
16 5 2 Lost L 2 7 15
45 25 9 Scored S 2 26 48
47 16 5 Conceded C 5 31 57
98% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 80% 85%
65% 58% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 65% 71%
45% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 45% 44%
15% 11% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 40% 27%
8% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 15%
38% 37% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 55% 51%
35% 53% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 27%
30% 16% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 40% 37%
 
4.3 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.6 4.8
5.5 4.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.4 5.3
2.1 1.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
9.9 11.4 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 9.3 10.6
3.5 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.6 3.2 3.1
32% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 40% 37%
 
11.9 10.7 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 18.2 13.5 12.6
3.8 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.6 4.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hull City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

Blackburn Rovers:
Hull City:
Championship:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

More from England - Championship

Read more about Championship

The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.