Championship match forecast and preview for the Blackburn Rovers vs Luton Town battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 01.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park

Championship: Two squads in reasonably good form get together for this fixture. Luton Town might have a tiny advantage with their 3rd position in the table?

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Championship
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Championship

Luton Town are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Blackburn Rovers at their home stadium (Ewood Park) is 13 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

The Blackburn club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Ewood Park: A 0-1 defeat against Burnley (placed 1st). The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in four league matches. Midfield player Hedges got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, the max score being 10. Hedges hit three key passes.

Before that, Blackburn Rovers played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Preston North End.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Blackburn have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 4 and lost 4.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 17 league games, 13 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

The Blackburn Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Blackburn Rovers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ewood Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 18 from 22 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Luton Town form and stats

Playing away, Luton Town have won 11 games, drawn 7 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Luton as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Impressive finishing from Lockyer and Morris secured the home win 2-1 against Middlesbrough in their previous game. Which player has bagged at least one goal four games in a row for the away team? The answer is Morris and that is quite the accomplishment! Defender Lockyer was the best team player with a rating of 7.7. Lockyer scored one goal and won 3 of 3 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Reading.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Luton Town in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Luton Town, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 15 of this side's most recent 18 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Luton Town have scored 25 goals in 22 league games away. Luton are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 17 times in 22 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams encountered each other earlier this season: Luton Town - Blackburn Rovers 2-0. Blackburn Rovers-Luton Town H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Blackburn two wins, Luton Town three wins, three draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownC. Morris
C. Morris
20 goals
Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
12 goals
Blackburn RoversS. Gallagher
S. Gallagher
7 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Luton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
19 13 4 Won W 3 11 21
8 3 1 Drew D 1 7 15
17 6 2 Lost L 3 4 8
47 26 9 Scored S 6 25 56
50 18 6 Conceded C 9 17 38
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
64% 55% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 73% 68%
41% 36% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 23% 32%
14% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 5% 16%
7% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
39% 36% 57% BTTS BTTS 14% 36% 45%
34% 50% 29% Clean Sheets C S 43% 50% 43%
32% 23% 14% Failed to Score F T 43% 23% 20%
 
4.5 5.6 3.9 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.5 5.8
5.3 4.8 5.9 Corners against (avg) C A 5.1 4.8 4.7
2.1 2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.5 2.1
3 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
9.9 11.1 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.9 10.1 12.2
3.5 3.7 3.1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.5 4
31% 32% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 32%
 
11.6 10.3 10.1 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 11.2 10.8
3.7 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 2.6 2.9
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.
  • Luton Town have the fewest conceded goals (17) away in Championship
  • Luton Town have the fewest matches over the total-line (14) in Championship
  • Luton Town have the most clean sheets (11) away in Championship
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Championship
  • Luton Town 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 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 44 27 7 10 71 37 23 16 3 4 47 19 21 11 4 6 24 18 34 88
3 Luton Town 44 21 15 8 56 38 22 10 8 4 31 21 22 11 7 4 25 17 18 78
4 Middlesbrough 44 22 8 14 83 54 22 13 6 3 45 18 22 9 2 11 38 36 29 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 44 19 8 17 47 50 22 13 3 6 26 18 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 65
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
19 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 44 62 21 7 6 8 23 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -18 47
21 Rotherham United 44 10 16 18 48 60 22 8 6 8 36 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -12 46
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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  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 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 44 27 7 10 71 37 23 16 3 4 47 19 21 11 4 6 24 18 34 88
3 Luton Town 44 21 15 8 56 38 22 10 8 4 31 21 22 11 7 4 25 17 18 78
4 Middlesbrough 44 22 8 14 83 54 22 13 6 3 45 18 22 9 2 11 38 36 29 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 44 19 8 17 47 50 22 13 3 6 26 18 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 65
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
19 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 44 62 21 7 6 8 23 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -18 47
21 Rotherham United 44 10 16 18 48 60 22 8 6 8 36 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -12 46
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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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.