It's time for Championship and Blackburn Rovers - Swansea City. In this pre-match guide you'll find statistics, results, data, tendencies and news!
- Blackburn Rovers have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Championship
- Swansea City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Blackburn Rovers nor Swansea City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Blackburn Rovers at their home stadium (Ewood Park) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Blackburn Rovers are returning here after visiting Millwall and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Rankin-Costello and Brittain scored the goal(s). Midfielder Rankin-Costello was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Rankin-Costello scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Blackburn Rovers had a home game versus Cardiff City which ended with a victory 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackburn handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Lots of goals and action? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 most recent league games with this team has had three or more goals.
There will be little rest for Blackburn Rovers after this match as they are travelling to Chelsea for a Carabao Cup game in only four days.
Blackburn are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Swansea City form and stats
Playing away, Swansea City have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Swansea City are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Home advantage was not enough for Swansea City in their previous game as they lost hosting Watford, 0-1. Midfielder Grimes was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Grimes hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 72 successful passes (of 75 total).
Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Leicester City.We have checked recent matches where Swansea have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 4 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Swansea City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 10 times in 6 away games so far. Swansea City have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Blackburn Rovers wins - draws - Swansea City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Szmodics 7 goals |   J. Yates 4 goals |  A. Sigurdsson 3 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 22 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 83% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 62% | 83% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 69% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 15% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 5.7 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 7.5 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.1 | 14.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.2 | 11.2 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 45% | 36% |
| 17.3 | 14.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 14 | 13.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
- All of Swansea City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Blackburn Rovers have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Swansea City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Championship
- Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 36 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Leeds United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Preston North End | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 21 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Cardiff City | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Southampton | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 13 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 14 | Norwich City | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Watford | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Millwall | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 18 | Swansea City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 14 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 21 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 8 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -14 | 3 |
- Blackburn Rovers
- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- Swansea City
- Wales Online - (local newspaper)
