Carabao Cup: Buckle up for the Blackburn Rovers - Walsall clash

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Competition: England Carabao Cup
Competition: Tue 08.Aug
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Blackburn Rovers or Walsall that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Blackburn Rovers nor Walsall 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.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Last season, Blackburn Rovers's Carabao Cup journey ended in the round of 16.

1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Blackburn Rovers have to build on here at Ewood Park in the Championship.

Blackburn Rovers's last game was hosting West Bromwich Albion and winning 2-1. Midfield player Travis got a match rating of 8.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Travis served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).

In the game before, an away victory in the Championship match versus Millwall with a 4-3 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Blackburn as they are travelling to their away game against Rotherham United in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Blackburn Rovers at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Walsall form and stats

Walsall's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Walsall have produced an overall stat of 0-0-1 so far.

Walsall play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Morecambe. Late heartbreak for Walsall in the Morecambe match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Doncaster Rovers.

A new game in only four days for Walsall, the League Two home match versus Stockport County. Busy days.

It's early days yet, but Walsall has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Blackburn Rovers-Walsall H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Blackburn Rovers two wins, Walsall zero wins, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversH. Leonard
H. Leonard
1 goals
BlackburnD. Markanday
D. Markanday
1 goals
WalsallD. Johnson
D. Johnson
1 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Walsall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Walsall
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 9   Played P   12 25
13 3   Won W   2 4
6 3   Drew D   4 13
6 3   Lost L   6 8
72 12   Scored S   15 26
26 13   Conceded C   21 31
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 76%
80% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 72%
64% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 36%
56% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 20%
52% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 16%
44% 67%   BTTS BTTS   50% 52%
44% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 32%
20% 33%   Failed to Score F T   42% 40%
 
5 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.6
2.6 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.4
1.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
7.7 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 10.6
3 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.6
95% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 29%
 
7 9.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10.2 10.7
2.6 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Watford 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Stoke City 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Plymouth Argyle 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Norwich City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Southampton 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Preston North End 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Birmingham City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Bristol City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Swansea City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sunderland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Leeds United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Middlesbrough 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
22 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
23 Rotherham United 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
24 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Accrington Stanley 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milton Keynes Dons 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
4 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Barrow 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Morecambe 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Crawley Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Gillingham 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 AFC Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Walsall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bradford City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Wrexham 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Forest Green Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
23 Newport County 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Notts County 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

Blackburn Rovers:
Walsall:
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 Sutton United 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Accrington Stanley 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Milton Keynes Dons 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
4 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Barrow 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Morecambe 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Crawley Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Gillingham 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 AFC Wimbledon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Grimsby Town 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Swindon Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Walsall 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
17 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Bradford City 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Wrexham 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Forest Green Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
23 Newport County 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
24 Notts County 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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