Lots to play for in this fixture, with AFC Bournemouth placed 2nd and Blackburn Rovers in 4th. Read the preview!
- AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blackburn Rovers have scored away.
AFC Bournemouth and Blackburn Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Vitality Stadium as AFC Bournemouth have scored 23 goals to get 21 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 6-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for AFC Bournemouth.
Bournemouth travelled for their previous game, a trip to Fulham that ended 1-1. The Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers was crucial in the match against Fulham last time out, making six saves. Mark Travers, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.15 out of 10 in that game. Travers stopped the opponent with six saves.
In the match before that, AFC Bournemouth hosted Coventry City and drew the game 2-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Bournemouth matches with similar probabilities have ended with five wins, two draws and one defeat (from eight games).
Goals decide football matches and AFC Bournemouth are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Bournemouth have conceded 11 goals.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
326 minutes! That's how long the Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Aynsley Pears and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Blackburn's previous game versus Preston North End (placed 18th), a Championship 1-0 win played at home. Lewis Travis got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Stoke City with the score of 1-0.Blackburn are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Blackburn have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the prior seven meetings): Bournemouth won four games, one match ended in a draw and Blackburn Rovers got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / threeTop Goalscorers
  B. Brereton 17 goals |   D. Solanke 16 goals |  P. Billing 7 goals |
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| AFC Bournemouth | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 37 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 35 |
| 17 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 81% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 70% | 81% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 57% |
| 24% | 40% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 33% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 52% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 70% | 62% |
| 48% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 29% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 14% |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 11.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 7.9 | 9.9 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 42% | 46% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 43% |
| 9.5 | 9.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 10.6 | 11.6 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 4.3 |
- AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- AFC Bournemouth have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blackburn Rovers have scored away.
- AFC Bournemouth have scored in all their home matches so far.
- AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Championship
- AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- All of AFC Bournemouth's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 43 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Coventry City | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Millwall | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 30 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| 14 | Swansea City | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 19 | Hull City | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 22 |
| 20 | Reading | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 21 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 30 | -23 | 16 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 13 |
| 24 | Derby County | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 1 |
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
- Blackburn Rovers
- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)