Championship: Aston Villa expected to win home game against Blackburn Rovers

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 6th and 17th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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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Aston Villa form and stats

When playing at home, Aston Villa, who have the most scored goals (44) at home in Championship, have managed 8 wins, 8 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 19 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. Aston Villa has recorded two wins in a row here at Villa Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Aston Villa's last game was hosting Middlesbrough (placed 5th) and winning 3-0. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Nottingham Forest.

Aston Villa can score goals in their home matches. After 19 matches they have found the net 44 times. Aston Villa have conceded 32 from these games.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Blackburn Rovers has only collected 17 points from their away games after 4-5-10 (19 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Blackburn Rovers have lost on their last two travels.

Blackburn Rovers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Sheffield Wednesday (placed 10th). Before that, Blackburn Rovers secured a home win against Wigan Athletic with the score 3-0.

Blackburn Rovers are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 26 away goals from 19 games. Blackburn Rovers have conceded 42 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Blackburn Rovers - Aston Villa 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 2 - 3 (Aston Villa wins - draws - Blackburn Rovers wins).

Top Goalscorers

T. Abraham
21 goals / 2 assists
D. Graham
13 goals / 3 assists
B. Dack
12 goals / 6 assists

Aston Villa missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 38
97% 100% Over 0.5 95% 95%
84% 95% Over 1.5 63% 74%
61% 74% Over 2.5 42% 55%
39% 58% Over 3.5 21% 39%
18% 32% Over 4.5 5% 21%
63% 68% Both teams to score 42% 58%
26% 26% Clean Sheet 32% 26%
13% 5% Failed To Score 32% 21%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 38 23 9 6 77 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 19 10 7 2 36 19 29 78
2 Sheffield United 38 22 8 8 64 34 19 13 3 3 35 13 19 9 5 5 29 21 30 74
3 Leeds United 38 22 7 9 63 39 19 12 3 4 32 16 19 10 4 5 31 23 24 73
4 West Bromwich Albion 38 19 10 9 72 48 19 8 7 4 41 25 19 11 3 5 31 23 24 67
5 Middlesbrough 37 15 13 9 40 31 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 8 7 4 21 17 9 58
6 Aston Villa 38 14 15 9 68 54 19 8 8 3 44 32 19 6 7 6 24 22 14 57
7 Preston North End 38 15 12 11 58 50 19 7 9 3 34 24 19 8 3 8 24 26 8 57
8 Derby County 37 15 11 11 46 44 19 9 7 3 25 18 18 6 4 8 21 26 2 56
9 Bristol City 36 15 10 11 45 38 19 7 6 6 22 19 17 8 4 5 23 19 7 55
10 Sheffield Wednesday 38 14 13 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 19 6 5 8 21 29 -3 55
11 Nottingham Forest 38 13 15 10 52 44 19 10 4 5 27 18 19 3 11 5 25 26 8 54
12 Hull City 38 14 9 15 54 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 19 5 4 10 23 38 -2 51
13 Birmingham City 38 12 14 12 53 49 19 6 8 5 26 20 19 6 6 7 27 29 4 50
14 Brentford 37 13 10 14 60 50 19 11 3 5 40 20 18 2 7 9 20 30 10 49
15 Swansea City 36 13 8 15 45 46 17 8 4 5 26 20 19 5 4 10 19 26 -1 47
16 Stoke City 38 10 17 11 37 42 19 8 5 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 47
17 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 11 15 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 18 19 4 5 10 26 42 -8 47
18 Queens Park Rangers 38 12 8 18 45 59 19 8 3 8 27 26 19 4 5 10 18 33 -14 44
19 Wigan Athletic 38 10 9 19 41 57 19 9 6 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 39
20 Millwall 37 9 10 18 41 55 18 6 6 6 22 24 19 3 4 12 19 31 -14 37
21 Reading 38 8 13 17 40 56 19 6 4 9 25 29 19 2 9 8 15 27 -16 37
22 Rotherham United 38 7 15 16 40 61 19 6 8 5 27 30 19 1 7 11 13 31 -21 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 38 7 8 23 26 63 19 4 4 11 12 28 19 3 4 12 14 35 -37 29
24 Ipswich Town 38 3 15 20 30 62 19 2 10 7 18 25 19 1 5 13 12 37 -32 24

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