Balanced ball game between Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers expected

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Birmingham City form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Birmingham City are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, led his Birmingham City to a defeat in the Championship match away at Leeds United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium. Ahead of that match, Birmingham City won a home game hosting Middlesbrough (2-1).

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 Birmingham City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 4 Lost 4.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Luton Town in only four days. This game is also played here at St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium.

The Birmingham City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Birmingham City have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Blackburn Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Blackburn Rovers have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far.

Blackburn Rovers delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Huddersfield Town (placed 22nd) in their previous match; a Championship game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Queens Park Rangers wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.

It looked so good for Blackburn Rovers vs Huddersfield Town, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-1 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Blackburn Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Blackburn Rovers manager T. Mowbray as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Preston North End.

Blackburn Rovers have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. For Blackburn Rovers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

B. Dack 5 goals / 1 assists

L. Jutkiewicz 3 goals

A. Armstrong 3 goals

Birmingham City missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players