Blackburn Rovers and Barnsley have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Championship.
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (25) in Championship
- Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Blackburn and Barnsley.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Blackburn Rovers, who have the most scored goals (25) in Championship, at their home stadium (Ewood Park) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
It's back home for Blackburn Rovers, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Preston North End away with the result 3-0. Adam Armstrong, Ben Brereton and Tyrhys Dolan found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Luton Town that finished 1-1.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackburn Rovers handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and two defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Blackburn Rovers as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Millwall are visiting.
A decent goal production from Blackburn in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Blackburn have conceded 6 goals.
Barnsley form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barnsley so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Home advantage was not enough for Barnsley in their previous game, as they lost their Championship-match, hosting Brentford, 0-1. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Nottingham Forest.
We have checked recent matches where Barnsley have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, four draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Barnsley manager V. Ismaël as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Birmingham City.
Barnsley have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. Barnsley struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - one - three (Blackburn Rovers wins - draws - Barnsley wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Armstrong 12 goals |   C. Woodrow 4 goals |  B. Johnson 3 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Barnsley missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 85% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 69% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 54% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 38% |
| 31% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15.6 | 12.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 9.7 | 10.3 |
| 6.4 | 6.2 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 30% | 27% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 33% | 33% |
- All of Barnsley's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (25) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Bristol City | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Watford | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Reading | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Brentford | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 10 | Millwall | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Barnsley | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 19 | Rotherham United | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 21 | Coventry City | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 12 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -13 | 9 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 24 | Derby County | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -15 | 6 |
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