Blackburn Rovers supporters put their faith in manager T. Mowbray to deliver victory against Birmingham City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Blackburn Rovers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Birmingham City.

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City 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.

Blackburn are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Birmingham is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Blackburn Rovers have collected 31 points from their Championship home games so far after 8-7-7. Blackburn has recorded two wins in a row here at Ewood Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Blackburn Rovers shared the glory with Rotherham United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Ahead of that match, Blackburn won a home game hosting Huddersfield Town (5-2).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Blackburn have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won eight times, drawn five and lost three.

The Blackburn Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 32 in 22 matches. Blackburn have conceded 26 in these home matches.

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Birmingham City form and stats

Playing away, Birmingham City have won 7 games, drawn 9 and suffered 6 defeats in the Championship this season. Momentum is building for Birmingham in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Birmingham City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Cardiff City proved too strong as Birmingham City slumped to a 0-4 defeat in front of their own fans at St. Andrew's Stadium. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Derby County.

Birmingham lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

We have checked recent matches where Birmingham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, two draws and eight defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Birmingham as they have only managed to score 17 times from 22 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Birmingham as they have only conceded 19 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Birmingham City - Blackburn 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Blackburn two wins, five draws and Birmingham City three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BlackburnA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
25 goals
Blackburn RoversS. Gallagher
S. Gallagher
8 goals
Birmingham CityL. Jutkiewicz
L. Jutkiewicz
7 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
14 8 4 Won W 2 7 13
12 7 3 Drew D 4 9 13
19 7 0 Lost L 1 6 19
60 32 16 Scored S 5 17 35
52 26 6 Conceded C 5 19 56
93% 86% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 73% 84%
69% 73% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 45% 58%
44% 50% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 27% 38%
24% 23% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 16%
11% 18% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 7%
51% 64% 71% BTTS BTTS 43% 36% 42%
24% 23% 29% Clean Sheets C S 43% 45% 31%
31% 27% 14% Failed to Score F T 43% 45% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.1 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
12.9 11.9 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 9.7 9.7
4.7 4.7 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.1 2.5 2.5
29% 31% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 30% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 45 29 9 7 73 34 23 14 6 3 39 15 22 15 3 4 34 19 39 96
2 Watford 45 26 10 9 61 30 22 18 2 2 42 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 31 88
3 Brentford 45 23 15 7 76 41 23 12 9 2 39 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 35 84
4 Swansea City 45 23 11 11 56 37 23 12 6 5 27 16 22 11 5 6 29 21 19 80
5 AFC Bournemouth 45 22 11 12 73 44 22 13 3 6 40 22 23 9 8 6 33 22 29 77
6 Barnsley 45 23 8 14 56 48 22 12 5 5 28 20 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 77
7 Reading 45 19 12 14 60 52 22 12 3 7 35 25 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 69
8 Cardiff City 45 18 13 14 65 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 67
9 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 11 16 54 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 23 8 7 8 25 28 0 65
10 Middlesbrough 45 18 10 17 55 50 22 11 4 7 30 22 23 7 6 10 25 28 5 64
11 Millwall 45 15 17 13 46 46 23 7 10 6 24 24 22 8 7 7 22 22 0 62
12 Luton Town 44 17 10 17 40 49 22 8 8 6 25 23 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 61
13 Preston North End 45 17 7 21 47 55 23 7 5 11 21 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -8 58
14 Stoke City 45 14 15 16 48 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 22 5 10 7 19 24 -4 57
15 Blackburn Rovers 45 14 12 19 60 52 22 8 7 7 32 26 23 6 5 12 28 26 8 54
16 Nottingham Forest 45 12 16 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 23 6 8 9 16 21 -7 52
17 Coventry City 45 13 13 19 43 60 22 9 7 6 24 21 23 4 6 13 19 39 -17 52
18 Birmingham City 45 13 13 19 35 56 23 6 4 13 18 37 22 7 9 6 17 19 -21 52
19 Bristol City 45 15 6 24 45 65 22 7 3 12 17 27 23 8 3 12 28 38 -20 51
20 Huddersfield Town 45 12 12 21 48 69 23 8 7 8 28 23 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 48
21 Derby County 45 11 10 24 33 55 22 6 6 10 17 23 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 43
22 Rotherham United 44 11 7 26 43 59 23 5 4 14 26 35 21 6 3 12 17 24 -16 40
23 Sheffield Wednesday 45 12 10 23 37 58 23 8 8 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 40
24 Wycombe Wanderers 45 10 10 25 36 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -33 40

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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 Norwich City 45 29 9 7 73 34 23 14 6 3 39 15 22 15 3 4 34 19 39 96
2 Watford 45 26 10 9 61 30 22 18 2 2 42 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 31 88
3 Brentford 45 23 15 7 76 41 23 12 9 2 39 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 35 84
4 Swansea City 45 23 11 11 56 37 23 12 6 5 27 16 22 11 5 6 29 21 19 80
5 AFC Bournemouth 45 22 11 12 73 44 22 13 3 6 40 22 23 9 8 6 33 22 29 77
6 Barnsley 45 23 8 14 56 48 22 12 5 5 28 20 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 77
7 Reading 45 19 12 14 60 52 22 12 3 7 35 25 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 69
8 Cardiff City 45 18 13 14 65 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 67
9 Queens Park Rangers 45 18 11 16 54 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 23 8 7 8 25 28 0 65
10 Middlesbrough 45 18 10 17 55 50 22 11 4 7 30 22 23 7 6 10 25 28 5 64
11 Millwall 45 15 17 13 46 46 23 7 10 6 24 24 22 8 7 7 22 22 0 62
12 Luton Town 44 17 10 17 40 49 22 8 8 6 25 23 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 61
13 Preston North End 45 17 7 21 47 55 23 7 5 11 21 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -8 58
14 Stoke City 45 14 15 16 48 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 22 5 10 7 19 24 -4 57
15 Blackburn Rovers 45 14 12 19 60 52 22 8 7 7 32 26 23 6 5 12 28 26 8 54
16 Nottingham Forest 45 12 16 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 23 6 8 9 16 21 -7 52
17 Coventry City 45 13 13 19 43 60 22 9 7 6 24 21 23 4 6 13 19 39 -17 52
18 Birmingham City 45 13 13 19 35 56 23 6 4 13 18 37 22 7 9 6 17 19 -21 52
19 Bristol City 45 15 6 24 45 65 22 7 3 12 17 27 23 8 3 12 28 38 -20 51
20 Huddersfield Town 45 12 12 21 48 69 23 8 7 8 28 23 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 48
21 Derby County 45 11 10 24 33 55 22 6 6 10 17 23 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 43
22 Rotherham United 44 11 7 26 43 59 23 5 4 14 26 35 21 6 3 12 17 24 -16 40
23 Sheffield Wednesday 45 12 10 23 37 58 23 8 8 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 40
24 Wycombe Wanderers 45 10 10 25 36 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -33 40

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.