Blackburn Rovers look to Ewood Park supporters for inspiration before Birmingham City match

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!

Blackburn Rovers form and stats

23 points is a decent return from 11 Championship games here at Ewood Park for Blackburn Rovers. The data says 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Blackburn Rovers has won four games in a row. The Bristol City match was the last time out without a victory.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Blackburn, as their goalkeeper Aynsley Pears has completely shut out the opponents for 416 minutes in the Championship.

It's back home for Blackburn, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating AFC Bournemouth away with the result 2-0. Hecke found the net in that victory. Pears loved the game against AFC Bournemouth. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory. Defender Jan Paul van Hecke got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.31/10. Hecke scored one goal and won 8 of 12 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Preston North End.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackburn handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, four draws and three defeats.

Blackburn can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 24 times. Blackburn Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Birmingham City form and stats

The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Birmingham City delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Cardiff City (placed 20th) in their previous match; a Championship game. It looked so good for Birmingham vs Cardiff City, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Attacker Riley McGree got a player rating of 8.5 in the game. "Man of the match" McGree signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).

Prior to that match, the Birmingham manager Bowyer faced defeat when travelling to Millwall and losing 1-3.

Birmingham City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

The attacking power of Birmingham City when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Birmingham have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Blackburn wins - draws - Birmingham City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. Brereton 17 goals

S. Hogan 6 goals

S. Gallagher 5 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Birmingham City missing players