Blackburn Rovers perform at a high level so far being 8th in the table. Birmingham City can look both up and down from their 15th position.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Championship match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Wigan Athletic, was also a home game here at Ewood Park. The away team is better rested.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
Blackburn Rovers have played 12 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Christian Walton not having conceded a league goal in 260 minutes.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Wigan Athletic in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Bristol City.
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 Rovers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Blackburn Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Huddersfield Town awaits in three days.
Blackburn Rovers has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Blackburn Rovers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ewood Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.
Birmingham City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Birmingham City so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Birmingham City as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Two away games in a row for Birmingham City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Hull City in the Championship. A loss against West Bromwich Albion was the result prior to that, in a home game.
We have checked recent matches where Birmingham City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were W3-D3-L13.
After this away game Birmingham City return home for a Championship game against Leeds United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Birmingham City when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Birmingham City have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
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 Rovers 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Blackburn Rovers, 5 draws and 2 wins for Birmingham City. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Dack 9 goals |  A. Armstrong 5 goals |   L. Jutkiewicz 5 goals |
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| Blackburn Rovers | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 28 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 34 |
| 91% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 58% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 70% |
| 48% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 43% |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 57% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 42% | 48% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 35% |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 7.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 225 | 144 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 130 | 285 |
| 73 | 44 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 33 | 83 |
| 41% | 34% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 33% | 29% |
- Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Birmingham City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Fulham | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Brentford | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Hull City | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 33 |
| 13 | Millwall | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 33 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Reading | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Derby County | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 25 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 25 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 24 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -19 | 20 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 19 |
| 24 | Stoke City | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
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