Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Blackburn Rovers welcomes Bolton Wanderers

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park

With their 24 point advantage in the league table, Blackburn Rovers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Bolton Wanderers.

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 Rovers and Bolton Wanderers.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

When playing at home, Blackburn Rovers have managed 9 wins, 6 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 21 games.

A good away victory last time out for Blackburn Rovers, who won 2-1 against Queens Park Rangers. In the game before, an away victory match versus Nottingham Forest with a 2-1 scoreline.

Blackburn Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 28 goals in 21 matches. Blackburn Rovers have only conceded 19 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

Bolton Wanderers, who have the fewest scored goals (29) in Championship, have only collected 16 points from their away games after 4-4-13 (21 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Bolton Wanderers who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Queens Park Rangers was the last time a defeat was avoided.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Aston Villa with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Derby County's place.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 21 away games, an average of less than one per game. Bolton Wanderers have conceded 40 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Bolton Wanderers - Blackburn Rovers 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Blackburn Rovers, 1 draw and 6 wins for Bolton Wanderers.

Top Goalscorers

D. Graham
15 goals / 4 assists
B. Dack
14 goals / 5 assists
C. Mulgrew
10 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 43
59 28 Scored 16 29
65 19 Conceded 40 74
95% 95% Over 0.5 95% 95%
74% 62% Over 1.5 76% 72%
56% 38% Over 2.5 43% 42%
35% 19% Over 3.5 24% 16%
19% 5% Over 4.5 14% 7%
58% 38% Both teams to score 43% 40%
26% 33% Clean Sheet 14% 14%
21% 33% Failed To Score 48% 51%
 
4.7 5.9 Corners For (avg) 3.4 4
4.8 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 7.2 6.9
1.6 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.9 1.8
2 1 Red Cards (total) 4 4
Key stats this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 43 25 12 6 87 53 22 14 4 4 49 33 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 87
2 Sheffield United 43 24 10 9 71 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 32 82
3 Leeds United 43 25 7 11 70 44 22 14 3 5 37 20 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 10 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 21 11 3 7 33 28 26 76
5 Aston Villa 43 19 15 9 79 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 21 72
6 Middlesbrough 43 18 13 12 45 36 22 9 6 7 21 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 9 67
7 Bristol City 42 18 12 12 56 47 22 8 8 6 28 24 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 66
8 Derby County 42 17 13 12 61 52 21 11 7 3 35 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 9 64
9 Preston North End 43 16 12 15 64 59 22 8 9 5 38 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 5 60
10 Hull City 43 17 9 17 63 62 21 11 5 5 36 20 22 6 4 12 27 42 1 60
11 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 15 13 54 57 21 9 8 4 31 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -3 60
12 Swansea City 42 17 8 17 59 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 21 5 4 12 20 32 2 59
13 Nottingham Forest 43 14 15 14 56 54 21 11 4 6 30 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 2 57
14 Blackburn Rovers 43 15 11 17 59 65 21 9 6 6 28 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -6 56
15 Brentford 43 14 13 16 67 59 21 12 4 5 45 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 8 55
16 Stoke City 43 11 19 13 41 48 21 8 7 6 22 20 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 43 13 9 21 51 67 22 9 3 10 33 30 21 4 6 11 18 37 -16 48
18 Birmingham City 43 13 17 13 60 56 22 7 10 5 30 23 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 47
19 Reading 43 10 15 18 48 64 21 8 4 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 45
20 Wigan Athletic 43 11 12 20 47 63 21 9 8 4 26 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -16 45
21 Millwall 42 10 13 19 47 60 21 7 8 6 25 25 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 43
22 Rotherham United 43 8 16 19 49 76 21 7 8 6 30 33 22 1 8 13 19 43 -27 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 43 8 8 27 29 74 22 4 4 14 13 34 21 4 4 13 16 40 -45 32
24 Ipswich Town 43 4 16 23 33 72 21 2 11 8 19 28 22 2 5 15 14 44 -39 28

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