Championship preview: Can Blackburn Rovers edge out victory against Bristol City?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 17.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Blackburn Rovers in 14th and Bristol City in 12th place.

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Championship

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. That game, against Birmingham City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Bristol City.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

6-6-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Blackburn Rovers so far this season.

Blackburn's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Brentford (placed 4th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Swansea City.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Blackburn matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, two draws and one defeat (from six games).

The manager T. Mowbray will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Norwich City in only three days.

The Blackburn Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Blackburn have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Bristol City form and stats

Playing away, Bristol City have won 8 games, drawn 1 and suffered 9 defeats in the Championship this season. Bristol have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Two travels in a row for Bristol City, whose manager N. Pearson could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Birmingham City. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Queens Park Rangers.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bristol when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing one and winning one game.

After this away game Bristol return home for a Championship game against Rotherham United. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visiting Bristol have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 24 goals from 18 games. As for defending, Bristol rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Blackburn and Bristol City have met before this season: Bristol City - Blackburn Rovers 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Blackburn wins - draws - Bristol City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BlackburnA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
19 goals
Bristol CityF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
8 goals
Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
8 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Bristol City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
12 6 3 Won W 3 8 15
8 6 2 Drew D 0 1 3
16 6 1 Lost L 2 9 18
49 25 8 Scored S 8 24 39
41 21 5 Conceded C 5 28 48
94% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
69% 72% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 78% 72%
47% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 61% 44%
25% 22% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 19%
11% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
50% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 42%
28% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 22%
28% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13 11.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.1 7.9
4.7 4.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.5 2.6
29% 30% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 53% 42%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Championship
  • Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 35 23 7 5 51 25 18 12 5 1 26 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 26 76
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 34 9 7 18 24 43 16 6 5 5 13 11 18 3 2 13 11 32 -19 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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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 35 23 7 5 51 25 18 12 5 1 26 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 26 76
2 Watford 36 20 9 7 48 25 18 14 2 2 35 12 18 6 7 5 13 13 23 69
3 Swansea City 35 20 9 6 45 25 18 11 5 2 23 10 17 9 4 4 22 15 20 69
4 Brentford 35 19 9 7 62 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 18 9 4 5 28 18 26 66
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 36 15 11 10 52 37 18 10 3 5 30 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 15 56
8 Cardiff City 36 15 9 12 54 37 18 7 3 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 54
9 Middlesbrough 36 15 8 13 44 38 18 9 3 6 23 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 6 53
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 36 12 12 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 18 4 8 6 16 21 -1 48
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
14 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
15 Preston North End 36 13 5 18 39 46 18 5 4 9 15 17 18 8 1 9 24 29 -7 44
16 Luton Town 35 12 8 15 28 41 17 6 6 5 20 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -13 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 36 10 9 17 25 39 18 5 5 8 12 18 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 39
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 34 9 7 18 24 43 16 6 5 5 13 11 18 3 2 13 11 32 -19 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26

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