Blackburn Rovers make preparations for this match following their 0-0 result versus Barnsley, a fixture that made them wiser. Will they show it against Cardiff City?
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cardiff City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
Blackburn Rovers have collected 7 points from their Championship home games so far after 2-1-1.
The Blackburn goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.
The home team returns to Ewood Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Barnsley (placed 19th) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 0-0. Thomas Kaminski, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.64 out of 10 in that game. Kaminski stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Blackburn had a home game versus Hull City which ended with a victory 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Blackburn Rovers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Blackburn Rovers as a small favourite), we find six games. Blackburn has won two of these, drawn three and lost one.
Blackburn Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Huddersfield Town awaits in three days.
The Blackburn Rovers fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Cardiff City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Cardiff aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 197 league minutes without a goal. R. Colwill was the last player to find the net.
The manager M. McCarthy was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Cardiff Stadium (Cardiff (Caerdydd)). Cardiff City suffered a 0-1 loss to AFC Bournemouth (placed 1st). Sean Morrison was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.3. The defender Morrison won 6 of 10 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Coventry City wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Cardiff in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Cardiff City, four draws and one defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Cardiff are hosting West Bromwich Albion in the Championship only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Cardiff City's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. As opposed to that, Cardiff City have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Blackburn Rovers one win, seven draws and Cardiff City two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Brereton 4 goals |   A. Flint 4 goals |  D. Sanchez Ayala 2 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 3.5 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 6.2 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.9 | 13 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12 | 11.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 38% | 37% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 31% |
- All of Blackburn Rovers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cardiff City have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Cardiff 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 2 | Fulham | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Derby County | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Reading | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Sheffield United | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 18 | Millwall | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 19 | Barnsley | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Blackpool | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 21 | Swansea City | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 7 |
| 23 | Hull City | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 24 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 4 |
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