Blackburn Rovers vs Derby County match guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

Championship: Top-drawer versus not good enough, at least that's what the table says. Blackburn Rovers - Derby County. Home victory or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Derby County have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers have managed 11 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 19 games.

Blackburn Rovers are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 283 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Khadra).

The Blackburn crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Bristol City here at Ewood Park. Defender van Hecke got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.71/10. Hecke hit two key passes and won 11 of 14 duels.

Before that, Blackburn Rovers drew at home versus Millwall.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Blackburn Rovers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won four matches, drawn three and lost one.

Blackburn Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Reading awaits in four days.

The Blackburn fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 19 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 20 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Derby County form and stats

Derby County have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-6-11 (19 played). Bitter travels for Derby County as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Reading match.

Derby County play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to AFC Bournemouth (placed 2nd).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Barnsley.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and County playing away, we found four games. Results were two away wins, one draw and one home win.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Coventry City in just four days.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 25 goals have been conceded by Derby County in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest logged match between these teams is the Derby County - Blackburn 1-2 played not long ago this season. Blackburn Rovers-Derby County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Blackburn Rovers seven wins, Derby County two wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
20 goals
Derby CountyT. Lawrence
T. Lawrence
9 goals
Blackburn RoversS. Gallagher
S. Gallagher
6 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Derby County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Derby County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 19 7 Played P 6 19 37
16 11 6 Won W 0 2 11
10 4 0 Drew D 1 6 12
11 4 1 Lost L 5 11 14
46 32 19 Scored S 1 11 36
37 20 3 Conceded C 10 25 41
86% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 84% 86%
62% 68% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 58% 62%
38% 53% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 32% 38%
22% 37% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 16%
8% 11% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 5%
38% 37% 29% BTTS BTTS 17% 42% 49%
41% 47% 57% Clean Sheets C S 17% 21% 32%
35% 26% 14% Failed to Score F T 83% 53% 32%
 
4.9 5.1 4.9 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.4
4.5 4.2 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.9 4.6
2.5 2.3 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
10.4 11.7 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.6 9.6
3.8 4.6 5.9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.3 2.7
33% 37% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 25% 36%
 
10.5 10.3 10.1 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 12.3 12
3.8 3.5 2.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.6 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blackburn Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Derby County have scored away.
  • Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Derby County have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 36 23 8 5 90 31 19 12 4 3 45 16 17 11 4 2 45 15 59 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 34 19 8 7 55 30 17 10 4 3 34 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 65
3 Huddersfield Town 37 17 12 8 51 38 18 10 5 3 27 17 19 7 7 5 24 21 13 63
4 Blackburn Rovers 37 16 10 11 46 37 19 11 4 4 32 20 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 58
5 Sheffield United 36 16 9 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 19 7 5 7 21 27 10 57
6 Luton Town 35 16 9 10 48 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 18 7 4 7 21 22 9 57
7 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
8 Middlesbrough 36 16 8 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 18 4 6 8 17 24 6 56
9 Nottingham Forest 35 15 10 10 50 34 18 8 4 6 27 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 16 55
10 Coventry City 36 15 9 12 48 43 19 10 4 5 29 17 17 5 5 7 19 26 5 54
11 Millwall 36 14 12 10 37 34 18 9 6 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 54
12 Blackpool 36 14 9 13 42 41 19 10 2 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 51
13 Preston North End 37 12 15 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 19 6 6 7 16 19 0 51
14 West Bromwich Albion 36 13 11 12 39 34 17 8 7 2 23 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 50
15 Stoke City 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 7 4 7 25 21 18 5 6 7 20 21 3 46
16 Swansea City 35 12 8 15 38 50 17 8 4 5 23 20 18 4 4 10 15 30 -12 44
17 Cardiff City 37 12 7 18 43 55 19 6 3 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 43
18 Bristol City 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 5 2 11 23 40 -18 43
19 Birmingham City 37 10 11 16 42 56 18 6 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 41
20 Hull City 37 10 8 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 19 5 5 9 15 19 -11 38
21 Reading 36 10 5 21 42 72 18 5 4 9 25 36 18 5 1 12 17 36 -30 29
22 Barnsley 36 5 10 21 26 52 18 4 6 8 14 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 25
23 Derby County 37 11 12 14 36 41 18 9 6 3 25 16 19 2 6 11 11 25 -5 24
24 Peterborough United 36 5 8 23 27 72 17 4 6 7 17 23 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 23

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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 Fulham 36 23 8 5 90 31 19 12 4 3 45 16 17 11 4 2 45 15 59 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 34 19 8 7 55 30 17 10 4 3 34 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 65
3 Huddersfield Town 37 17 12 8 51 38 18 10 5 3 27 17 19 7 7 5 24 21 13 63
4 Blackburn Rovers 37 16 10 11 46 37 19 11 4 4 32 20 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 58
5 Sheffield United 36 16 9 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 19 7 5 7 21 27 10 57
6 Luton Town 35 16 9 10 48 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 18 7 4 7 21 22 9 57
7 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
8 Middlesbrough 36 16 8 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 18 4 6 8 17 24 6 56
9 Nottingham Forest 35 15 10 10 50 34 18 8 4 6 27 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 16 55
10 Coventry City 36 15 9 12 48 43 19 10 4 5 29 17 17 5 5 7 19 26 5 54
11 Millwall 36 14 12 10 37 34 18 9 6 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 54
12 Blackpool 36 14 9 13 42 41 19 10 2 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 51
13 Preston North End 37 12 15 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 19 6 6 7 16 19 0 51
14 West Bromwich Albion 36 13 11 12 39 34 17 8 7 2 23 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 50
15 Stoke City 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 7 4 7 25 21 18 5 6 7 20 21 3 46
16 Swansea City 35 12 8 15 38 50 17 8 4 5 23 20 18 4 4 10 15 30 -12 44
17 Cardiff City 37 12 7 18 43 55 19 6 3 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 43
18 Bristol City 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 5 2 11 23 40 -18 43
19 Birmingham City 37 10 11 16 42 56 18 6 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 41
20 Hull City 37 10 8 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 19 5 5 9 15 19 -11 38
21 Reading 36 10 5 21 42 72 18 5 4 9 25 36 18 5 1 12 17 36 -30 29
22 Barnsley 36 5 10 21 26 52 18 4 6 8 14 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 25
23 Derby County 37 11 12 14 36 41 18 9 6 3 25 16 19 2 6 11 11 25 -5 24
24 Peterborough United 36 5 8 23 27 72 17 4 6 7 17 23 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 23

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