Championship prediction and preview: Blackburn Rovers modest favorites to beat Huddersfield Town

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Blackburn Rovers are in the 16th position while the guesting Huddersfield Town worry at 20th.

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Huddersfield Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) 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.

Blackburn are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Huddersfield Town are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

7 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Blackburn Rovers have to build on here at Ewood Park in the Championship.

In their previous game, the manager T. Mowbray led his Blackburn Rovers to a defeat in the Championship match away at Sheffield Wednesday. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ewood Park. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Derby County.

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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won eight times, drawn five and lost three.

The Blackburn fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 27 in 21 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 Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huddersfield Town, who have the most conceded goals (41) away in Championship, so far with only 17 points returning home. The records show 4-5-12 (win-draw-lose).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nottingham Forest at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Huddersfield Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The attacking power of Huddersfield when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored from 21 league matches away. Huddersfield's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 41 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Huddersfield Town - Blackburn Rovers 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Blackburn Rovers won one game, six matches ended with a draw and Huddersfield Town has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
21 goals
Blackburn RoversS. Gallagher
S. Gallagher
7 goals
Huddersfield TownF. Campbell
F. Campbell
7 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 7 21 43
13 7 3 Won W 1 4 12
11 7 2 Drew D 1 5 12
19 7 1 Lost L 5 12 19
54 27 11 Scored S 9 18 45
49 24 5 Conceded C 15 41 62
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 88%
67% 71% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 77%
44% 48% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 86% 57% 47%
23% 19% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 14% 14%
9% 14% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 14% 14%
49% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 57% 43% 49%
26% 24% 17% Clean Sheets C S 14% 24% 30%
33% 29% 17% Failed to Score F T 29% 43% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.4 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.8 11.7 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 10.5 10.2
4.5 4.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.9 3.1 2.8
28% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 28% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Huddersfield Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huddersfield Town have the most conceded goals (41) away in Championship
  • Huddersfield Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) 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 Norwich City 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 34

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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 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 34

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