Delightful dogfight as daring Blackburn Rovers duels with determined Hull City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 11.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

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 12th and Hull City in 14th place.

It's no vacation for neither Blackburn Rovers nor Hull City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Blackburn Rovers are 7-6-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Blackburn Rovers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Fulham (placed 3rd). Before that, Blackburn Rovers played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Middlesbrough.

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

There will be little rest for Blackburn Rovers after this match as they are travelling to Charlton Athletic for a Championship game in only four days.

Blackburn Rovers has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Blackburn Rovers have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Hull City form and stats

Playing away, Hull City have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the Championship this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Reading (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that, the 1-5 home loss versus Brentford.

The draw against Reading came from a losing position. The Hull City manager G. McCann brought on Mallik Wilks as a substitution and the player scored to make the scores level.

We have checked recent matches where Hull City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were four victories, three draws and eight defeats.

A new game in only three days for Hull City, the Championship home match versus Swansea City. Busy days.

Hull City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 15 games (in the league). 20 goals have been conceded by Hull City in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Hull City - Blackburn Rovers 0-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Blackburn Rovers won five, Hull City won three and two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, nine matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Dack
B. Dack
9 goals
Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
8 goals
Blackburn RoversD. Williams
D. Williams
3 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Hull City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Hull City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 4 Played P 5 15 31
12 7 3 Won W 1 5 11
8 6 1 Drew D 2 5 7
11 3 0 Lost L 2 5 13
43 19 6 Scored S 4 20 43
38 14 2 Conceded C 5 20 44
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 87% 81%
48% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 60% 61%
23% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 29%
19% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
61% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 60% 55%
29% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 23%
16% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 20% 23%
 
5.3 6.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.8
4.6 4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.6
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
309 186 51 Total Shots T S 53 177 385
106 59 19 Shots on Target S O 18 57 122
41% 32% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 35% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers has the fewest points from losing position (4)
  • Hull 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 West Bromwich Albion 30 15 11 4 53 33 15 7 6 2 32 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 20 56
2 Leeds United 31 16 7 8 46 29 15 8 4 3 22 13 16 8 3 5 24 16 17 55
3 Fulham 31 16 7 8 46 32 16 10 2 4 29 18 15 6 5 4 17 14 14 55
4 Nottingham Forest 31 15 9 7 43 30 15 8 3 4 20 15 16 7 6 3 23 15 13 54
5 Brentford 31 16 5 10 52 25 15 9 3 3 28 12 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 53
6 Preston North End 31 14 8 9 45 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 15 4 5 6 13 17 9 50
7 Bristol City 31 14 8 9 45 43 15 6 4 5 21 21 16 8 4 4 24 22 2 50
8 Cardiff City 31 11 13 7 43 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 16 3 7 6 21 31 0 46
9 Swansea City 31 12 10 9 37 37 16 7 3 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 46
10 Millwall 30 11 12 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 16 3 8 5 15 21 3 45
11 Sheffield Wednesday 31 12 8 11 41 34 15 6 5 4 14 15 16 6 3 7 27 19 7 44
12 Blackburn Rovers 31 12 8 11 43 38 16 7 6 3 19 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 5 44
13 Derby County 31 11 10 10 38 41 16 9 5 2 23 11 15 2 5 8 15 30 -3 43
14 Hull City 31 11 7 13 43 44 16 6 2 8 23 24 15 5 5 5 20 20 -1 40
15 Birmingham City 31 11 7 13 40 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 16 5 4 7 18 26 -8 40
16 Reading 31 10 9 12 37 35 15 6 2 7 20 19 16 4 7 5 17 16 2 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 11 5 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 15 5 1 9 18 28 -9 38
18 Middlesbrough 31 8 12 11 32 40 16 6 7 3 16 15 15 2 5 8 16 25 -8 36
19 Huddersfield Town 31 9 8 14 37 48 16 5 5 6 18 21 15 4 3 8 19 27 -11 35
20 Stoke City 31 10 4 17 39 47 16 6 3 7 22 21 15 4 1 10 17 26 -8 34
21 Charlton Athletic 31 8 9 14 40 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 15 2 4 9 18 26 -5 33
22 Wigan Athletic 31 7 8 16 29 46 15 5 4 6 15 20 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 29
23 Barnsley 31 5 10 16 37 57 16 4 7 5 25 30 15 1 3 11 12 27 -20 25
24 Luton Town 31 7 3 21 37 66 15 5 3 7 23 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -29 24

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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 West Bromwich Albion 30 15 11 4 53 33 15 7 6 2 32 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 20 56
2 Leeds United 31 16 7 8 46 29 15 8 4 3 22 13 16 8 3 5 24 16 17 55
3 Fulham 31 16 7 8 46 32 16 10 2 4 29 18 15 6 5 4 17 14 14 55
4 Nottingham Forest 31 15 9 7 43 30 15 8 3 4 20 15 16 7 6 3 23 15 13 54
5 Brentford 31 16 5 10 52 25 15 9 3 3 28 12 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 53
6 Preston North End 31 14 8 9 45 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 15 4 5 6 13 17 9 50
7 Bristol City 31 14 8 9 45 43 15 6 4 5 21 21 16 8 4 4 24 22 2 50
8 Cardiff City 31 11 13 7 43 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 16 3 7 6 21 31 0 46
9 Swansea City 31 12 10 9 37 37 16 7 3 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 46
10 Millwall 30 11 12 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 16 3 8 5 15 21 3 45
11 Sheffield Wednesday 31 12 8 11 41 34 15 6 5 4 14 15 16 6 3 7 27 19 7 44
12 Blackburn Rovers 31 12 8 11 43 38 16 7 6 3 19 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 5 44
13 Derby County 31 11 10 10 38 41 16 9 5 2 23 11 15 2 5 8 15 30 -3 43
14 Hull City 31 11 7 13 43 44 16 6 2 8 23 24 15 5 5 5 20 20 -1 40
15 Birmingham City 31 11 7 13 40 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 16 5 4 7 18 26 -8 40
16 Reading 31 10 9 12 37 35 15 6 2 7 20 19 16 4 7 5 17 16 2 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 11 5 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 15 5 1 9 18 28 -9 38
18 Middlesbrough 31 8 12 11 32 40 16 6 7 3 16 15 15 2 5 8 16 25 -8 36
19 Huddersfield Town 31 9 8 14 37 48 16 5 5 6 18 21 15 4 3 8 19 27 -11 35
20 Stoke City 31 10 4 17 39 47 16 6 3 7 22 21 15 4 1 10 17 26 -8 34
21 Charlton Athletic 31 8 9 14 40 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 15 2 4 9 18 26 -5 33
22 Wigan Athletic 31 7 8 16 29 46 15 5 4 6 15 20 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 29
23 Barnsley 31 5 10 16 37 57 16 4 7 5 25 30 15 1 3 11 12 27 -20 25
24 Luton Town 31 7 3 21 37 66 15 5 3 7 23 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -29 24

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.