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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

Blackburn Rovers will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 19 points behind Leeds United.

It's no vacation for neither Blackburn Rovers nor Leeds United 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

Blackburn Rovers have collected 35 points from their Championship home games so far after 9-8-3.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 199 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Armstrong was the last player to find the net.

Blackburn Rovers lost their last game at Barnsley (placed 23rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Blackburn lost 0-2 at Wigan Athletic's place.

Blackburn are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Cardiff City awaits in three days.

Blackburn are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 27 goals in 20 games. Blackburn Rovers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ewood Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 20 matches.

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Leeds United form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (18) in Championship, are W10-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Leeds's last game was the home draw against Luton Town (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Fulham.

Leeds United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 20 away games so far. Leeds are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 19 times in 20 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Leeds United - Blackburn Rovers 2-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Blackburn won four, Leeds United won six and zero draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
14 goals
Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
12 goals
Blackburn RoversB. Dack
B. Dack
9 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Leeds United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Leeds United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
40 20 6 Played P 7 20 40
15 9 2 Won W 3 10 22
11 8 3 Drew D 2 4 9
14 3 1 Lost L 2 6 9
55 27 5 Scored S 8 30 60
50 17 4 Conceded C 5 19 33
92% 85% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 95% 98%
78% 65% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 75% 70%
50% 45% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 35% 30%
25% 20% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 15% 15%
15% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
55% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 43% 40% 38%
30% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 43% 40% 45%
22% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 29% 25% 20%
 
5 5.7 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 7.8 7.9
4.3 3.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.1 4.7 4
1.5 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
428 251 60 Total Shots T S 108 314 649
152 84 20 Shots on Target S O 22 100 212
36% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 30% 28%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • Leeds United has the fewest matches over the total-line (12)
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (18)
  • Leeds United has the most matches under the total-line (28)
  • Leeds United has the most scored goals in the second half (40)
  • Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 40 22 9 9 60 33 20 12 5 3 30 14 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 75
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 40 20 9 11 70 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 37 69
4 Nottingham Forest 40 18 13 9 53 40 20 10 4 6 24 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 13 67
5 Fulham 40 19 10 11 54 44 20 12 2 6 32 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 67
6 Cardiff City 40 15 16 9 57 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 61
7 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 60
8 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
9 Preston North End 40 16 9 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 19 5 6 8 16 22 2 57
10 Blackburn Rovers 40 15 11 14 55 50 20 9 8 3 27 17 20 6 3 11 28 33 5 56
11 Millwall 40 13 17 10 47 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 20 5 9 6 19 22 3 56
12 Bristol City 40 15 10 15 53 59 19 7 5 7 26 29 21 8 5 8 27 30 -6 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
14 Wigan Athletic 40 13 11 16 45 50 20 8 6 6 23 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -5 50
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Reading 40 13 10 17 48 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 20 6 7 7 24 20 0 49
17 Birmingham City 40 12 13 15 51 63 20 6 6 8 30 35 20 6 7 7 21 28 -12 49
18 Charlton Athletic 40 12 10 18 46 54 20 8 5 7 26 23 20 4 5 11 20 31 -8 46
19 Huddersfield Town 40 12 9 19 49 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 45
20 Middlesbrough 39 10 14 15 39 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 19 4 6 9 21 28 -11 44
21 Stoke City 40 12 7 21 50 61 20 8 3 9 29 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -11 43
22 Hull City 39 11 9 19 52 67 20 6 3 11 27 34 19 5 6 8 25 33 -15 42
23 Barnsley 40 10 11 19 45 62 21 6 8 7 28 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -17 41
24 Luton Town 40 11 7 22 46 73 19 7 5 7 28 28 21 4 2 15 18 45 -27 40

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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 Leeds United 40 22 9 9 60 33 20 12 5 3 30 14 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 75
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 40 20 9 11 70 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 37 69
4 Nottingham Forest 40 18 13 9 53 40 20 10 4 6 24 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 13 67
5 Fulham 40 19 10 11 54 44 20 12 2 6 32 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 67
6 Cardiff City 40 15 16 9 57 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 61
7 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 60
8 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
9 Preston North End 40 16 9 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 19 5 6 8 16 22 2 57
10 Blackburn Rovers 40 15 11 14 55 50 20 9 8 3 27 17 20 6 3 11 28 33 5 56
11 Millwall 40 13 17 10 47 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 20 5 9 6 19 22 3 56
12 Bristol City 40 15 10 15 53 59 19 7 5 7 26 29 21 8 5 8 27 30 -6 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
14 Wigan Athletic 40 13 11 16 45 50 20 8 6 6 23 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -5 50
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Reading 40 13 10 17 48 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 20 6 7 7 24 20 0 49
17 Birmingham City 40 12 13 15 51 63 20 6 6 8 30 35 20 6 7 7 21 28 -12 49
18 Charlton Athletic 40 12 10 18 46 54 20 8 5 7 26 23 20 4 5 11 20 31 -8 46
19 Huddersfield Town 40 12 9 19 49 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 45
20 Middlesbrough 39 10 14 15 39 50 20 6 8 6 18 22 19 4 6 9 21 28 -11 44
21 Stoke City 40 12 7 21 50 61 20 8 3 9 29 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -11 43
22 Hull City 39 11 9 19 52 67 20 6 3 11 27 34 19 5 6 8 25 33 -15 42
23 Barnsley 40 10 11 19 45 62 21 6 8 7 28 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -17 41
24 Luton Town 40 11 7 22 46 73 19 7 5 7 28 28 21 4 2 15 18 45 -27 40

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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.