Betting tips: Blackburn Rovers vs Millwall - predictions and stats

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 08.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

Blackburn Rovers get ready for this match after their 0-2 result against Fulham, a fixture that made them wiser. How will this affect the battle against Millwall?

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ewood Park as Blackburn Rovers have scored 32 goals to get 36 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 11-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Blackburn Rovers lost their last game at Fulham (placed 1st) after a 0-2 scoreline. Lenihan was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.13 out of 10. The defender Lenihan won 11 of 15 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Queens Park Rangers.

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 14 games) they have won eight times, drawn three and lost three.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Blackburn as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Bristol City are visiting.

Blackburn Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ewood Park with 32 goals in 17 league 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 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Millwall form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. Millwall have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

The Millwall goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 182 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's the second away game in a row for Millwall, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Reading (placed 21st) last time out. Defender Cooper was the best team player with a rating of 8.45. Cooper scored one goal and won 9 of 15 duels.

Before that, Millwall secured a home win against Sheffield United with the score 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Millwall have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, two draws and two defeats.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Millwall as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games in the league. 21 goals have been conceded by Millwall in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head game ended Millwall - Blackburn Rovers 1-1, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Blackburn won five games, four matches ended with a tie and Millwall managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
20 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
7 goals
Blackburn RoversS. Gallagher
S. Gallagher
6 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
16 11 2 Won W 1 5 14
9 3 1 Drew D 2 5 10
10 3 2 Lost L 2 7 10
46 32 6 Scored S 4 16 37
36 19 7 Conceded C 7 21 34
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
66% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 65% 68%
40% 59% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 41% 35%
23% 41% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 9%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
40% 41% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 59% 56%
40% 47% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 29%
31% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 24% 21%
 
4.7 4.7 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.6
4.6 4.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.9 5
2.6 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 1.9
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 11.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10.4 11.4
3.7 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.5 3.9
36% 42% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 27% 28%
 
10.9 11 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 13.4 12.2
3.9 3.7 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.2 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Millwall have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Fulham 34 22 7 5 84 29 19 12 4 3 45 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 55 73
2 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
3 AFC Bournemouth 32 18 7 7 52 29 15 9 3 3 31 16 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 61
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 16 9 10 46 36 17 11 3 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
6 Middlesbrough 34 16 7 11 45 36 18 12 2 4 29 16 16 4 5 7 16 20 9 55
7 Sheffield United 34 15 9 10 45 35 16 8 4 4 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 54
8 Luton Town 34 15 9 10 47 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 17 6 4 7 20 22 8 54
9 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
10 Millwall 34 14 10 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 17 5 5 7 16 21 3 52
11 Coventry City 34 14 9 11 44 41 17 9 4 4 25 15 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 34 12 8 14 42 39 18 7 4 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 17 18 3 44
16 Swansea City 33 12 8 13 37 44 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 4 4 9 15 29 -7 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 34 5 8 21 24 50 16 4 4 8 12 19 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 23
24 Peterborough United 34 5 6 23 24 69 16 4 5 7 15 21 18 1 1 16 9 48 -45 21

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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 34 22 7 5 84 29 19 12 4 3 45 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 55 73
2 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
3 AFC Bournemouth 32 18 7 7 52 29 15 9 3 3 31 16 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 61
4 Blackburn Rovers 35 16 9 10 46 36 17 11 3 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
6 Middlesbrough 34 16 7 11 45 36 18 12 2 4 29 16 16 4 5 7 16 20 9 55
7 Sheffield United 34 15 9 10 45 35 16 8 4 4 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 54
8 Luton Town 34 15 9 10 47 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 17 6 4 7 20 22 8 54
9 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
10 Millwall 34 14 10 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 17 5 5 7 16 21 3 52
11 Coventry City 34 14 9 11 44 41 17 9 4 4 25 15 17 5 5 7 19 26 3 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 34 12 8 14 42 39 18 7 4 7 25 21 16 5 4 7 17 18 3 44
16 Swansea City 33 12 8 13 37 44 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 4 4 9 15 29 -7 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 34 5 8 21 24 50 16 4 4 8 12 19 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 23
24 Peterborough United 34 5 6 23 24 69 16 4 5 7 15 21 18 1 1 16 9 48 -45 21

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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.