Delightful dogfight as daring Blackburn Rovers duel with determined Millwall

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

Blackburn Rovers have been superior to Millwall so far, but every game opens at 0-0. Here's all the facts you require ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • 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 Millwall have scored away.

Millwall could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only four sleeps ago.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Blackburn Rovers are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Ewood Park. 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Blackburn's attacking players as they have now played 374 minutes without scoring in a league game. Gallagher was their last goal scorer.

Blackburn Rovers shared the glory with West Bromwich Albion in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Wharton was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.8 out of 10. The defender Wharton won 11 of 18 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Nottingham Forest (0-2).

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

The manager Mowbray will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sheffield United in only four days.

Blackburn Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ewood Park with 31 goals in 16 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. Blackburn have conceded 19 in these home matches. 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

There's been little loot from Millwall's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Championship. Millwall only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Millwall's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Millwall are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Queens Park Rangers (placed 4th). Attacker Bennett got a player rating of 7.6 in the game. "Man of the match" Bennett scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Cardiff City.

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.

Millwall have another game away from home in just four nights, a Championship game versus Derby County. A rough timetable for the guests!

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 20 goals have been conceded by Millwall in these games.

Head 2 Head

Millwall - Blackburn 1-1 was the story when these squads last did battle, some time ago this season. Blackburn Rovers-Millwall H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Blackburn Rovers five wins, Millwall one win, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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
32 16 5 Played P 6 15 31
15 10 2 Won W 1 3 11
9 3 2 Drew D 3 5 10
8 3 1 Lost L 2 7 10
45 31 8 Scored S 5 13 33
33 19 7 Conceded C 8 20 33
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
69% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 67% 71%
44% 62% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 35%
25% 44% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 10%
9% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
44% 44% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 58%
41% 44% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 26%
28% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 23%
 
4.5 4.4 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.9 4.8
4.7 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.7 4.9
2.6 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.1 1.9
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 11.7 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 10.8 11.8
3.7 4.4 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.5 4
38% 44% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 27%
 
10.9 11.2 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 13.4 12.2
3.8 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.3 3.5
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 Millwall have scored 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 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 31 15 7 9 46 36 16 8 5 3 23 13 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 30 13 8 9 39 33 13 6 3 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 47
9 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 30 12 8 10 39 36 15 8 3 4 23 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 3 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Cardiff City 31 10 5 16 38 50 15 5 1 9 17 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 35
20 Hull City 32 9 6 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 16 4 3 9 11 18 -10 33
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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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 30 19 7 4 78 26 16 10 4 2 40 13 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 64
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 9 8 45 33 16 10 3 3 31 19 16 5 6 5 14 14 12 54
4 Queens Park Rangers 31 15 7 9 46 36 16 8 5 3 23 13 15 7 2 6 23 23 10 52
5 Huddersfield Town 32 13 11 8 40 34 16 8 5 3 22 16 16 5 6 5 18 18 6 50
6 Middlesbrough 30 14 7 9 38 29 16 10 2 4 25 14 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 49
7 Nottingham Forest 31 13 8 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 15 7 4 4 22 13 10 47
8 Sheffield United 30 13 8 9 39 33 13 6 3 4 19 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 6 47
9 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 10 9 34 26 15 8 6 1 21 8 16 4 4 8 13 18 8 46
10 Luton Town 30 12 9 9 41 36 15 7 5 3 24 17 15 5 4 6 17 19 5 45
11 Preston North End 32 11 12 9 35 35 15 5 8 2 20 17 17 6 4 7 15 18 0 45
12 Coventry City 30 12 8 10 39 36 15 8 3 4 23 14 15 4 5 6 16 22 3 44
13 Stoke City 30 12 7 11 38 32 15 7 3 5 22 16 15 5 4 6 16 16 6 43
14 Millwall 31 11 10 10 33 33 16 8 5 3 20 13 15 3 5 7 13 20 0 43
15 Blackpool 31 11 8 12 34 37 17 8 2 7 17 18 14 3 6 5 17 19 -3 41
16 Swansea City 30 10 8 12 32 39 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 4 8 13 25 -7 38
17 Bristol City 32 10 7 15 42 58 16 6 5 5 20 20 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 37
18 Birmingham City 32 9 9 14 37 49 16 6 4 6 21 21 16 3 5 8 16 28 -12 36
19 Cardiff City 31 10 5 16 38 50 15 5 1 9 17 20 16 5 4 7 21 30 -12 35
20 Hull City 32 9 6 17 26 36 16 5 3 8 15 18 16 4 3 9 11 18 -10 33
21 Reading 30 8 4 18 36 60 16 4 4 8 23 34 14 4 0 10 13 26 -24 22
22 Peterborough United 29 5 5 19 23 60 14 4 4 6 15 18 15 1 1 13 8 42 -37 20
23 Derby County 31 9 12 10 32 35 15 7 6 2 21 14 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 18
24 Barnsley 30 3 8 19 19 45 15 3 4 8 9 17 15 0 4 11 10 28 -26 17

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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.