Blackburn Rovers will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Norwich City.
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (31) in Championship
- Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Blackburn Rovers nor Norwich 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.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Blackburn Rovers, who have the most scored goals (31) in Championship, at their home stadium (Ewood Park) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at Ewood Park after three straight home wins.
In their previous game, the manager T. Mowbray led his Blackburn to a defeat in the Championship match away at Bristol City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ewood Park. Before that, Blackburn played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Brentford.
This is expected to be a close game, with Blackburn perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Blackburn Rovers as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Blackburn Rovers has won five of these, drawn five and lost one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Rotherham United in only four days. This game is also played here at Ewood Park.
Blackburn Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ewood Park with 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Norwich City form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Championship.
Emiliano Buendía and Jacob Lungi Sørensen scored in Norwich City's previous match, the home game against Nottingham Forest that ended 2-1. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Sheffield Wednesday.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Norwich City in our archives, and the results are: one win for Norwich, two draws and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Reading.
The travelling fans enjoy Norwich's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Norwich have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Blackburn Rovers, two draws and five wins for Norwich City. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Armstrong 14 goals |   T. Pukki 7 goals |  E. Buendía 4 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Norwich City missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Norwich City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 59% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 47% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 24% |
| 18% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 59% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 25% | 29% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 12.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 14.1 | 16.5 |
| 5.8 | 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 31% | 30% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 31% | 29% |
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (31) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Championship
- Norwich City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Norwich City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Watford | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
| 5 | Reading | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Brentford | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 25 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 22 |
| 16 | Barnsley | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 17 | Millwall | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
| 22 | Derby County | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 12 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 11 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
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- Norwich Evening News - (local newspaper)