Ewood Park: Blackburn Rovers vs Nottingham Forest Championship preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest in this fresh Championship season. Read our match preview!

Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Only two Championship home games for Blackburn Rovers so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski not having conceded a league goal in 276 minutes.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Cardiff City in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Derby County.

Blackburn Rovers are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Watford awaits in four days.

At Ewood Park, Blackburn Rovers has the goal stats of 5-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

No Championship points yet away for Nottingham Forest, from their first 2 matches. With the Nottingham losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Nottingham Forest are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Home advantage was not enough for Nottingham in their previous game, as they lost their Championship-match, hosting Bristol City, 1-2. Prior to that match, the Nottingham manager S. Lamouchi faced defeat when travelling to Huddersfield Town and losing 0-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Nottingham Forest are hosting Rotherham United in the Championship only three days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Nottingham Forest has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Blackburn Rovers victories, five draws and one Nottingham Forest win. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
5 goals
BlackburnB. Johnson
B. Johnson
3 goals
Blackburn RoversT. Dolan
T. Dolan
2 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 4
11 5 5 Scored S 0 0 1
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 7
75% 50% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
75% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 75%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
73 34 23 Total Shots T S 0 19 50
34 21 16 Shots on Target S O 0 4 13
32% 24% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 8%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (11) in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers has the the best goal difference (+5) at home in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers has the the best goal difference (+8) in Championship
Blackburn Rovers Last season Nottingham Forest
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
17 10   Won W   8 18
12 9   Drew D   11 16
17 4   Lost L   4 12
66 33   Scored S   31 58
63 24   Conceded C   23 50
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 96%
78% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 67%
52% 48%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 41%
30% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 24%
20% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 7%
59% 61%   BTTS BTTS   65% 54%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 30%
22% 17%   Failed to Score F T   13% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.7
3 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
497 285   Total Shots T S   266 591
172 95   Shots on Target S O   72 152
38% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bristol City 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 12
2 Reading 4 4 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 12
3 AFC Bournemouth 4 3 1 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 10
4 Swansea City 4 3 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 10
5 Luton Town 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 9
6 Blackburn Rovers 4 2 1 1 11 3 2 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 6 3 8 7
7 Watford 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 7
8 Birmingham City 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
9 Queens Park Rangers 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 5
10 Middlesbrough 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
11 Millwall 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
12 Rotherham United 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
13 Stoke City 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 5
14 Brentford 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
15 Preston North End 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 6 4 0 4
16 Cardiff City 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 -1 4
17 Norwich City 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 -1 4
18 Coventry City 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 4
19 Huddersfield Town 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 4
20 Derby County 4 1 0 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 -6 3
21 Barnsley 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 1
22 Nottingham Forest 4 0 0 4 1 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 0
23 Wycombe Wanderers 4 0 0 4 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 7 -10 0
24 Sheffield Wednesday 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 -7
Last season 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 46 28 9 9 77 35 23 15 5 3 40 14 23 13 4 6 37 21 42 93
2 West Bromwich Albion 46 22 17 7 77 45 23 10 10 3 44 27 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 83
3 Brentford 46 24 9 13 80 38 23 14 5 4 44 18 23 10 4 9 36 20 42 81
4 Fulham 46 23 12 11 64 48 23 15 2 6 40 26 23 8 10 5 24 22 16 81
5 Cardiff City 46 19 16 11 68 58 23 11 9 3 35 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 10 73
6 Swansea City 46 18 16 12 62 53 23 10 5 8 27 23 23 8 11 4 35 30 9 70
7 Nottingham Forest 46 18 16 12 58 50 23 10 5 8 27 27 23 8 11 4 31 23 8 70
8 Millwall 46 17 17 12 57 51 23 10 8 5 33 25 23 7 9 7 24 26 6 68
9 Preston North End 46 18 12 16 59 54 23 12 4 7 39 29 23 6 8 9 20 25 5 66
10 Derby County 46 17 13 16 62 64 23 11 8 4 33 21 23 6 5 12 29 43 -2 64
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 17 12 17 66 63 23 10 9 4 33 24 23 7 3 13 33 39 3 63
12 Bristol City 46 17 12 17 60 65 23 8 7 8 30 33 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 63
13 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 10 20 67 76 23 9 5 9 42 42 23 7 5 11 25 34 -9 58
14 Reading 46 15 11 20 59 58 23 7 4 12 26 34 23 8 7 8 33 24 1 56
15 Stoke City 46 16 8 22 62 68 23 11 3 9 36 26 23 5 5 13 26 42 -6 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 46 15 11 20 58 66 23 7 7 9 19 30 23 8 4 11 39 36 -8 56
17 Middlesbrough 46 13 14 19 48 61 23 6 8 9 20 29 23 7 6 10 28 32 -13 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 52 70 23 8 6 9 26 30 23 5 6 12 26 40 -18 51
19 Luton Town 46 14 9 23 54 82 23 8 7 8 33 37 23 6 2 15 21 45 -28 51
20 Birmingham City 46 12 14 20 54 75 23 6 7 10 33 42 23 6 7 10 21 33 -21 50
21 Barnsley 46 12 13 21 49 69 23 7 9 7 29 33 23 5 4 14 20 36 -20 49
22 Charlton Athletic 46 12 12 22 50 65 23 8 6 9 28 27 23 4 6 13 22 38 -15 48
23 Wigan Athletic 46 15 14 17 57 56 23 10 7 6 33 23 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 47
24 Hull City 46 12 9 25 57 87 23 7 3 13 29 37 23 5 6 12 28 50 -30 45

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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 Bristol City 4 4 0 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 12
2 Reading 4 4 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 12
3 AFC Bournemouth 4 3 1 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 10
4 Swansea City 4 3 1 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 10
5 Luton Town 4 3 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 9
6 Blackburn Rovers 4 2 1 1 11 3 2 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 6 3 8 7
7 Watford 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 7
8 Birmingham City 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 6
9 Queens Park Rangers 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 5
10 Middlesbrough 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
11 Millwall 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
12 Rotherham United 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
13 Stoke City 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 -1 5
14 Brentford 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
15 Preston North End 4 1 1 2 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 6 4 0 4
16 Cardiff City 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 -1 4
17 Norwich City 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 -1 4
18 Coventry City 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 4
19 Huddersfield Town 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 4
20 Derby County 4 1 0 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 -6 3
21 Barnsley 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 1
22 Nottingham Forest 4 0 0 4 1 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 0
23 Wycombe Wanderers 4 0 0 4 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 7 -10 0
24 Sheffield Wednesday 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 -7

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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.