Blackburn Rovers supporters put their faith in manager Tomasson to deliver victory against Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 15.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

Blackburn Rovers have been better than Reading so far, but every game opens at 0-0. Here's all the information you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Championship
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (35) away in Championship

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Blackburn Rovers have performed here at Ewood Park this season with 12 wins from 17 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 4. Blackburn Rovers are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Blackburn Rovers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Stoke City (2-3). Before that loss this club had gone eight consecutive league fixtures without being beaten. Defender Hyam got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.12/10. Hyam won 8 of 13 duels.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sheffield United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackburn handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Blackburn Rovers as they are travelling to their away game against Sheffield United in the FA Cup. That match is four days after this one.

Blackburn Rovers has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. From these home matches, Blackburn have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Reading form and stats

There's been little loot from Reading's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 18 away games in the Championship. Reading only have 3 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Reading, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

Reading aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 288 league minutes without a goal. Ince was the last player to find the net.

Reading failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Millwall (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Sheffield United.

We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 4 victories, 2 draws and 12 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Reading, the Championship home match versus Hull City. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Reading have conceded 35 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Blackburn and Reading have faced each other before this season: Reading - Blackburn Rovers 3-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Blackburn Rovers wins - draws - Reading wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
11 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
9 goals
BlackburnS. Gallagher
S. Gallagher
6 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Reading
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 17 5 Played P 7 18 36
18 12 2 Won W 1 3 13
4 1 0 Drew D 2 2 5
14 4 3 Lost L 4 13 18
41 23 7 Scored S 3 11 38
41 13 8 Conceded C 13 35 55
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 94% 97%
64% 53% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 61% 69%
44% 41% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 50% 56%
14% 12% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 33% 28%
8% 12% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 17% 8%
36% 35% 40% BTTS BTTS 29% 33% 44%
39% 59% 40% Clean Sheets C S 29% 17% 19%
28% 12% 20% Failed to Score F T 57% 56% 39%
 
3.9 5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.7 4.4
5.6 4.9 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.1 5.2 4.9
2.1 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.8 2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 11.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.9 9.6
3.1 3.6 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.6 2.9
37% 38% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 24% 36%
 
12.1 10.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13.9 12.9 11.8
3.9 3.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reading have scored away.
  • Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Reading have the most conceded goals (35) away in Championship
  • Reading have the the worst goal difference (-24) away in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 36 19 6 11 64 41 17 10 5 2 31 13 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 63
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
6 Millwall 36 16 9 11 46 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 57
7 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 36 14 11 11 42 35 19 9 6 4 24 17 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 53
10 Watford 36 13 12 11 41 39 17 8 5 4 24 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 2 51
11 Preston North End 36 13 11 12 32 38 19 5 6 8 14 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -6 50
12 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 36 13 7 16 47 44 18 6 4 8 23 21 18 7 3 8 24 23 3 46
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 36 11 10 15 48 55 18 7 3 8 28 28 18 4 7 7 20 27 -7 43
18 Birmingham City 36 11 9 16 41 47 19 6 5 8 22 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -6 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 36 11 9 16 37 52 18 6 4 8 20 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -15 42
20 Rotherham United 36 9 13 14 40 49 17 7 5 5 29 21 19 2 8 9 11 28 -9 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 36 7 11 18 33 53 17 4 6 7 17 21 19 3 5 11 16 32 -20 32
23 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32
24 Wigan Athletic 36 7 11 18 31 57 18 3 5 10 13 31 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 32

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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 Burnley 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 36 19 6 11 64 41 17 10 5 2 31 13 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 63
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
6 Millwall 36 16 9 11 46 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 57
7 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 36 14 11 11 42 35 19 9 6 4 24 17 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 53
10 Watford 36 13 12 11 41 39 17 8 5 4 24 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 2 51
11 Preston North End 36 13 11 12 32 38 19 5 6 8 14 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -6 50
12 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 36 13 7 16 47 44 18 6 4 8 23 21 18 7 3 8 24 23 3 46
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 36 11 10 15 48 55 18 7 3 8 28 28 18 4 7 7 20 27 -7 43
18 Birmingham City 36 11 9 16 41 47 19 6 5 8 22 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -6 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 36 11 9 16 37 52 18 6 4 8 20 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -15 42
20 Rotherham United 36 9 13 14 40 49 17 7 5 5 29 21 19 2 8 9 11 28 -9 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 36 7 11 18 33 53 17 4 6 7 17 21 19 3 5 11 16 32 -20 32
23 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32
24 Wigan Athletic 36 7 11 18 31 57 18 3 5 10 13 31 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 32

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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.