Championship match prediction and preview for Blackburn Rovers vs Reading clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Blackburn Rovers in 12th and Reading in 14th place.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Blackburn Rovers and Reading.

Blackburn Rovers can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. For Reading most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Blackburn Rovers have played 22 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-9-4 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager T. Mowbray led his Blackburn to a defeat in the Championship match away at Millwall. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ewood Park. In the match before that, Blackburn hosted West Bromwich Albion and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackburn handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and zero defeats.

There will be little rest for Blackburn after this match as they are travelling to Luton Town for a Championship game in only four days.

Blackburn has scored 29 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. From these home matches, Blackburn have conceded only 21 goals.

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Reading form and stats

8-7-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Reading in their Championship matches away. Reading love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Reading might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Middlesbrough proved too strong as Reading slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Madejski Stadium. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Charlton Athletic.

Reading are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, ten draws and seven defeats. From a total of 20 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Reading are hosting Swansea City in the Championship only four days away.

The visiting Reading have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 30 goals from 22 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (20 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Reading - Blackburn 1-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Blackburn four wins, two draws and Reading four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BlackburnA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
14 goals
ReadingY. Meïté
Y. Meïté
12 goals
ReadingG. Puşcaş
G. Puşcaş
11 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Reading
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
16 9 4 Won W 3 8 15
12 9 2 Drew D 1 7 11
16 4 0 Lost L 2 7 18
60 29 9 Scored S 11 30 55
57 21 4 Conceded C 6 20 50
93% 86% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
77% 68% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 73% 75%
50% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 45%
27% 23% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 16%
16% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 7%
57% 59% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 48%
27% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 30%
23% 18% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 27% 27%
 
4.8 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.2 4.9
4.4 3.8 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.8 5.4
1.5 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
465 268 71 Total Shots T S 83 231 499
163 90 26 Shots on Target S O 26 82 163
37% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 37% 34%

  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 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 44 24 9 11 79 35 22 14 5 3 43 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 44 81
4 Fulham 44 22 11 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 22 8 9 5 23 21 14 77
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 44 17 16 11 62 57 22 10 9 3 32 21 22 7 7 8 30 36 5 67
7 Millwall 44 16 17 11 50 46 22 9 8 5 29 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 4 65
8 Swansea City 44 16 16 12 57 52 22 9 5 8 26 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 5 64
9 Preston North End 44 17 11 16 56 53 22 11 4 7 37 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 3 62
10 Bristol City 44 17 11 16 59 63 22 8 6 8 29 32 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 62
11 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 12 16 60 57 22 9 9 4 29 21 22 7 3 12 31 36 3 60
13 Wigan Athletic 44 15 12 17 54 53 22 10 6 6 32 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 1 57
14 Reading 44 15 11 18 55 50 22 7 4 11 25 30 22 8 7 7 30 20 5 56
15 Sheffield Wednesday 44 15 11 18 54 59 22 7 7 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 56
16 Queens Park Rangers 44 15 9 20 61 71 22 8 5 9 38 39 22 7 4 11 23 32 -10 54
17 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
18 Stoke City 44 14 8 22 57 67 22 10 3 9 35 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -10 50
19 Middlesbrough 44 12 14 18 45 57 22 6 8 8 19 26 22 6 6 10 26 31 -12 50
20 Birmingham City 44 12 14 18 53 70 22 6 7 9 32 39 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 50
21 Charlton Athletic 44 12 11 21 48 59 22 8 5 9 26 25 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 47
22 Hull City 44 12 9 23 57 83 22 7 3 12 29 36 22 5 6 11 28 47 -26 45
23 Luton Town 44 12 9 23 50 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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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 Leeds United 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 44 24 9 11 79 35 22 14 5 3 43 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 44 81
4 Fulham 44 22 11 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 22 8 9 5 23 21 14 77
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 44 17 16 11 62 57 22 10 9 3 32 21 22 7 7 8 30 36 5 67
7 Millwall 44 16 17 11 50 46 22 9 8 5 29 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 4 65
8 Swansea City 44 16 16 12 57 52 22 9 5 8 26 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 5 64
9 Preston North End 44 17 11 16 56 53 22 11 4 7 37 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 3 62
10 Bristol City 44 17 11 16 59 63 22 8 6 8 29 32 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 62
11 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 12 16 60 57 22 9 9 4 29 21 22 7 3 12 31 36 3 60
13 Wigan Athletic 44 15 12 17 54 53 22 10 6 6 32 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 1 57
14 Reading 44 15 11 18 55 50 22 7 4 11 25 30 22 8 7 7 30 20 5 56
15 Sheffield Wednesday 44 15 11 18 54 59 22 7 7 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 56
16 Queens Park Rangers 44 15 9 20 61 71 22 8 5 9 38 39 22 7 4 11 23 32 -10 54
17 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
18 Stoke City 44 14 8 22 57 67 22 10 3 9 35 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -10 50
19 Middlesbrough 44 12 14 18 45 57 22 6 8 8 19 26 22 6 6 10 26 31 -12 50
20 Birmingham City 44 12 14 18 53 70 22 6 7 9 32 39 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 50
21 Charlton Athletic 44 12 11 21 48 59 22 8 5 9 26 25 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 47
22 Hull City 44 12 9 23 57 83 22 7 3 12 29 36 22 5 6 11 28 47 -26 45
23 Luton Town 44 12 9 23 50 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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