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 Reading.
It's no vacation for neither Blackburn Rovers nor Reading 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
Overall Championship stats at home this season for Blackburn Rovers, who have the most scored goals (16) in Championship, are 1-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
A strong away win for Blackburn Rovers against Coventry City the last match, as Sam Gallagher, Adam Armstrong (2) and Harvey Elliott were on target. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Watford (1-3).
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Blackburn Rovers played a great game against Coventry City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackburn Rovers handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and one defeat.
The manager T. Mowbray will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Swansea City in only four days.
Blackburn have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ewood Park with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Defensively Blackburn have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Reading form and stats
The seven points Reading have gathered from their first three away trips in the Championship is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Reading goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa is eager to challenge this, with his 369 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Reading won their last game, 3-0 versus Rotherham United played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Wycombe Wanderers.
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, nine draws and eight defeats. From a total of 20 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Reading manager V. Paunovic as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Coventry City.
Reading are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Reading are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Blackburn, two draws and four wins for Reading. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Armstrong 7 goals |   L. Santos João 4 goals |  B. Johnson 3 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Reading missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Reading | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 57% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 86% |
| 29% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | 41 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 23 | 48 |
| 53 | 23 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | 41% |
- Blackburn Rovers has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers has the most matches over the total-line (5) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (16) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Reading has the fewest conceded goals (1) in Championship
- Reading has the most clean sheets (6) in Championship
- Reading has the the best goal difference (+10) in Championship
- Reading have not yet lost a game.
- Reading have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Reading is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Bristol City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Watford | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Millwall | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Brentford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Rotherham United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Derby County | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 4 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -4 |
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