Betting preview: Blackburn Rovers vs Sheffield Wednesday should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

The visiting Sheffield Wednesday side should be favourites in this visit to Blackburn Rovers, as the away team holds a 9 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Blackburn Rovers are 2-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). Blackburn Rovers have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The fans are hoping that Blackburn Rovers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Championship game against Preston North End (placed 2nd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Birmingham City (0-1).

A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Preston North End) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Blackburn Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 6 Lost 2.

Blackburn Rovers has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Blackburn Rovers have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Sheffield Wednesday form and stats

3-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sheffield Wednesday in their Championship matches away.

There were no winners in Sheffield Wednesday's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Leeds United (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Stoke City.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sheffield Wednesday playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 4 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Sheffield Wednesday are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. 7 goals have been conceded by Sheffield Wednesday in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 3 - 5 (Blackburn Rovers wins - draws - Sheffield Wednesday wins). As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Dack
B. Dack
5 goals / 1 assists
Sheffield WednesdayS. Fletcher
S. Fletcher
5 goals / 1 assists
Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
3 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Sheffield Wednesday missing players

Blackburn Rovers Sheffield Wednesday
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
14 7 0 Played P 3 7 14
4 2 0 Won W 3 3 7
3 3 0 Drew D 0 1 3
7 2 0 Lost L 0 3 4
17 8 0 Scored S 9 11 18
21 7 0 Conceded C 2 7 10
93% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
71% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 57%
50% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 29%
29% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 14%
21% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 7%
57% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 43%
29% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 43%
21% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 21%
 
6.4 8 0 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.3 3.9
4.1 3.4 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6 5.3
1.6 1.4 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sheffield Wednesday haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Blackburn Rovers
All League One Championship Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs top
01-10-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
05-10-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 4 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
19-10-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 2 - 2 Huddersfield Town
22-10-19 CH Birmingham City 1 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
26-10-19 CH Preston North End 3 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
02-11-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 16:00 Sheffield Wednesday
09-11-19 CH Leeds United 16:00 Blackburn Rovers
23-11-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 16:00 Barnsley
27-11-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 20:45 Brentford
30-11-19 CH Stoke City 16:00 Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday
All Championship Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Away vs low
01-10-19 CH Hull City 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday
05-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic
18-10-19 CH Cardiff City 1 - 1 Sheffield Wednesday
22-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 Stoke City
26-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 0 Leeds United
02-11-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 16:00 Sheffield Wednesday
09-11-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 16:00 Swansea City
23-11-19 CH West Bromwich Albion 16:00 Sheffield Wednesday
27-11-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 20:45 Birmingham City
30-11-19 CH Charlton Athletic 13:30 Sheffield Wednesday

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 14 7 6 1 26 17 7 3 4 0 17 12 7 4 2 1 9 5 9 27
2 Preston North End 14 7 4 3 27 16 8 6 2 0 22 9 6 1 2 3 5 7 11 25
3 Leeds United 14 7 4 3 17 8 6 3 2 1 5 3 8 4 2 2 12 5 9 25
4 Swansea City 14 7 4 3 18 13 8 4 1 3 11 10 6 3 3 0 7 3 5 25
5 Sheffield Wednesday 14 7 3 4 18 10 7 4 2 1 7 3 7 3 1 3 11 7 8 24
6 Bristol City 14 6 6 2 22 19 7 3 3 1 10 8 7 3 3 1 12 11 3 24
7 Fulham 14 6 5 3 23 14 7 4 2 1 15 7 7 2 3 2 8 7 9 23
8 Queens Park Rangers 13 7 2 4 23 23 7 3 2 2 14 13 6 4 0 2 9 10 0 23
9 Charlton Athletic 14 6 4 4 21 16 7 4 1 2 10 5 7 2 3 2 11 11 5 22
10 Nottingham Forest 13 6 4 3 17 12 6 3 1 2 8 5 7 3 3 1 9 7 5 22
11 Birmingham City 14 7 1 6 14 16 7 5 1 1 10 5 7 2 0 5 4 11 -2 22
12 Hull City 14 5 4 5 20 20 8 3 2 3 12 12 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 19
13 Brentford 13 5 3 5 15 11 6 2 3 1 8 5 7 3 0 4 7 6 4 18
14 Cardiff City 14 4 6 4 19 20 6 4 2 0 10 4 8 0 4 4 9 16 -1 18
15 Millwall 14 4 6 4 16 19 7 4 2 1 10 6 7 0 4 3 6 13 -3 18
16 Derby County 14 4 6 4 16 20 7 3 3 1 9 6 7 1 3 3 7 14 -4 18
17 Blackburn Rovers 14 4 3 7 17 21 7 2 3 2 8 7 7 2 0 5 9 14 -4 15
18 Wigan Athletic 14 4 3 7 12 19 6 4 1 1 7 4 8 0 2 6 5 15 -7 15
19 Luton Town 14 4 2 8 21 25 6 2 2 2 10 10 8 2 0 6 11 15 -4 14
20 Huddersfield Town 14 3 4 7 16 21 8 2 2 4 8 10 6 1 2 3 8 11 -5 13
21 Reading 13 3 3 7 14 19 6 2 0 4 7 11 7 1 3 3 7 8 -5 12
22 Middlesbrough 14 2 6 6 11 17 8 2 3 3 5 8 6 0 3 3 6 9 -6 12
23 Stoke City 14 2 2 10 13 25 7 1 1 5 8 13 7 1 1 5 5 12 -12 8
24 Barnsley 14 1 5 8 12 27 7 1 3 3 8 13 7 0 2 5 4 14 -15 8

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