Soccer betting preview: Blackburn Rovers welcomes Stoke City in what could be a tight duel

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 06.April
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 16th and Stoke City in 15th place.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

8 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Blackburn Rovers have to build on here at Ewood Park.

The fans are hoping that Blackburn Rovers will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Championship game against Aston Villa. Heartbreak before that as Blackburn Rovers lost 2-4 at Sheffield Wednesday's place.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Blackburn Rovers as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Derby County are visiting.

The Blackburn Rovers fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 26 in 19 matches. Blackburn Rovers have only conceded 18 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stoke City form and stats

Stoke City have only collected 18 points from their away games after 2-12-5 (19 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row. The Stoke City manager N. Jones is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 34 days.

Stoke City delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Sheffield Wednesday in their previous match; a Championship game. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Reading.

Stoke City has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Swansea City in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 19 away games, an average of less than one per game. 24 goals have been conceded by Stoke City in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Stoke City - Blackburn Rovers 2-3 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Blackburn Rovers 3 wins, 1 draw and Stoke City 6 victories.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Stoke City missing players

Blackburn Rovers Stoke City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 19 39
53 26 Scored 17 37
62 18 Conceded 24 42
95% 95% Over 0.5 74% 79%
74% 63% Over 1.5 63% 64%
56% 42% Over 2.5 42% 33%
38% 21% Over 3.5 37% 23%
21% 5% Over 4.5 0% 3%
59% 42% Both teams to score 53% 41%
26% 32% Clean Sheet 37% 41%
21% 32% Failed To Score 37% 38%
Key stats this season:
  • Stoke City is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 39 24 9 6 78 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 30 81
2 Leeds United 39 23 7 9 66 41 20 13 3 4 35 18 19 10 4 5 31 23 25 76
3 Sheffield United 39 22 8 9 66 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 19 9 5 5 29 21 29 74
4 West Bromwich Albion 39 20 10 9 75 50 20 9 7 4 44 27 19 11 3 5 31 23 25 70
5 Bristol City 38 17 10 11 49 40 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 61
6 Aston Villa 39 15 15 9 70 55 20 9 8 3 46 33 19 6 7 6 24 22 15 60
7 Derby County 38 16 11 11 52 45 20 10 7 3 31 19 18 6 4 8 21 26 7 59
8 Middlesbrough 39 15 13 11 40 33 20 7 6 7 19 16 19 8 7 4 21 17 7 58
9 Nottingham Forest 39 14 15 10 54 45 20 11 4 5 29 19 19 3 11 5 25 26 9 57
10 Preston North End 39 15 12 12 59 52 19 7 9 3 34 24 20 8 3 9 25 28 7 57
11 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 14 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 20 6 6 8 21 29 -3 56
12 Hull City 39 15 9 15 56 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 20 6 4 10 25 38 0 54
13 Brentford 39 13 11 15 60 53 19 11 3 5 40 20 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 50
14 Swansea City 38 14 8 16 49 48 18 9 4 5 29 20 20 5 4 11 20 28 1 50
15 Stoke City 39 10 18 11 37 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 48
16 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 11 16 53 62 19 8 6 5 26 18 20 4 5 11 27 44 -9 47
17 Queens Park Rangers 39 12 8 19 46 61 20 8 3 9 28 28 19 4 5 10 18 33 -15 44
18 Birmingham City 39 12 14 13 55 52 19 6 8 5 26 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 3 41
19 Reading 39 9 13 17 42 57 20 7 4 9 27 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -15 40
20 Wigan Athletic 39 10 10 19 41 57 20 9 7 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 40
21 Millwall 38 9 10 19 43 58 18 6 6 6 22 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -15 37
22 Rotherham United 39 7 15 17 41 67 19 6 8 5 27 30 20 1 7 12 14 37 -26 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 39 8 8 23 28 64 19 4 4 11 12 28 20 4 4 12 16 36 -36 32
24 Ipswich Town 39 3 15 21 30 64 20 2 10 8 18 27 19 1 5 13 12 37 -34 24

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