This could be an interesting match as Blackburn Rovers have their presumed home advantage while Stoke City are ahead 3 points in the Championship table.
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (38) in Championship
- Stoke City has the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Championship
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers, who have the most scored goals (38) in Championship, have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
The Blackburn fans got no joy from their last match, a FA Cup game also here at Ewood Park: A 0-1 defeat against Doncaster Rovers. Before that match, a Championship win away at Birmingham City.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackburn handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and two defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Swansea City are coming to town in three days.
Blackburn Rovers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ewood Park with 18 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Blackburn have conceded 12 goals.
Stoke City form and stats
Playing away, Stoke City, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Championship, have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season. It's three draws from Stoke City's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
The manager M. O'Neill was unhappy after their last game, a FA Cup match played at their home ground Bet365 Stadium. Stoke suffered a 0-4 loss to Leicester City. The game before that, in the Championship, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against AFC Bournemouth.
Stoke lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Stoke 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, one draw and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The schedule is very tough for Stoke now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Rotherham United is waiting in only three days.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 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. Stoke City's manager M. O'Neill has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 5 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Stoke City - Blackburn Rovers 1-0 earlier this season. Blackburn Rovers-Stoke City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Blackburn three wins, Stoke City six wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Armstrong 16 goals |   T. Campbell 6 goals |  N. Powell 5 goals |
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| Blackburn Rovers | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 38 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 26 |
| 27 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 91% | 82% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 55% | 78% |
| 78% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 36% | 52% |
| 61% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 18% | 30% |
| 35% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 22% |
| 13% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 52% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 9% | 35% |
| 30% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 82% | 52% |
| 26% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 55% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.9 | 13.3 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 30% | 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | 41% |
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (38) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City has the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Championship
- Stoke City has the most clean sheets (9) 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 | Norwich City | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 47 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Brentford | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | Reading | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 40 |
| 6 | Watford | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Barnsley | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 31 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 17 | Millwall | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -12 | 23 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 22 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 22 | Derby County | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -10 | 19 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
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