Blackburn Rovers - Stoke City: Small difference between teams in Championship clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 26.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Blackburn Rovers supporters in this Ewood Park clash with Stoke City, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.

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 Stoke City.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Blackburn Rovers are 8-6-3 (wins-draw-losses).

The home team returns to Ewood Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Brentford (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 2-2. In the game before, an away victory match versus Charlton Athletic with a 2-0 scoreline.

Opportunity lost for Blackburn Rovers in the Brentford match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Blackburn Rovers's goalie Christian Walton played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Brentford with a stunning seven saves.

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 eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn five and lost one.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Swansea City in only three days. This game is also played here at Ewood Park.

Blackburn Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 17 games. Blackburn Rovers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ewood Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 17 matches.

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Stoke City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stoke City so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-11 (win-draw-lose). Stoke City has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Stoke City go into this game after a win, the home game against Cardiff City that ended 2-0. A 2-4 defeat away at Queens Park Rangers before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Stoke City in our archives, and the results are: one win for Stoke City, four draws and seven defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stoke City manager M. O'Neill as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Luton Town.

Stoke City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 16 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Stoke City have conceded 30 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Stoke City - Blackburn Rovers 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Blackburn Rovers won three games, one match ended with a draw and Stoke City has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
11 goals
Blackburn RoversB. Dack
B. Dack
9 goals
Stoke CityS. Clucas
S. Clucas
8 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Stoke City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 7 Played P 4 16 34
14 8 3 Won W 1 4 11
9 6 2 Drew D 1 1 4
11 3 2 Lost L 2 11 19
50 22 11 Scored S 2 19 43
40 14 8 Conceded C 4 30 53
94% 88% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 91%
76% 65% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 69% 76%
50% 41% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 62% 59%
24% 12% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 29%
18% 6% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 15%
59% 53% 57% BTTS BTTS 25% 56% 50%
32% 41% 43% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 24%
15% 18% 14% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 35%
 
5.1 6.2 7.1 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 4.8
4.6 3.9 3.1 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.2
1.4 1.3 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.6 1.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
358 210 101 Total Shots T S 35 165 416
126 68 27 Shots on Target S O 12 54 127
40% 32% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 35% 34%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers has the fewest points from losing position (4)
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 34 18 12 4 62 36 16 7 7 2 34 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 26 66
2 Leeds United 34 18 8 8 49 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 19 62
3 Fulham 34 16 9 9 48 37 17 10 2 5 29 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 11 57
4 Brentford 34 16 8 10 56 29 17 9 5 3 31 15 17 7 3 7 25 14 27 56
5 Nottingham Forest 34 15 11 8 45 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 17 7 7 3 25 17 12 56
6 Preston North End 34 16 8 10 49 38 18 11 3 4 34 21 16 5 5 6 15 17 11 56
7 Bristol City 34 15 8 11 48 49 17 7 4 6 24 26 17 8 4 5 24 23 -1 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 34 14 9 11 50 40 17 8 6 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 51
9 Swansea City 34 13 12 9 44 42 18 8 4 6 24 20 16 5 8 3 20 22 2 51
10 Cardiff City 34 12 14 8 48 47 16 8 7 1 24 14 18 4 7 7 24 33 1 50
11 Millwall 34 12 13 9 40 39 16 8 5 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 49
12 Sheffield Wednesday 34 12 9 13 44 41 16 6 5 5 14 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 3 45
13 Derby County 34 11 12 11 42 46 18 9 7 2 25 13 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 45
14 Birmingham City 34 12 9 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 45
15 Queens Park Rangers 34 12 7 15 51 58 17 7 4 6 33 30 17 5 3 9 18 28 -7 43
16 Reading 34 11 9 14 41 38 16 6 2 8 21 21 18 5 7 6 20 17 3 42
17 Hull City 34 11 8 15 48 53 17 6 3 8 27 28 17 5 5 7 21 25 -5 41
18 Charlton Athletic 34 10 9 15 44 48 18 7 5 6 25 22 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 39
19 Stoke City 34 11 4 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -10 37
20 Middlesbrough 34 8 13 13 34 44 17 6 7 4 16 16 17 2 6 9 18 28 -10 37
21 Huddersfield Town 34 9 9 16 39 55 17 5 5 7 18 24 17 4 4 9 21 31 -16 36
22 Wigan Athletic 34 8 10 16 34 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -16 34
23 Barnsley 34 7 10 17 41 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -17 31
24 Luton Town 34 9 3 22 40 69 16 6 3 7 24 25 18 3 0 15 16 44 -29 30

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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 West Bromwich Albion 34 18 12 4 62 36 16 7 7 2 34 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 26 66
2 Leeds United 34 18 8 8 49 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 19 62
3 Fulham 34 16 9 9 48 37 17 10 2 5 29 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 11 57
4 Brentford 34 16 8 10 56 29 17 9 5 3 31 15 17 7 3 7 25 14 27 56
5 Nottingham Forest 34 15 11 8 45 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 17 7 7 3 25 17 12 56
6 Preston North End 34 16 8 10 49 38 18 11 3 4 34 21 16 5 5 6 15 17 11 56
7 Bristol City 34 15 8 11 48 49 17 7 4 6 24 26 17 8 4 5 24 23 -1 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 34 14 9 11 50 40 17 8 6 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 51
9 Swansea City 34 13 12 9 44 42 18 8 4 6 24 20 16 5 8 3 20 22 2 51
10 Cardiff City 34 12 14 8 48 47 16 8 7 1 24 14 18 4 7 7 24 33 1 50
11 Millwall 34 12 13 9 40 39 16 8 5 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 49
12 Sheffield Wednesday 34 12 9 13 44 41 16 6 5 5 14 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 3 45
13 Derby County 34 11 12 11 42 46 18 9 7 2 25 13 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 45
14 Birmingham City 34 12 9 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 45
15 Queens Park Rangers 34 12 7 15 51 58 17 7 4 6 33 30 17 5 3 9 18 28 -7 43
16 Reading 34 11 9 14 41 38 16 6 2 8 21 21 18 5 7 6 20 17 3 42
17 Hull City 34 11 8 15 48 53 17 6 3 8 27 28 17 5 5 7 21 25 -5 41
18 Charlton Athletic 34 10 9 15 44 48 18 7 5 6 25 22 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 39
19 Stoke City 34 11 4 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -10 37
20 Middlesbrough 34 8 13 13 34 44 17 6 7 4 16 16 17 2 6 9 18 28 -10 37
21 Huddersfield Town 34 9 9 16 39 55 17 5 5 7 18 24 17 4 4 9 21 31 -16 36
22 Wigan Athletic 34 8 10 16 34 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -16 34
23 Barnsley 34 7 10 17 41 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -17 31
24 Luton Town 34 9 3 22 40 69 16 6 3 7 24 25 18 3 0 15 16 44 -29 30

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