Stoke City have journeyed here for an engaging duel against the hosting Blackburn Rovers. Prepare for the fixture with this thorough Championship preview!
- Blackburn Rovers have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Championship
- Stoke City have lost all their away matches so far.
There have been little to rest for the home side, as they had a Carabao Cup fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Bradford City, so at least Blackburn Rovers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
As mentioned below, Blackburn Rovers are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Championship games.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 223 minutes without scoring a league goal. Gallagher was the last player to find the net.
Blackburn are returning here after guesting Bradford City in a Carabao Cup game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Markanday (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Markanday scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sheffield United (0-3).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 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Blackburn are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Blackpool awaits in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Blackburn Rovers at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Stoke City form and stats
No Championship points yet away for Stoke City, from their first 2 matches.
Home advantage was not enough for Stoke City in their previous game as they lost hosting Sunderland, 0-1. Midfielder Smallbone was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Smallbone hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
A draw for Stoke City before that, at their own venue hosting Middlesbrough (2-2).So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke City playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 3 Stoke City wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
After this away game Stoke return home for a Championship game against Swansea City. That game is only four sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Stoke City has managed 1 goal and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Blackburn Rovers victories, two draws and four Stoke City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Travis 2 goals |  B. Brereton 2 goals |   J. Brown 2 goals |
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| Blackburn Rovers | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
| 5.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.6 | 8.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 12 |
| 2.2 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 55% | 50% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 26% |
| 12.4 | 8.5 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 3.4 |
- All of Stoke City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Blackburn Rovers have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have won all their matches at home so far.
- Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stoke City have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Stoke City have lost all their away matches so far.
- Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Blackburn Rovers | Last season | Stoke City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 59 | 36 | Scored | S | 27 | 57 | ||
| 50 | 26 | Conceded | C | 29 | 52 | ||
| 89% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 96% | ||
| 65% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 67% | ||
| 43% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 52% | 46% | ||
| 24% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 20% | ||
| 9% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | ||
| 43% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 61% | 52% | ||
| 33% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 33% | ||
| 35% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 10.8 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Watford | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Reading | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Hull City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Burnley | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 20 | Swansea City | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 5 |
| 21 | Stoke City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 23 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
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