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

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 09.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park

Blackburn Rovers will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 22 points behind Swansea City.

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Championship

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 and Swansea City.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Blackburn Rovers at their home stadium (Ewood Park) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Reading (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Blackburn perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Blackburn Rovers as a small favourite), we find nine games. Blackburn Rovers has won three of these, drawn five and lost one.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Brentford are coming to town in three days.

Blackburn have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ewood Park with 24 goals in 16 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Swansea City form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Swansea City have produced an overall stat of 8-3-4 so far.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stoke City at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The end of the last match, against Middlesbrough, was very satisfying as André Ayew scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swansea City playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were five Swansea wins, six draws and one defeat.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Luton Town.

Swansea City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 15 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Swansea City - Blackburn Rovers 2-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Blackburn two wins, three draws and Swansea City three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BlackburnA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
19 goals
Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
13 goals
Swansea CityJ. Lowe
J. Lowe
9 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Swansea City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Swansea City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 16 5 Played P 5 15 33
12 6 1 Won W 3 8 19
7 5 1 Drew D 1 3 8
15 5 3 Lost L 1 4 6
48 24 7 Scored S 7 20 43
39 19 10 Conceded C 4 14 24
94% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
71% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 73%
50% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 27% 27%
26% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 9%
12% 19% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
50% 69% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 42%
29% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 40% 52%
26% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.3 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.1 11.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 10 10.2
4.8 5 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.5 3.5
29% 30% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 38% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Championship
  • Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 35 23 7 5 51 25 18 12 5 1 26 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 26 76
2 Watford 35 19 9 7 46 24 18 14 2 2 35 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 22 66
3 Swansea City 33 19 8 6 43 24 18 11 5 2 23 10 15 8 3 4 20 14 19 65
4 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
5 Reading 35 18 6 11 49 37 18 11 0 7 28 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 12 60
6 Barnsley 34 17 6 11 42 37 17 10 3 4 23 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 5 57
7 AFC Bournemouth 35 15 11 9 50 34 17 10 3 4 28 16 18 5 8 5 22 18 16 56
8 Cardiff City 35 15 9 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 18 8 6 4 22 16 18 54
9 Middlesbrough 35 14 8 13 41 38 17 8 3 6 20 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 3 50
10 Stoke City 35 12 12 11 41 39 18 8 4 6 25 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 2 48
11 Millwall 35 10 16 9 34 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 17 6 6 5 17 17 1 46
12 Bristol City 35 14 3 18 36 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 17 7 1 9 21 28 -12 45
13 Preston North End 35 13 5 17 39 45 18 5 4 9 15 17 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 44
14 Luton Town 34 12 8 14 28 40 16 6 6 4 20 19 18 6 2 10 8 21 -12 44
15 Blackburn Rovers 34 12 7 15 48 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 18 6 2 10 24 20 9 43
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 11 10 12 34 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 43
17 Nottingham Forest 35 10 10 15 28 34 17 5 6 6 15 15 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 40
18 Huddersfield Town 35 10 8 17 39 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 38
19 Derby County 34 10 8 16 25 38 17 5 5 7 12 17 17 5 3 9 13 21 -13 38
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 35 8 11 16 26 43 17 3 3 11 12 28 18 5 8 5 14 15 -17 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 34 9 7 18 24 43 16 6 5 5 13 11 18 3 2 13 11 32 -19 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 34 5 8 21 23 57 17 3 5 9 10 21 17 2 3 12 13 36 -34 23

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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 Norwich City 35 23 7 5 51 25 18 12 5 1 26 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 26 76
2 Watford 35 19 9 7 46 24 18 14 2 2 35 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 22 66
3 Swansea City 33 19 8 6 43 24 18 11 5 2 23 10 15 8 3 4 20 14 19 65
4 Brentford 34 18 9 7 61 36 17 10 5 2 34 18 17 8 4 5 27 18 25 63
5 Reading 35 18 6 11 49 37 18 11 0 7 28 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 12 60
6 Barnsley 34 17 6 11 42 37 17 10 3 4 23 17 17 7 3 7 19 20 5 57
7 AFC Bournemouth 35 15 11 9 50 34 17 10 3 4 28 16 18 5 8 5 22 18 16 56
8 Cardiff City 35 15 9 11 53 35 17 7 3 7 31 19 18 8 6 4 22 16 18 54
9 Middlesbrough 35 14 8 13 41 38 17 8 3 6 20 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 3 50
10 Stoke City 35 12 12 11 41 39 18 8 4 6 25 21 17 4 8 5 16 18 2 48
11 Millwall 35 10 16 9 34 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 17 6 6 5 17 17 1 46
12 Bristol City 35 14 3 18 36 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 17 7 1 9 21 28 -12 45
13 Preston North End 35 13 5 17 39 45 18 5 4 9 15 17 17 8 1 8 24 28 -6 44
14 Luton Town 34 12 8 14 28 40 16 6 6 4 20 19 18 6 2 10 8 21 -12 44
15 Blackburn Rovers 34 12 7 15 48 39 16 6 5 5 24 19 18 6 2 10 24 20 9 43
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 11 10 12 34 39 16 6 4 6 17 19 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 43
17 Nottingham Forest 35 10 10 15 28 34 17 5 6 6 15 15 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 40
18 Huddersfield Town 35 10 8 17 39 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 38
19 Derby County 34 10 8 16 25 38 17 5 5 7 12 17 17 5 3 9 13 21 -13 38
20 Coventry City 35 9 11 15 32 46 18 7 6 5 19 19 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 38
21 Birmingham City 35 8 11 16 26 43 17 3 3 11 12 28 18 5 8 5 14 15 -17 35
22 Rotherham United 32 9 5 18 35 43 16 4 3 9 20 22 16 5 2 9 15 21 -8 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 34 9 7 18 24 43 16 6 5 5 13 11 18 3 2 13 11 32 -19 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 34 5 8 21 23 57 17 3 5 9 10 21 17 2 3 12 13 36 -34 23

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.