Blackburn Rovers have been better than Swansea City this season, but every game opens at 0-0. Here's all the data you need ahead of kickoff:
- Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Blackburn nor Swansea City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
28 points is a decent return from 14 Championship games here at Ewood Park for Blackburn Rovers. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Blackburn Rovers has four draws from their last four matches.
An away draw last time out for Blackburn, facing West Bromwich Albion in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player Díaz got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Díaz scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Watford that finished 1-1.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. Blackpool are visiting.
Blackburn Rovers has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Blackburn have conceded only 13 goals.
Swansea City form and stats
4-7-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Swansea City in their Championship matches away.
Swansea City go into this game after a win, the home game against Blackpool that ended 2-1. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone three league games without winning. Midfield player Manning was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.13/10. Manning served one assist, hit five key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 51 total).
Prior to that match, the Swansea manager Martin faced defeat when travelling to Sheffield United and losing 0-3.Observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
A new game in only three days for Swansea City, the Championship home match versus Stoke City. Busy days.
Swansea City have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Swansea have conceded 25 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H game ended Swansea City - Blackburn Rovers 0-3, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Blackburn victories, four draws and three Swansea City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Piroe 11 goals |   B. Brereton 10 goals |  J. Ntcham 5 goals |
Blackburn Rovers missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Blackburn Rovers | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 33 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 45 |
| 37 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | 46 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 97% |
| 68% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 81% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 61% |
| 10% | 14% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 31% | 32% |
| 6% | 14% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 13% |
| 35% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 69% | 58% |
| 35% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 32% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 26% |
| 3.8 | 4.9 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.2 | 11.1 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.8 |
| 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | 33% |
| 12.2 | 10.8 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 11.5 | 9.8 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
- Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackburn Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Burnley | 31 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 62 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 35 | 69 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 52 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 25 | 61 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 54 |
| 4 | Luton Town | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 50 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 48 |
| 6 | Watford | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 47 |
| 7 | Millwall | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 46 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -4 | 46 |
| 9 | Norwich City | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 45 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
| 11 | Coventry City | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 42 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -1 | 42 |
| 13 | Hull City | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -9 | 41 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | -9 | 41 |
| 15 | Reading | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -11 | 41 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 40 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -10 | 39 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 38 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 37 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -8 | 33 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 32 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -21 | 30 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -14 | 28 |
| 24 | Blackpool | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -16 | 28 |
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