Blackburn Rovers will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Swansea City.
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (39) in Championship
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Blackburn Rovers 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
Blackburn Rovers, who have the most scored goals (39) in Championship, have collected 19 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-4-3. Two draws in a row at home now for Blackburn Rovers.
Blackburn drew their last game, also a home match. Stoke City (placed 8th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Ahead of that match, Blackburn lost 0-1 at home to Doncaster Rovers.
John Buckley was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Stoke City after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn five and lost two.
Blackburn have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ewood Park with 19 goals in 12 league matches. Blackburn Rovers have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Swansea City form and stats
Playing away, Swansea City, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Championship, have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Barnsley (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 0-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stevenage at their stadium, the result 2-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swansea playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were four Swansea City wins, six draws and two defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Swansea are hosting Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup only four days away.
Swansea have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Swansea City as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Swansea City - Blackburn 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Blackburn Rovers 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
  A. Armstrong 16 goals |   A. Ayew Pelé 8 goals |  J. Lowe 8 goals |
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| Blackburn Rovers | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 28 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 92% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 83% |
| 79% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 58% | 58% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 33% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 33% |
| 29% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 50% | 58% |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 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 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 12.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 10 | 10.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 30% | 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 32% | 34% |
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (39) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Championship
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Championship
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Championship
- Swansea City has the most clean sheets (13) in Championship
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 50 |
| 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 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 42 |
| 4 | Brentford | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | Watford | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 40 |
| 6 | Reading | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 36 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | Barnsley | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 33 |
| 12 | Luton Town | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 33 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -6 | 31 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 16 | Millwall | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 26 |
| 17 | Coventry City | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -11 | 26 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 25 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 23 | Derby County | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -11 | 19 |
| 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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- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)
- Swansea City
- Wales Online - (local newspaper)