Ewood Park: Blackburn Rovers vs Swansea City Championship preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park (31367 seats)

It's advantage Blackburn Rovers so far with their 8th position in the Championship table, welcoming Swansea City who are placed 9th.

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 Swansea City.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Blackburn Rovers have played 18 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Blackburn Rovers drew their last game, also a home match. Stoke City (placed 20th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Preceding that game was the away draw at Brentford that finished 2-2.

Blackburn Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 18 games. From these home matches, Blackburn Rovers have conceded only 14 goals.

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Swansea City form and stats

The visitors are W5-D8-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Two away games in a row for Swansea City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Fulham in the Championship. Before that, Swansea City secured a home win against Huddersfield Town with the score 3-1.

Swansea City were so close to getting something from the game against Fulham, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal three minutes into overtime.

The visiting Swansea City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 17 games. 23 goals have been conceded by Swansea City in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Swansea City - Blackburn Rovers 1-1, played this season. Blackburn Rovers-Swansea City H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Blackburn Rovers two wins, Swansea City two wins, two draws. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
11 goals
Swansea CityA. Ayew Pelé
A. Ayew Pelé
11 goals
Blackburn Rovers
B. Dack
9 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Swansea City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Swansea City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 6 Played P 6 17 35
14 8 4 Won W 1 5 13
10 7 2 Drew D 2 8 12
11 3 0 Lost L 3 4 10
50 22 8 Scored S 4 20 44
40 14 3 Conceded C 10 23 43
91% 83% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 82% 86%
74% 61% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 65% 66%
49% 39% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 41% 49%
23% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 26%
17% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 11%
57% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 59% 57%
34% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 29%
17% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 29%
 
5.1 6.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.2 5.6
4.6 3.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 4.7
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
374 226 73 Total Shots T S 66 192 445
133 75 27 Shots on Target S O 16 58 141
38% 29% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 31%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers has the fewest points from losing position (4)

  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 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 35 19 8 8 50 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 18 9 4 5 26 17 20 65
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 35 11 8 16 48 54 18 6 3 9 27 29 17 5 5 7 21 25 -6 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

Blackburn Rovers:
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Championship:
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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 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 35 19 8 8 50 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 18 9 4 5 26 17 20 65
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 35 11 8 16 48 54 18 6 3 9 27 29 17 5 5 7 21 25 -6 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

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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.