Bristol City vs Blackburn Rovers: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

A swift peek at the Championship standings imply an upper hand to Blackburn Rovers when they travel to Bristol City. But; let's play before select a winner!

Insights:
  • Blackburn Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There haven't been much to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a FA Cup fixture only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Swansea City.

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Bristol City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Bristol City have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 14 games.

Bristol are returning here after visiting Swansea City in a FA Cup match and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.

Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Birmingham City.

This is expected to be a close game, with Bristol City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bristol City as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Bristol City has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.

Bristol City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. Bristol City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats. Blackburn has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Blackburn Rovers lost away at Rotherham United (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Blackburn Rovers lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. Hyam, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.04. Hyam won 3 of 3 duels.

Ahead of that, the FA Cup win away at Norwich City. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Blackburn Rovers in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Blackburn, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Blackburn Rovers have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Bristol City have won or drawn the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus Blackburn Rovers.

Bristol and Blackburn Rovers have duelled already this season: Blackburn Rovers - Bristol City 2-3.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
9 goals
Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
9 goals
Bristol CityT. Conway
T. Conway
6 goals

Bristol City missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 14 27
8 5 0 Won W 1 5 14
8 3 1 Drew D 0 0 0
11 6 3 Lost L 3 9 13
36 18 1 Scored S 1 10 30
37 16 5 Conceded C 6 21 34
89% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 79% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 64% 67%
48% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 52%
22% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 7% 11%
19% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
59% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 30%
26% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 37%
26% 29% 75% Failed to Score F T 75% 57% 33%
 
5.3 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.9 3.8
5.7 4.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.1 5.5
2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.9 11.2 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.5 9.3
3.3 3.6 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.5 3.1
40% 35% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 29% 35%
 
11.7 9.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 13.5 12.1
3.5 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.7 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Blackburn Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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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 Burnley 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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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.