The home coach da Silva gearing up to inspire Fulham triumph against Blackburn Rovers

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

Fulham and Blackburn Rovers are both doing (very) nicely in the Championship with their 1st and 4th positions respectively. Expect a super match!

Insights:
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (82) in Championship
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blackburn Rovers have scored away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Fulham form and stats

Fulham are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Craven Cottage. 11 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 18 games.

Fulham enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cardiff City's place. The match ended 1-0 with Mitrović scoring. The goalie Rodák was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Rodák topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match, Fulham won a home game hosting Peterborough United (2-1).

There will be little rest for Fulham after this match as they are travelling to Swansea City for a Championship game in only three days.

Goals decide football matches and Fulham are scoring many of them at home; 43 on target from 18 league matches. Fulham have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Blackburn Rovers have produced an overall stat of 5-6-6 so far.

Khadra scored in Blackburn's previous match, the home game against Queens Park Rangers that ended 1-0. The attacker Khadra got a match rating of 7.42 in that game. Khadra scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Prior to that match, the Blackburn Rovers manager Mowbray faced defeat when travelling to Sheffield United and losing 0-1.

After this away game Blackburn Rovers return home for a Championship game against Millwall. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Blackburn Rovers when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Blackburn as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The newest archived scoreline involving both these contenders is the Blackburn Rovers - Fulham 0-7 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Fulham wins - draws - Blackburn Rovers wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
34 goals
Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
20 goals
FulhamF. Carvalho
F. Carvalho
8 goals

Fulham missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fulham Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 18 5 Played P 6 17 34
21 11 1 Won W 1 5 16
7 4 2 Drew D 2 6 9
5 3 2 Lost L 3 6 9
82 43 7 Scored S 5 14 46
29 16 6 Conceded C 6 15 34
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 82% 88%
82% 89% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 65%
58% 61% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 24% 41%
36% 28% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 6% 24%
30% 22% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 9%
58% 61% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 41% 41%
36% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 35% 41%
9% 11% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 41% 29%
 
6.5 7.3 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.6 4.6
3.8 3.6 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 4.9 4.6
1.4 1.2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
16.2 17.8 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.2 10.4
6.2 6.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 3.7
40% 36% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 37%
 
8.9 8.4 6.4 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.6 10.8
3 3 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4 3.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Blackburn Rovers have scored away.
  • Fulham have the most points (37) at home in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (43) at home in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (82) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (42) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+27) at home in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+53) in Championship
  • Fulham have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 33 21 7 5 82 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 53 70
2 AFC Bournemouth 31 18 7 6 51 27 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 9 4 3 20 11 24 61
3 Huddersfield Town 35 16 11 8 46 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 10 59
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 16 9 9 46 34 17 11 3 3 32 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 12 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 34 16 8 10 49 39 18 9 6 3 26 15 16 7 2 7 23 24 10 56
6 Luton Town 33 15 9 9 46 37 17 9 5 3 27 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 9 54
7 Sheffield United 33 15 8 10 44 34 15 8 3 4 24 11 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 53
8 Middlesbrough 33 15 7 11 43 35 17 11 2 4 27 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 52
9 Nottingham Forest 33 14 9 10 45 33 17 7 4 6 23 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 12 51
10 Coventry City 33 14 9 10 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 51
11 Millwall 33 13 10 10 36 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 2 49
12 Preston North End 35 11 14 10 38 39 17 5 9 3 22 20 18 6 5 7 16 19 -1 47
13 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
14 Blackpool 34 12 9 13 40 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 16 3 7 6 19 22 -1 45
15 Stoke City 33 12 8 13 42 38 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 4 7 17 18 4 44
16 Bristol City 35 11 7 17 45 63 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 4 2 11 22 40 -18 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Hull City 35 10 7 18 30 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 18 5 4 9 15 19 -9 37
19 Birmingham City 35 9 10 16 40 55 17 6 4 7 21 23 18 3 6 9 19 32 -15 37
20 Cardiff City 34 10 6 18 40 54 17 5 2 10 18 22 17 5 4 8 22 32 -14 36
21 Reading 34 10 5 19 42 67 17 5 4 8 25 35 17 5 1 11 17 32 -25 29
22 Barnsley 33 5 8 20 24 48 16 4 4 8 12 19 17 1 4 12 12 29 -24 23
23 Derby County 34 10 12 12 34 38 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 2 6 9 11 22 -4 21
24 Peterborough United 33 5 6 22 24 66 16 4 5 7 15 21 17 1 1 15 9 45 -42 21

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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 Fulham 33 21 7 5 82 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 15 10 3 2 39 13 53 70
2 AFC Bournemouth 31 18 7 6 51 27 15 9 3 3 31 16 16 9 4 3 20 11 24 61
3 Huddersfield Town 35 16 11 8 46 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 10 59
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 16 9 9 46 34 17 11 3 3 32 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 12 57
5 Queens Park Rangers 34 16 8 10 49 39 18 9 6 3 26 15 16 7 2 7 23 24 10 56
6 Luton Town 33 15 9 9 46 37 17 9 5 3 27 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 9 54
7 Sheffield United 33 15 8 10 44 34 15 8 3 4 24 11 18 7 5 6 20 23 10 53
8 Middlesbrough 33 15 7 11 43 35 17 11 2 4 27 15 16 4 5 7 16 20 8 52
9 Nottingham Forest 33 14 9 10 45 33 17 7 4 6 23 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 12 51
10 Coventry City 33 14 9 10 43 38 17 9 4 4 25 15 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 51
11 Millwall 33 13 10 10 36 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 2 49
12 Preston North End 35 11 14 10 38 39 17 5 9 3 22 20 18 6 5 7 16 19 -1 47
13 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
14 Blackpool 34 12 9 13 40 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 16 3 7 6 19 22 -1 45
15 Stoke City 33 12 8 13 42 38 17 7 4 6 25 20 16 5 4 7 17 18 4 44
16 Bristol City 35 11 7 17 45 63 18 7 5 6 23 23 17 4 2 11 22 40 -18 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Hull City 35 10 7 18 30 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 18 5 4 9 15 19 -9 37
19 Birmingham City 35 9 10 16 40 55 17 6 4 7 21 23 18 3 6 9 19 32 -15 37
20 Cardiff City 34 10 6 18 40 54 17 5 2 10 18 22 17 5 4 8 22 32 -14 36
21 Reading 34 10 5 19 42 67 17 5 4 8 25 35 17 5 1 11 17 32 -25 29
22 Barnsley 33 5 8 20 24 48 16 4 4 8 12 19 17 1 4 12 12 29 -24 23
23 Derby County 34 10 12 12 34 38 17 8 6 3 23 16 17 2 6 9 11 22 -4 21
24 Peterborough United 33 5 6 22 24 66 16 4 5 7 15 21 17 1 1 15 9 45 -42 21

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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.