Match preview Championship: Fulham - Blackburn Rovers at Craven Cottage

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

It's game two of the Championship season and everything to play for. Read our full preview!

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 has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager S. Parker and the players.

The fans are hoping that Fulham will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Championship game against Barnsley. Preceding that match was a Premier League defeat to Newcastle United (0-4).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Fulham's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 1 match, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Last season, Fulham's league statistics were 7 wins, 5 draws and 26 losses, resulting in a 19th position in the Premier League. Over these 38 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 81. Playing at home last season Fulham managed 6-3-10 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 36 conceded.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Charlton Athletic with 1-2 on the scoreboard. A draw for Blackburn Rovers before that, at their own venue hosting Swansea City (2-2).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Blackburn Rovers when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oldham Athletic in just three days.

Let's have a look at how Blackburn Rovers performed last season in the League One: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 12 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded 69 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 12 with 32/48 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Fulham won 3 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Blackburn Rovers has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 6 / 4

Top Goalscorers

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Fulham Blackburn Rovers
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 12
7 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 2
1 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Fulham Last season Blackburn Rovers
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
38 19   Played   23 46
7 6   Won   6 16
5 3   Drew   5 12
26 10   Lost   12 18
34 22   Scored   32 64
81 36   Conceded   48 69
97% 100%   Over 0.5   96% 96%
84% 89%   Over 1.5   87% 76%
55% 53%   Over 2.5   74% 57%
34% 26%   Over 3.5   48% 35%
21% 21%   Over 4.5   30% 17%
50% 53%   BTTS   78% 59%
13% 16%   Clean Sheets   17% 26%
39% 32%   Failed To Score   9% 20%
 
4.2 5.4   Corners For (avg)   3.4 4.7
5.9 5   Corners Against (avg)   5.2 4.8
1.9 1.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.7 1.6
2 1   Red Cards   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackburn Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Fulham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Fulham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Fulham
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
16-07-19 CF Porto 1 - 0 Fulham
20-07-19 CF Fulham 2 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
23-07-19 CF Oxford United 1 - 1 Fulham
27-07-19 CF Fulham 0 - 1 West Ham United
03-08-19 CH Barnsley 1 - 0 Fulham
10-08-19 CH Fulham 14:00 Blackburn Rovers
16-08-19 CH Huddersfield Town 18:45 Fulham
21-08-19 CH Fulham 18:45 Millwall
24-08-19 CH Fulham 14:00 Nottingham Forest
30-08-19 CH Cardiff City 18:45 Fulham
Blackburn Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-07-19 CF Mansfield Town 1 - 3 Blackburn Rovers
21-07-19 CF Rangers 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
24-07-19 CF Bury 0 - 3 Blackburn Rovers
27-07-19 CF Blackpool 0 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
03-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic
10-08-19 CH Fulham 14:00 Blackburn Rovers
13-08-19 CC Blackburn Rovers 18:45 Oldham Athletic
17-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 14:00 Middlesbrough
20-08-19 CH Hull City 18:45 Blackburn Rovers
24-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 14:00 Cardiff City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leeds United 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Birmingham City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Derby County 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Millwall 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Queens Park Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Swansea City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 West Bromwich Albion 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
11 Wigan Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Luton Town 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
14 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Brentford 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Cardiff City 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
17 Fulham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Hull City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
20 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
22 Stoke City 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
23 Bristol City 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
24 Reading 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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