Rotherham United vs Blackburn Rovers betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 01.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

Rotherham United hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 39 points and a 22nd position in the Championship table. Visiting Blackburn Rovers holds 15th place with 53 pts.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (8) in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Rotherham have less rest than Blackburn Rovers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Brentford.

Rotherham are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Blackburn most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United's results here at AESSEAL New York Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 5 victories, 3 draws and 14 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Rotherham with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Queens Park Rangers game, 17 days ago, have they avoided a loss. Game days at AESSEAL New York Stadium have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Rotherham United as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Stress levels are on the rise for Rotherham United's attacking players as they have now played 267 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. MacDonald was their last goal scorer.

In their previous game, the manager P. Warne led his Rotherham United to a defeat in the Championship match away at Brentford. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at AESSEAL New York Stadium. Heartbreak before that as Rotherham lost 0-1 at Barnsley's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rotherham United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rotherham United as a small favourite), we find ten games. Rotherham has won three of these, drawn two and lost five.

There will be little rest for Rotherham after this match as they are travelling to Luton Town for a Championship game in only three days.

The Rotherham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Rotherham defense is not exactly impregnable. 34 goals conceded from 22 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Blackburn Rovers so far with only 22 points returning home. The records show 6-4-12 (win-draw-lose).

The supporters enjoyed Blackburn's previous game versus Huddersfield Town (placed 20th), a Championship 5-2 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Blackburn manager T. Mowbray faced defeat when travelling to Sheffield Wednesday and losing 0-1.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Huddersfield Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? It's hard not to mention Adam Armstrong's lethal finishing against Huddersfield Town. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Blackburn Rovers in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Blackburn, two draws and 13 defeats.

Blackburn Rovers have scored 27 goals on their travels this season, from 22 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Blackburn have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Blackburn Rovers - Rotherham 2-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rotherham one win, three draws and Blackburn Rovers six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
24 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
10 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
9 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotherham United Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
11 5 2 Won W 2 6 14
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 11
26 14 4 Lost L 5 12 19
42 25 9 Scored S 9 27 59
58 34 10 Conceded C 6 25 51
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
63% 73% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 64% 68%
47% 59% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 41% 45%
16% 23% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 27% 25%
7% 9% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 11%
42% 50% 57% BTTS BTTS 14% 36% 50%
19% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 29% 27% 25%
42% 36% 43% Failed to Score F T 57% 36% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.6 1.5
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.8 11.5 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 16.9 13.8 12.8
2.9 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.4 4.6 4.6
34% 37% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 27% 29%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (3) at home in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (8) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the fewest points (18) at home in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the most conceded goals (34) at home in Championship
  • Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Norwich City 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 44 22 15 7 74 41 22 11 9 2 37 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 33 81
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 43 11 6 26 42 58 22 5 3 14 25 34 21 6 3 12 17 24 -16 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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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 Norwich City 44 28 9 7 69 33 22 13 6 3 35 14 22 15 3 4 34 19 36 93
2 Watford 44 26 10 8 61 28 22 18 2 2 42 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 33 88
3 Brentford 44 22 15 7 74 41 22 11 9 2 37 20 22 11 6 5 37 21 33 81
4 AFC Bournemouth 44 22 11 11 73 43 22 13 3 6 40 22 22 9 8 5 33 21 30 77
5 Swansea City 44 22 11 11 54 36 22 11 6 5 25 15 22 11 5 6 29 21 18 77
6 Barnsley 44 23 8 13 56 46 22 12 5 5 28 20 22 11 3 8 28 26 10 77
7 Reading 44 19 12 13 59 48 22 12 3 7 35 25 22 7 9 6 24 23 11 69
8 Cardiff City 44 17 13 14 61 48 22 8 5 9 36 25 22 9 8 5 25 23 13 64
9 Middlesbrough 44 18 9 17 54 49 22 11 4 7 30 22 22 7 5 10 24 27 5 63
10 Queens Park Rangers 44 17 11 16 52 54 22 10 4 8 29 26 22 7 7 8 23 28 -2 62
11 Luton Town 43 17 9 17 39 48 21 8 7 6 24 22 22 9 2 11 15 26 -9 60
12 Millwall 44 14 17 13 42 45 22 6 10 6 20 23 22 8 7 7 22 22 -3 59
13 Stoke City 44 14 15 15 48 50 22 9 5 8 29 26 22 5 10 7 19 24 -2 57
14 Preston North End 44 16 7 21 45 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 22 10 2 10 26 31 -10 55
15 Blackburn Rovers 44 14 11 19 59 51 22 8 7 7 32 26 22 6 4 12 27 25 8 53
16 Birmingham City 44 13 13 18 35 52 22 6 4 12 18 33 22 7 9 6 17 19 -17 52
17 Nottingham Forest 44 12 15 17 36 43 22 6 8 8 20 22 22 6 7 9 16 21 -7 51
18 Bristol City 44 15 6 23 44 61 22 7 3 12 17 27 22 8 3 11 27 34 -17 51
19 Coventry City 44 13 12 19 42 59 22 9 7 6 24 21 22 4 5 13 18 38 -17 51
20 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 47 68 22 8 6 8 27 22 22 4 5 13 20 46 -21 47
21 Derby County 44 11 10 23 32 53 22 6 6 10 17 23 22 5 4 13 15 30 -21 43
22 Rotherham United 43 11 6 26 42 58 22 5 3 14 25 34 21 6 3 12 17 24 -16 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 44 12 9 23 37 58 22 8 7 7 22 17 22 4 2 16 15 41 -21 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 44 9 10 25 35 69 22 6 5 11 16 28 22 3 5 14 19 41 -34 37

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