Championship match prediction: Little separates Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City perform at a high level so far being 8th in the table. Blackburn Rovers can look both up and down from their 11th position.

Insights:
  • Stoke City has the most conceded goals (15) at home in Championship
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Stoke City form and stats

Stoke City, who have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Championship, have played 9 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Stoke's attacking players as they have now played 245 minutes without scoring in a league game. S. Morrison (own goal) was their last goal scorer. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Josef Bursik not having conceded a league goal in 194 minutes.

Stoke travelled for their previous game, a trip to Queens Park Rangers that ended 0-0. Before that, Stoke played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Derby County.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Stoke, as the Carabao Cup home game vs Tottenham Hotspur is only four days away.

A decent goal production from Stoke City in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stoke City defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blackburn Rovers in their Championship matches away.

Adam Armstrong and Harvey Elliott scored in Blackburn Rovers's previous match, the home game against Rotherham United that ended 2-1. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Norwich City.

Late drama in the previous game, when Adam Armstrong scored the winning goal seven minutes into stoppage time to defeat Rotherham United.

Blackburn are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. 12 goals have been conceded by Blackburn Rovers in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Stoke, one draw and three wins for Blackburn Rovers. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
15 goals
StokeT. Campbell
T. Campbell
6 goals
Stoke CityN. Powell
N. Powell
4 goals

Stoke City missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Stoke City Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 4 9 19
8 4 1 Won W 0 3 8
6 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
5 3 2 Lost L 3 4 7
24 15 7 Scored S 5 17 34
20 15 9 Conceded C 10 12 23
79% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
58% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 79%
37% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 68%
26% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 56% 42%
21% 33% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 16%
37% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 44% 53%
53% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 32%
32% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 22% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 1.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.6 10.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 17.4 15.1
2.8 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 5.9 5.8
44% 48% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 31%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Stoke City has the most conceded goals (15) at home in Championship
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stoke City 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 19 12 4 3 27 18 9 5 3 1 11 7 10 7 1 2 16 11 9 40
2 AFC Bournemouth 19 10 7 2 35 16 10 7 2 1 20 8 9 3 5 1 15 8 19 37
3 Watford 19 9 7 3 23 13 10 7 2 1 19 9 9 2 5 2 4 4 10 34
4 Swansea City 19 9 6 4 21 12 9 5 3 1 11 4 10 4 3 3 10 8 9 33
5 Reading 19 10 3 6 29 23 10 6 0 4 14 11 9 4 3 2 15 12 6 33
6 Brentford 19 8 8 3 28 17 9 3 5 1 13 9 10 5 3 2 15 8 11 32
7 Middlesbrough 19 8 6 5 20 14 10 7 2 1 15 4 9 1 4 4 5 10 6 30
8 Stoke City 19 8 6 5 24 20 9 4 2 3 15 15 10 4 4 2 9 5 4 30
9 Bristol City 19 9 3 7 20 20 10 4 2 4 8 9 9 5 1 3 12 11 0 30
10 Cardiff City 19 8 5 6 26 18 10 4 2 4 16 11 9 4 3 2 10 7 8 29
11 Blackburn Rovers 19 8 4 7 34 23 10 5 2 3 17 11 9 3 2 4 17 12 11 28
12 Barnsley 19 8 4 7 23 24 10 5 2 3 12 10 9 3 2 4 11 14 -1 28
13 Luton Town 19 7 5 7 17 21 9 4 3 2 13 10 10 3 2 5 4 11 -4 26
14 Huddersfield Town 19 7 4 8 22 27 9 5 1 3 12 8 10 2 3 5 10 19 -5 25
15 Millwall 19 5 9 5 16 17 9 1 6 2 7 9 10 4 3 3 9 8 -1 24
16 Preston North End 19 7 2 10 26 30 9 2 1 6 7 12 10 5 1 4 19 18 -4 23
17 Birmingham City 19 5 7 7 16 19 9 2 2 5 7 11 10 3 5 2 9 8 -3 22
18 Coventry City 19 5 7 7 20 27 10 4 4 2 12 13 9 1 3 5 8 14 -7 22
19 Queens Park Rangers 19 4 7 8 18 26 10 3 4 3 11 11 9 1 3 5 7 15 -8 19
20 Rotherham United 19 4 4 11 18 27 9 3 2 4 11 10 10 1 2 7 7 17 -9 16
21 Nottingham Forest 19 4 4 11 13 24 10 3 3 4 10 11 9 1 1 7 3 13 -11 16
22 Derby County 19 3 7 9 10 22 10 1 4 5 5 13 9 2 3 4 5 9 -12 16
23 Wycombe Wanderers 19 2 5 12 11 28 9 1 3 5 4 9 10 1 2 7 7 19 -17 11
24 Sheffield Wednesday 19 3 6 10 10 21 9 1 5 3 5 7 10 2 1 7 5 14 -11 9

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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.