FA Cup: Blackburn Rovers - Birmingham City prediction and detailed statistics

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ewood Park

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Blackburn Rovers or Birmingham City that keep their silverware dream alive.

Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Blackburn Rovers was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the FA Cup.

Blackburn Rovers are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Ewood Park. 9 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 13 games.

Blackburn shared the glory with Bristol City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Hedges got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Hedges hit two key passes.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rotherham United (0-4).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Blackburn Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 2 and lost 4.

A decent goal production from Blackburn in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches.

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Birmingham City form and stats

They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.

The visitors are W4-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

The manager Eustace was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium St. Andrew's Stadium. Birmingham City suffered a 1-2 loss to Preston North End.

Previously, the FA Cup win away at Forest Green Rovers. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Birmingham in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Birmingham City, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Birmingham City have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Blackburn have been victorious in every one of the 5 latest fixtures versus this team. Can they do it again?

Top Goalscorers

Blackburn RoversB. Brereton
B. Brereton
9 goals
Birmingham CityS. Hogan
S. Hogan
9 goals
Birmingham CityT. Deeney
T. Deeney
6 goals

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
13 8   Won W   5 8
2 0   Drew D   2 6
10 3   Lost L   5 11
32 20   Scored S   14 29
30 12   Conceded C   17 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
72% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
48% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 52%
20% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 20%
8% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 12%
36% 45%   BTTS BTTS   50% 52%
40% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 28%
24% 0%   Failed to Score F T   33% 32%
 
3.3 4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 5
6.6 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.7
1.9 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.5 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 9.9
3.2 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 2.9
36% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 40%
 
13.6 12.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12 11.5
4.6 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.8

  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 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Watford 28 12 8 8 34 29 14 7 3 4 20 13 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 44
4 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
5 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
6 Middlesbrough 28 12 6 10 42 35 13 6 5 2 18 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 7 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Queens Park Rangers 28 10 8 10 31 34 14 5 4 5 17 18 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 38
14 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
15 Coventry City 27 9 8 10 29 31 14 6 4 4 17 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 -2 35
16 Hull City 28 9 7 12 33 44 14 4 3 7 14 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -11 34
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 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 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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  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 28 18 8 2 55 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 13 7 4 2 23 14 29 62
2 Sheffield United 28 17 6 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 24 57
3 Watford 28 12 8 8 34 29 14 7 3 4 20 13 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 44
4 Blackburn Rovers 28 14 1 13 31 35 13 9 0 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 43
5 Norwich City 28 12 6 10 40 31 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 7 2 5 21 15 9 42
6 Middlesbrough 28 12 6 10 42 35 13 6 5 2 18 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 7 42
7 Luton Town 27 11 9 7 35 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 6 42
8 Millwall 27 12 6 9 33 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 42
9 Sunderland 28 11 8 9 41 32 14 5 4 5 19 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 9 41
10 West Bromwich Albion 28 11 8 9 38 30 14 6 4 4 20 14 14 5 4 5 18 16 8 41
11 Preston North End 28 11 7 10 26 31 14 3 4 7 8 18 14 8 3 3 18 13 -5 40
12 Swansea City 28 10 9 9 40 38 13 6 2 5 20 16 15 4 7 4 20 22 2 39
13 Queens Park Rangers 28 10 8 10 31 34 14 5 4 5 17 18 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 38
14 Reading 28 11 4 13 31 42 13 8 2 3 20 14 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 37
15 Coventry City 27 9 8 10 29 31 14 6 4 4 17 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 -2 35
16 Hull City 28 9 7 12 33 44 14 4 3 7 14 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -11 34
17 Bristol City 28 8 9 11 37 38 15 5 4 6 19 17 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 33
18 Stoke City 28 9 6 13 33 37 14 4 3 7 17 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -4 33
19 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 35 15 4 5 6 18 18 13 4 3 6 12 17 -5 32
20 Rotherham United 28 7 10 11 33 40 13 5 4 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 31
21 Cardiff City 28 7 8 13 21 31 15 4 5 6 11 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 -10 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 28 6 7 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 13 4 4 5 16 19 -22 25

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