Championship
Blackburn have 18 points to show for 14 league games, good for 14th in the Championship. Back Blackburn with the facts in hand: the goals profile and the home and away split, then the markets that suit the numbers.
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Blackburn are a Championship side founded in 1875, known as Rovers and the Riversiders.
With eight points between them and the drop, Blackburn sit 14th in the Championship.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | QPR | 14 | 5 | 6 |
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| 3 |
| 22 |
| 17 |
| +5 |
| 21 |
| +3 |
| 12 | Norwich | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 18 | 0 |
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| 13 | Millwall | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 18 | 0 |
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| 14 | Blackburn | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 18 | – |
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| 15 | Bristol City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 18 | 0 |
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| 16 | Wrexham | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 17 | −1 |
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| 17 | Bolton | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 17 | −1 |
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League average this season: 1.47 goals scored per team per game, 2.9 per match (all 24 clubs' goals over their games played).
Blackburn have taken 6 points from their last five games: 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats (all competitions).
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | H | Stoke City (H) | 1–2 | L | |
| Championship | A | Swansea (A) | 0–4 | L | |
| Championship | H | Wrexham (H) | 2–0 | W | |
| Championship | A | West Brom (A) | 2–3 | L | |
| Championship | A | Bristol City (A) | 1–0 | W | |
| Championship | H | Cardiff (H) | 2–1 | W | |
| Championship | A | Portsmouth (A) | 2–2 | D | |
| Championship | H | Millwall (H) | 3–1 | W | |
| Championship | H | Sheffield Utd (H) | 1–2 | L | |
| Championship | A | Preston (A) | 1–2 | L |
All competitions. Scores are shown with the team in this guide first.
3 of Blackburn's last 7 away games ended level (league matches).
| Venue | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts/game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 1.71 |
| Away | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0.86 |
| All | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 1.29 |
League matches only, the same games as the season table.
Over 2.5 goals lands in 79% of Blackburn's league games, above the league rate of 61%.
A single goal separated the sides in 10 of Blackburn's last 20 games (all competitions).
| Measure | Last 20 | Last 5 | Before that (15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored per game | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Total goals per game | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 70% | 60% | 73% |
| Both teams scored | 65% | 40% | 73% |
| Clean sheets | 25% | 40% | 20% |
| Failed to score | 20% | 20% | 20% |
All competitions. "Last 20" is the team's last 20 finished matches; "Last 5" the latest 5; "Before that (15)" the 15 matches before the last 5. The Championship average this season is 2.9 goals per match. Across 168 finished Championship matches this season, 61% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 62%. In Blackburn's 14 Championship matches, 79% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 71%.
9 goals from 14 appearances is a strong return for Andri Guðjohnsen at Blackburn (all competitions).
And Ryoya Morishita sets the table for Blackburn, with 3 assists (all competitions).
| Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | G+A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andri Guðjohnsen | 14 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Oladapo Afolayan | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Ryoya Morishita | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Todd Cantwell | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Kristi Montgomery | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sean McLoughlin | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
All competitions since 14 August. Ranked by goals, then assists.
Look ahead and the schedule eases for Blackburn: two of the next three opponents are bottom-six opposition.
Even so, at 4.70 to win, Blackburn go into the game against West Ham as clear outsiders (league matches).
And West Ham are a step up in the table: 8th against Blackburn's 14th.
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Pos | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | H | West Ham (H) | 8th | WWLLD | |
| Championship | A | Burnley (A) | 22nd | DLLDD | |
| Championship | A | Watford (A) | 20th | LWLLW | |
| Championship | H | Charlton (H) | 21st | DLLLL | |
| Championship | A | Bolton (A) | 17th | WDLLW |
Opponent position and form are from the league table.
| Market | Why |
|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | Most recent matches went over 2.5 goals (figures in the goals profile above) |
| Both teams to score: yes | Both sides scored in most recent matches (goals profile above) |
Rules of thumb from recent results, not predictions. Prices are on the bookmaker sites.
Rovers grew out of a meeting at the Leger Hotel on 5 November 1875, and the FA Cup soon made their name: they lifted it for the first time on 29 March 1884, beating Queen's Park 2–1. Rovers helped launch the Football League in 1888 and were champions of the First Division in 1911–12 and 1913–14. Relegation in 1966 sent Rovers out of the top division for 26 years, and then Jack Walker, a local steelworks owner and lifelong supporter, took over the club. He appointed Kenny Dalglish in October 1991, paid an English record £3.5million for Alan Shearer in the summer of 1992, and promotion came as play-off winners in 1991–92. The Premier League title followed in 1994–95. Venky's bought the club in November 2010 for £23 million, relegation came on 7 May 2012 after eleven years in the Premier League, and a fall to League One in 2017 was reversed on 24 April 2018. Rovers survived on the final matchday of 2023–24 to finish 19th.
Ewood Park in Blackburn is the club's home, and the road to it was a long one. Rovers started out at the Oozehead Ground in 1875, borrowed Pleasington Cricket Ground in 1877 and moved to Leamington Road in 1881, their first purpose-built ground with a 700-person seated grandstand that cost £500. The committee judged Ewood Park the ideal venue after the club had played numerous games there in 1882, and Rovers have been there since 1890. It holds around 31,000, and the stands are close enough to the pitch that a good crowd makes visiting sides uneasy.
