Blackburn Rovers host Fulham at Ewood Park this Wednesday evening looking to extend their winning streak in the Championship. These are two former Premier League teams facing one another and it is expected to be a fascinating encounter.
Blackburn Rovers are currently in their tenth season in the EFL Championship and they hold the unfortunate notion of being the only Premier League winner to be playing outside of the top division. Last season, Rovers finished in a disappointing 15th place under Tony Mowbray.
The home side is currently sitting in 7th place after 15 games played with 23 points and if they manage to beat Fulham on Wednesday, they will almost definitely move into the top six. Rovers prevailed past Reading and Derby County at the back end of October.
Rovers have had comfortable dominance wins against lower placed teams and their home advantage is witnessed as majority of their points have been won at Ewood Park. From seven games, Rovers have won 14 points from a possible 21. More importantly for Mowbray, his side has started to look stronger in defence, an improvement which was needed with 17 goals being conceded in 13 outings.
The newly relegated Fulham are looking for an immediate return to the Premier League and are already establishing itself in this division. Fulham are currently placed in the 2nd place after the Cherries and they have registered 10 wins and 2 draws in their opening 15 games of the Championship and are with 32 points on their name.
Under Marco Silva, Fulham have been on a free-scoring end and a strong defence side too as they’ve scored 36 goals in the 15 fixtures and have only conceded 14 times in the process. Their form has been excellent also as in their last five games they have only lost once.
Aleksandar Mitrovic remains in stunning form, the Serbia international netting all three goals at the weekend in the match against West Bromwich Albion.
Blackburn vs Fulham head to head
In the 34 head to head encounters the hosts have won 15 times with 7 draws whereas the visitors have won 12 times. Fulham London have a winning streak of 4 matches.
- Blackburn 0-1 Fulham London 08/02/20
- Fulham London 2-0 Blackburn 10/08/19
- Fulham London 2-2 Blackburn 14/03/17
- Blackburn 0-1 Fulham London 27/08/16
- Blackburn 3-0 Fulham London 16/02/16
Home
- Derby County 1-2 Blackburn
- Blackburn 2-0 Reading
- QPR 1-0 Blackburn
- Blackburn 2-2 Coventry
- Blackpool 2-1 Blackburn
Away
- Fulham London 3-0 West Bromwich
- Nottingham 0-4 Fulham London
- Fulham London 2-0 Cardiff
- Fulham London 4-1 QPR
- Coventry 4-1 Fulham London
Blackburn team news
Michael Hector and Tosin Adarabioyo are serving suspensions.
Fulham team news
Ryan Nyambe and Daniel Ayala fitness will be determinant for Mowbray’s squad
Prediction and odds
- Fulham to win
- Goals over 2.5
