EFL Championship returns to the fold this weekend when Blackburn Rovers host Blackpool at Ewood Park for game week 41 of the campaign. Kickoff schedules for 17:00 EAT.
Rovers are at the 8th spot on the standing with 62 points from 40 games. In their campaign this season they have picked up 17 wins against 11 losses and 12 draws. The home team has been enjoying it at home and they have won 12 home league matches this season, which being their best seasonal tally in the top-two divisions of English football since 2005-06. However they are winless in their four out of their last five fixtures.
Blackburn Rovers gets into this meeting after they shared spoils 2-2 Championship with Coventry City in their last encounter. In that game, The Rovers had 48% possession, 10 shots with three of them on target and goals scored by Harry Pickering (8′ OG), Bradley Dack (46′) and Scott Wharton (82′). Coventry City got 11 shots with four of them on target and a goal by Viktor Gyökeres (99′).
Blackpool on the other hand sits in the 16th spot on the table with 52 points. In their campaign they picked up 14 wins against 15 losses and 10 draws. Back-to-back defeats have ended their play-off ambitions ahead of this latest clash. They will be looking to complete a league double over Blackburn for the first time since the 1977-78 seasons. However they also haven’t won in three fixtures losing the last
Blackpool will be aiming to make amends following 1-0 Championship loss to Preston North End in their previous Match. In that game, Blackpool managed 54% possession and eight shots with none of them on target. Preston North End got 12 shots with two of them on target and a goal by Cameron Archer (45′).
Blackburn Rovers vs Blackpool head to head
Since 2014 these two teams have had 14 head to head meetings. Blackburn holds a slight upper hand having won eight times while Blackpool has won just twice and four draws have been recorded.
- Blackpool 2-1 Blackburn 02/10/21
- Blackpool 1-3 Blackburn 25/08/20
- Blackpool 0-2 Blackburn 27/07/19
- Blackburn 3-0 Blackpool 10/03/18
- Blackpool 2-4 Blackburn 28/11/17
Home
- Coventry 2-2 Blackburn
- Reading 1-0 Blackburn
- Blackburn 3-1 Derby County
- Blackburn 0-1 Bristol City
- Blackburn 0-0 Millwall
Away
- Preston 1-0 Blackpool
- Blackpool 1-4 Nottingham
- Blackpool 0-0 heffield
- Blackpool 1-0 Swansea
- Stoke 0-1 Blackpool
Blackburn Rovers team news
Manager Tony Mowbray has a fully injury-free squad ahead of this fixture.
Blackpool team news
As for Neil Critchley’s side Shayne Lavery, Chris Maxwell and Grant Ward won’t be available for this fixture through injuries.
Prediction and odds
Blackburn isn’t in great form with just five points in their last five matches. however they have only lost one of their last four on the road while Blackpool are also out of form as they arrive at Ewood Park off the back of back to back defeats and on a three game winless run.
- Blackburn Rovers Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
