Blackburn Rovers vs Sheffield Wednesday Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Blackburn Rovers

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Blackburn Rovers will be hoping to bounce back here after the 0-2 Championship loss in their previous game against Middlesbrough.

In that match, Blackburn Rovers had 53% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Middlesbrough had 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Tommy Conway (2') and Samuel Iling-Junior (8') scored for Middlesbrough.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Blackburn Rovers have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Blackburn Rovers have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals during that time. That trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, though.

Ahead of this clash, Blackburn Rovers are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

Sheffield Wednesday

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After tasting defeat last time out to Hull City in Championship action, Sheffield Wednesday and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Sheffield Wednesday had 58% possession and 15 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. On the other side, Hull City had 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. Charlie Hughes (90') was the scorer for Hull City.

The stats don’t lie, and Sheffield Wednesday have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in all. Defensively, Sheffield Wednesday certainly have room for improvement.

Taking a look at their past results, Sheffield Wednesday:

• have not lost to Blackburn Rovers when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 18/01/2020 tells us that Blackburn Rovers have won 2 of these games & Sheffield Wednesday 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 17 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 9 of them from Rovers and 8 for The Owls. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was Championship match day 20 on 10/12/2024 and the score finished Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Blackburn Rovers.

In that match, Sheffield Wednesday had 55% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

Blackburn Rovers had 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. Makhtar Gueye (68') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Joshua Smith.

ℹ️ Team News: Blackburn Rovers

Andreas Weimann (Knee surgery) and Hayden Carter (Knee surgery) will not be taking part for Blackburn Rovers manager Valérien Ismaël.

📰 Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Röhl has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Akin Famewo (Muscle injury) and Di'Shon Bernard (Knee injury) miss out here.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers could well end up finding themselves level here, with both teams capable of netting.

Let’s see what happens, but it could well be that we end up with scores level. That’s why we have predicted a close game with a 1-1 score when all is said and done.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the 90 min. result market, staking on Blackburn Rovers can be had for 2.63, a wager on a draw is 3.25 & putting your money on the winning team to be Sheffield Wednesday can be had at 2.63. These are the most competitive prices on offer right now.

Victor Martins, 08:03 06/04/2025