📏 Form Guide

Blackburn Rovers

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Blackburn Rovers will be looking for another win after the 0-1 Championship victory against Leeds United.

In that game, Blackburn Rovers managed 25% possession and 3 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Blackburn Rovers was Sammie Szmodics (82'). Leeds United had 19 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target.

A recurring trait of more recent Blackburn Rovers games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.

From their previous sextet of matches leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on BTTS would have been a losing one.

A look at their previous results shows us that Blackburn Rovers:

• are winless against Sheffield Wednesday in their last 3 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 5 league games. That's never good.

Sheffield Wednesday

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Last time out, Sheffield Wednesday drew 1-1 in the Championship tie with Stoke City.

In that game, Sheffield Wednesday managed 55% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Sheffield Wednesday was Liam Palmer (68'). Stoke City got 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Luke Cundle (76') scored for Stoke City.

The numbers tell their own story, and Sheffield Wednesday have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 12 goals in total. Defensively, Sheffield Wednesday have clearly had some problems. Despite that, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern might be sustained in this next game.

Ahead of this meeting, Sheffield Wednesday have not won against Blackburn Rovers in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 16/03/2019 tells us that Blackburn Rovers have won 2 of them and Sheffield Wednesday 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

21 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 11 of them for Rovers and 10 created by The Owls. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The previous league encounter between the two was Championship match day 19 on 02/12/2023 when the final score was Sheffield Wednesday 3-1 Blackburn Rovers.

On that day, Sheffield Wednesday managed 37% possession and 13 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri (5'), Marvin Johnson (78') and Josh Windass (91').

At the other end, Blackburn Rovers had 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Sammie Szmodics (65') scored.

The referee was David Webb.

🗞️ Team News: Blackburn Rovers

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Blackburn Rovers manager John Eustace to be concerned with from a near full-strength group of players. Arnór Sigurdsson (unknown injury) is sidelined.

It’s our opinion that Rovers could opt for a 3-4-1-2 system this time, beginning the first half with Aynsley Pears, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Scott Wharton, Callum Brittain, Harry Pickering, Sondre Tronstad, Joe Rankin-Costello, Sammie Szmodics, Sam Gallagher and Tyrhys Dolan.

ℹ️ Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

Owing to an otherwise healthy group, there’s just the lone fitness problem for the Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Röhl to contend with. Juan Delgado (Hip injury) won’t be in action.

From our viewpoint, The Owls might play in a 3-4-1-2 formation, giving starts to James Beadle, Liam Palmer, Michael Ihiekwe, Akin Famewo, Pol Valentin, Marvin Johnson, Will Vaulks, Barry Bannan, Anthony Musaba, Ike Ugbo and Josh Windass.

⚡ Prediction

We think that Sheffield Wednesday will have to work hard as a team to get anything against this Blackburn Rovers outfit who we reckon should gain the upper hand.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a very even match with a 1-0 win for Blackburn Rovers when the full-time whistle blows.

Should be an interesting one.

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Lucas Pereira, 11:05 21/04/2024