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Match preview · Championship

Blackburn Rovers – Stoke City

Blackburn Rovers Home 11th in Championship
1.33
Stoke City Away 9th in Championship
1.04 Projected xG
Blackburn Rovers
41%
Fair 2.41
Draw
32%
Fair 3.11
Stoke City
26%
Fair 3.78

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Data coverage · full
  • Blackburn Rovers 20/20
  • Stoke City 20/20
  • Model updated 31 October, 06:30
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Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Blackburn Rovers xG 1.12 xGA 1.93
  • W 1.23 created, 1.67 conceded against Millwall
  • D 0.59 created, 1.60 conceded against Portsmouth
  • W 2.42 created, 1.05 conceded against Cardiff City
  • W 0.15 created, 1.89 conceded against Bristol City
  • L 0.82 created, 3.68 conceded against West Bromwich Albion
  • W 1.53 created, 1.69 conceded against Wrexham
Stoke City xG 0.78 xGA 1.39
  • W 1.50 created, 0.39 conceded against Watford
  • W 0.54 created, 0.48 conceded against Sheffield United
  • W 0.74 created, 3.13 conceded against Bolton Wanderers
  • L 0.65 created, 2.57 conceded against Middlesbrough
  • W 0.56 created, 0.99 conceded against Derby County
  • D 0.67 created, 0.78 conceded against Bristol City

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Goals & scorelines

Total goals
2.37
Over 2.5 goals
43%
Both teams to score
53%
Blackburn Rovers 2+ goals
39%
Blackburn Rovers clean sheet
32%

Most likely scorelines

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 37% of the model's distribution.

1:1
16.6%
2:1
10.2%
1:0
10.1%

Why the model favours Blackburn Rovers

Home advantage carries the lean to Blackburn Rovers: in Championship, home sides score 1.19 times as many goals as visitors, and at most one of the three readings below backs Blackburn Rovers.

Attack
Favours Stoke City
21st vs 18th
Blackburn Rovers attack v Stoke City defence
Defence
Favours Blackburn Rovers
20th vs 24th
Blackburn Rovers defence v Stoke City attack
Recent xG form
Favours Stoke City
-0.81 vs -0.61
xGD per match, last 6
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Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Blackburn Rovers Stoke City
xG / match (better) 1.03 · 21st 0.88 · 24th
xGA / match 1.72 · 22nd (better) 1.63 · 19th
xGD / match (better) -0.69 · 21st -0.75 · 23rd
xPts / match 0.92 · 23rd (better) 0.94 · 22nd
Last 6 xGD / match -0.81 (better) -0.61

Head to head

Blackburn Rovers 0 Draws 2 Stoke City 0

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What the model doesn't know

It reads expected goals and nothing else — not the lineups, injuries or suspensions, what either side is playing for, the weather or a congested schedule.

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