England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City, taking place on Saturday, 22 October 2022, at Ewood Park in Blackburn.
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Blackburn Rovers, Recent FormBlackburn Rovers will be very happy having secured 3 points in their last match with a significant 2-0 home win against Sunderland. They came away from that fixture with 39% of the possession and clocked up 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. By comparison, Sunderland managed 13 attempts on goal, with 4 on target.
Manager Jon Dahl Tomasson will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 9 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They have clocked up an impressive run of form in front of goal at Ewood Park recently, having found the net in 5 of their last 6 home matches.
They have had a good run of form at Ewood Park recently, having won 4 out of their last 6 home games.
When it comes to home matches at Ewood Park, Ben Brereton Díaz will be feeling confident about finding the net again, with 5 league goals for Blackburn Rovers in their last 6 home games.
Birmingham City, Recent FormBirmingham City will have been reasonably pleased with their 1-1 draw against Burnley, not least because of the valuable point gained. They achieved 31% possession in that match and had 14 strikes at goal, with 2 hitting the target, up against Burnley's tally of 9 efforts at goal, 1 of which were on target.
They have amassed a limited number of points from their last 6 matches, despite only letting in 3 goals; this has been primarily due to their indifferent form in front of goal with 7 goals spread across those 6 matches. On the road, they are showing great consistency in finding the back of the net, having scored in 4 of their last 6 away games.
Birmingham will take some comfort from having only lost 1 of their last 6 games, but having managed just 2 wins shows there's room for improvement.
Scott Hogan has scored 3 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Blackburn Rovers.
There was no upset on the cards last time these two sides met; on that occasion, Blackburn Rovers produced a comfortable 1-2 victory.
The Blues defence has struggled at Ewood Park, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 18 visits. In their last 3 away league games against Rovers, Birmingham have conceded a total of 10 goals and that's an average of 3.33 per game.
Birmingham will be determined to get something from this game having lost the last 4 times they've met Blackburn in the league and not won this fixture for 5 games in a row.
Ben Brereton Díaz is on a hot scoring streak against Birmingham, having scored in each of Blackburn's last 3 meetings with them.
With only Daniel Ayala (Muscle) and Sam Barnes (Knee) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Jon Dahl Tomasson will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Birmingham manager John Eustace has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Harlee Dean (Muscle), George Friend (Leg), Nico Gordon (Leg), Przemysław Płacheta (Ankle) and Marc Roberts (Leg) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Blackburn Rovers Playing at home | Birmingham City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 0.8 | Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 42' | Time first goal scored | 29' |
| 51' | Time first goal conceded | 31' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2.6 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.4 | Subs used | 4.4 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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