Ace Football previews the Championship game between Blackburn and Norwich who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Blackburn hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites on Saturday when they welcome Norwich over to the Ewood Park for a round 4 match.
While Blackburn find themselves in 16th place in the table with a miserable three points after three rounds, Norwich only have three points as well to their account, leaving them 17th in the Championship standings.
Team form: Blackburn vs Norwich
Blackburn Form
Blackburn lost twice in their last three matches, as they were defeated 1-2 by Bradford and 1-2 against Birmingham. They turned the table by winning 0-3 against Hull. Blackburn only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Championship matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew one and lost three, as they scored ten and conceded ten goals.
Norwich Form
Norwich have only one win in their last three matches, as they did beat Portsmouth by 1-2. Disappointment followed, going down 1-2 against Middlesbrough, and 0-3 against Southampton. Norwich only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Championship. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by ten goals to six.
Betting stats and facts for Blackburn and Norwich
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Blackburn and Norwich. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 25 of the last 27 Blackburn matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Blackburn home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Blackburn home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Blackburn matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 4 Blackburn home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 20 of the last 22 Norwich away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 10 Norwich matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 16 of the last 18 Norwich away matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 8 Norwich matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 4 Norwich matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Players in form: Blackburn vs Norwich
Blackburn against Norwich is also a battle between Todd Cantwell and Joshua Sargent with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has three Championship goals in their last six games respectively.
Betting markets: Blackburn vs Norwich
Full-time result
Blackburn won four of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing four as well. Norwich won two from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost five in this run. Norwich have not lost to Blackburn in 7 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Blackburn scored the first goal in seven out of their last ten games. Interestingly, Norwich scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive home games Blackburn played. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Norwich games. Blackburn probably enjoy the prospect of scoring this coming Saturday, as Norwich managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Blackburn have scored in 4 consecutive league meetings with Norwich.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Blackburn, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Norwich, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 0.9 times goals per game.