Championship: Blackburn vs Leicester – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 46 match between Blackburn and Leicester and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Blackburn enjoy home advantage, when visitors Leicester swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Championship. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Ranked as number 20 in the Championship standings, Blackburn, have so far collected 52 points this season, while Leicester collected 43 points. This puts them up as number 23 after 45 rounds.

Team form: Blackburn vs Leicester

Blackburn Form

Blackburn recorded a win, a draw and a defeat in their last three matches. They lost 3-0 against Southampton, before drawing 1-1 with Coventry. They won their most recent game 1-3 against Sheffield United. Blackburn only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Ewood Park in the Championship. They also drew four and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded four goals.

Leicester Form

Leicester only managed two draws in their last three matches. They started by losing 1-0 at the hands of Portsmouth, before drawing 2-2 with Hull. They secured another draw in their latest encounter against Millwall resulting 1-1. Leicester came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew five and lost one in which, they were outscored by six goals to five.

Betting stats for Blackburn and Leicester

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Blackburn and Leicester played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Blackburn vs Leicester

Despite having scored only two times in his last 6 league matches, Yuki Ohashi has actually netted ten goals during this Championship season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders Leicester should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Yuki Ohashi to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

Popular betting markets: Blackburn vs Leicester

Full-time result

Blackburn claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in six of the games, whilst losing two. Leicester won zero of their last 10 games away, drew six and lost four of the games in this run. Leicester conceded a goal in their 6 most recent matches.

Both teams to score

Blackburn scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Leicester scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Blackburn probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Saturday, as Leicester managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Both Team have scored in 3 last consecutive meetings between Blackburn and Leicester when playing at Ewood Park.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in three of Blackburn’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Leicester’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of one goal in these matches. Leicester conceded a goal in their last 6 matches.