Championship: Blackburn vs Cardiff – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship round 9 match between Blackburn and Cardiff and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

When Cardiff come to Ewood Park for the Championship match this coming Saturday, Blackburn will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Blackburn approach the next Championship round as number 16 in the table, having claimed nine points this season so far. With eight games behind them, Cardiff amassed seven points, placing them as number 21 before their next fixture.

Form: Blackburn vs Cardiff

Blackburn Form

Blackburn have seen it all in their last three matches. Against Sheffield United, they came out empty-handed in a 1-2 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 3-1 win against Millwall. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 2-2 draw against Portsmouth. Blackburn managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Championship. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored eight and conceded eight goals.

Cardiff Form

In their last three matches, Cardiff drew 1-1 with Stoke, lost 1-0 against Bolton and beat Charlton 3-1. Cardiff are winless in their last six away games in the Championship, in which they drew one and lost five. They conceded 13 goals while scoring five themselves.

Betting stats for Blackburn and Cardiff

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Blackburn and Cardiff. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Blackburn vs Cardiff

Blackburn against Cardiff is also a battle between Oladapo Afolayan and Jack Moylan with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has three Championship goals in their last six games respectively.

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Full-time result

Blackburn claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing four. Cardiff won three of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost four of the games in this run. Somehow Cardiff failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 9 matches.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Blackburn only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Cardiff got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive home games Blackburn played. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Blackburn managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the last 10 games, Cardiff kept their opponent from scoring in zero of their last 10 matches. Blackburn have scored in 5 consecutive home meetings with Cardiff.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of Blackburn’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Cardiff, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.4 times goals per game themselves. Cardiff conceded a goal in their last 9 matches.