Championship

Championship | Gameweek 26

Jan 1, 2023 at 12pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
1 - 0
Cardiff

Dack (48')
Garrett (13'), Hedges (49'), Wharton (65')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Simpson (28'), Harris (65')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackburn 1-2 Middlesbrough
Thursday, December 29 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Cardiff City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Coventry 0-0 Cardiff
Thursday, December 29 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Cardiff City

With Cardiff registering so many draws of late, that would ordinarily make a low-scoring stalemate the most obvious result here. However, this is Blackburn we are talking about, and we feel that Rovers will net during the latter stages to maintain their run of no league draws all season. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 39.97%. A win for Cardiff City had a probability of 32.52% and a draw had a probability of 27.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.53%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.32%) and 2-0 (7.39%). The likeliest Cardiff City win was 0-1 (10.14%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.99%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 11.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Blackburn Rovers in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Blackburn Rovers.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Cardiff City
39.97% ( -0.01)	27.51% ( -0.01)	32.52% ( 0.02)

Both teams to score 48.81% (

0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.22% (

0.04)

56.78% (

-0.03)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.28% (

0.03)

77.72% (

-0.02)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.22% (

0.01)

27.79% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.63% (

0.02)

63.37% (

-0.01)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.59% (

0.03)

32.42% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.07% (

0.03)

68.93% (

-0.03)

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 39.97%

Cardiff City 32.51%

Draw 27.51%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Cardiff City
1-0 @ 11.53% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 8.32% ( 0) 2-0 @ 7.39% ( -0) 3-1 @ 3.55% ( 0) 3-0 @ 3.15% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.14% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.01% Other @ 1.88% Total : 39.97%	1-1 @ 12.99% 0-0 @ 9.01% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 4.69% ( 0) Other @ 0.82% Total : 27.51%	0-1 @ 10.14% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 7.32% ( 0) 0-2 @ 5.72% ( 0) 1-3 @ 2.75% ( 0) 0-3 @ 2.15% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.76% ( 0) Other @ 2.68% Total : 32.51%