Championship

Championship | Gameweek 31

Feb 9, 2022 at 7.45pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
0 - 2
Nott'm Forest

Buckley (18'), Lenihan (40'), Rothwell (50'), Brereton Diaz (59')
Lenihan (53')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Garner (23'), Johnson (90' pen.)
Colback (31'), Garner (69'), Surridge (87')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

We said: Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Nottingham Forest

With Blackburn having shown signs of faltering of late, Forest will fancy their chances of collecting another important three points. However, Rovers' extra rest may prove key here, and it leads us to predict a competitive draw playing out at Ewood Park. 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 45.95%. A win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 27.48% and a draw had a probability of 26.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.99%) and 2-0 (8.64%). The likeliest Nottingham Forest win was 0-1 (8.8%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.58%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 4.6% likelihood.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Nottingham Forest
45.95%	26.56%	27.48%

Both teams to score 49.21%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.86%

55.13%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.62%

76.38%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.05%

23.94%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.83%

58.17%

Nottingham Forest Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.7%

35.3%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.94%

72.05%

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 45.95%

Nottingham Forest 27.48%

Draw 26.56%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Nottingham Forest
1-0 @ 12.08% 2-1 @ 8.99% 2-0 @ 8.64% 3-1 @ 4.29% 3-0 @ 4.11% 3-2 @ 2.23% 4-1 @ 1.53% 4-0 @ 1.47% Other @ 2.61% Total : 45.95%	1-1 @ 12.58% 0-0 @ 8.45% 2-2 @ 4.68% Other @ 0.85% Total : 26.56%	0-1 @ 8.8% 1-2 @ 6.55% 0-2 @ 4.58% 1-3 @ 2.27% 2-3 @ 1.63% 0-3 @ 1.59% Other @ 2.06% Total : 27.48%