Championship

Championship | Gameweek 1

Aug 7, 2021 at 3pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
2 - 1
Swansea

Gallagher (36'), Brereton Diaz (48' pen.)
Pickering (18'), Buckley (79'), Ayala (82'), Rothwell (90+2')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Paterson (52')
Latibeaudiere (40'), Cabango (88')

Swansea boss Russell Martin refuses to criticise 'brave' goalkeeper despite loss

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The Match

Match Report

In an end-to-end encounter, last season's beaten play-off finalists were the architects of their own downfall, contributing to both Blackburn's goals.

Preview

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

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 Swansea City win with a probability of 37.27%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 35.33% and a draw had a probability of 27.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Swansea City win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.04%) and 0-2 (6.7%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 (10.46%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.97%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 7.8% likelihood.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Swansea City
35.33%	27.4%	37.27%

Both teams to score 49.63%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.03%

55.97%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.94%

77.06%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.85%

30.15%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.71%

66.29%

Swansea City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.05%

28.96%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.16%

64.84%

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 35.33%

Swansea City 37.26%

Draw 27.39%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Swansea City
1-0 @ 10.46% 2-1 @ 7.78% 2-0 @ 6.28% 3-1 @ 3.11% 3-0 @ 2.51% 3-2 @ 1.93% 4-1 @ 0.93% Other @ 2.34% Total : 35.33%	1-1 @ 12.97% 0-0 @ 8.73% 2-2 @ 4.82% Other @ 0.87% Total : 27.39%	0-1 @ 10.81% 1-2 @ 8.04% 0-2 @ 6.7% 1-3 @ 3.32% 0-3 @ 2.77% 2-3 @ 1.99% 1-4 @ 1.03% Other @ 2.6% Total : 37.26%