Championship

Championship | Gameweek 1

Aug 5, 2023 at 3pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
2 - 1
West Brom

Markanday (20'), Leonard (22')
Travis (28'), Szmodics (30'), Carter (48'), Hedges (87')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Phillips (50')
Corberan Vallet (29'), Yokuslu (45+3'), Kipre (53'), Wallace (55')
Corberan Vallet (0')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackburn 2-3 Girona
Saturday, July 29 at 3pm in Club Friendlies 1

Goals
for

West Bromwich Albion

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Bolton 4-3 West Brom
Saturday, July 29 at 3pm in Club Friendlies 1

Goals
for

We said: Blackburn Rovers 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

Blackburn are heading this campaign slightly undercooked due to injuries and departures of key players, but Tomasson's side are still likely to show glimpses of why they have impressed over the past few years. West Brom will field a side who are very used to playing with each other from last season, and we reckon that chemistry will see the Baggies record an opening-day victory in Lancashire. 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 West Bromwich Albion win with a probability of 39.94%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 34.23% and a draw had a probability of 25.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a West Bromwich Albion win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.57%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.62%) and 0-2 (6.73%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 (8.73%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.26%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	West Bromwich Albion
34.23% ( -0.14)	25.83% ( -0.39)	39.94% ( 0.52)

Both teams to score 54.51% (

1.24)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.3% (

1.61)

49.7% (

-1.61)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.29% (

1.43)

71.71% (

-1.43)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.23% (

0.7)

27.77% (

-0.7)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.65% (

0.88)

63.34% (

-0.88)

West Bromwich Albion Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.46% (

1.01)

24.54% (

-1.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.99% (

1.4)

59.01% (

-1.4)

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 34.23%

West Bromwich Albion 39.94%

Draw 25.83%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	West Bromwich Albion
1-0 @ 8.73% ( -0.41) 2-1 @ 7.86% ( 0.02) 2-0 @ 5.59% ( -0.15) 3-1 @ 3.36% ( 0.07) 3-0 @ 2.39% ( -0.02) 3-2 @ 2.36% ( 0.12) 4-1 @ 1.08% ( 0.04) Other @ 2.87% Total : 34.23%	1-1 @ 12.26% ( -0.2) 0-0 @ 6.81% ( -0.46) 2-2 @ 5.52% ( 0.17) 3-3 @ 1.1% ( 0.09) Other @ 0.13% Total : 25.83%	0-1 @ 9.57% ( -0.35) 1-2 @ 8.62% ( 0.11) 0-2 @ 6.73% ( -0.05) 1-3 @ 4.04% ( 0.17) 0-3 @ 3.15% ( 0.07) 2-3 @ 2.59% ( 0.15) 1-4 @ 1.42% ( 0.1) 0-4 @ 1.11% ( 0.06) 2-4 @ 0.91% ( 0.08) Other @ 1.82% Total : 39.94%