What a match awaits us on Saturday, in the English second league! From 15:00, Blackburn Rovers receives the visit of West Bromwich Albion, in the 43rd stage of the Championship, and the guests are favorites to prevail. The injured Bell and Williams will not play at Blackburn, while the WBA cannot count on the injured Leko.
Blackburn is only 10th in the Championship (goal average 59-55) and has 59 points, far from the playoffs. Instead, the WBA is in 2nd place (goal average 73-40) and has only one point behind the leader Leeds United! With the promotion almost assured, the band near Birmingham will do their best to get the decisive points in the fight for the title.
The WBA comes after three straight wins, at least three goals behind: it was 3-0 at Sheffield Wednesday, 4-2 at Hull and 3-0 at Derby County. Instead, Blackburn just got their first success after three defeats in a row. It was 3-2 at Cardiff, after an open and spectacular match, which made forget the failures with Wigan (0-2), Barnsley (0-2) and Leeds (1-3).
In the round, WBA beat Rovers 3-2 at home, all goals being scored in the first half! Bradley Dack scored for Rovers after a few seconds, but the hosts’ strength immediately came to the surface and Phillips (’22), Livermore (’31) and Diangana (’40) quickly turned the score around. Statistics show that the show is “at home” in this live duel and we will bet again on an open game on Ewood Park, given the flair of attackers from the two camps.
Blackburn Rovers: Walton; Nyambe, Lenihan, Adarabioyo, Bennett; Travis, Downing, Johnson; Samuel, Graham, Armstrong
Coach: Tony Mowbray
West Bromwich Albion: Johnstone; O’Shea, Ajayi, Bartley, Townsend; Livermore, Sawyers; Diangana, Pereira, Grosicki; Austin
Coach: Slaven Bilic
-4 of the last 5 direct duels have had at least three goals scored;
-Only one draw was recorded in the last 7 direct duels of the two teams;
-In 5 of the last 6 WBA games he has scored at most one of the teams;
-At home, Blackburn has 9 wins in 21 games and a goal difference of 28-20;
-WBA has the best balance in the Championship, in away matches: 42 points;
PREDICTION: West Brom to win @ 1,80
