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Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 15th Mar, 15:00 BST, Ewood Park, Blackburn

Metin Diyadin pays counterpart Ryan Lowe a visit on Saturday afternoon in the Championship, as their Cardiff City and Blackburn Rovers sides go head to head at the Ewood Park. We have predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head stats across the biggest markets, so there's nowhere better to prepare Championship clash.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest there's no obvious winner for this clash, but good reason to think Blackburn and Cardiff will score 2 or more goals between them. We've seen goals when they've gone head-to-head historically, and neither Ryan Lowe or Metin Diyadin has subjected their supporters to too many 0-0s lately either. The bookmakers are predicting over 1.5 goals too, with top odds of 1.30 equating to about a 77% probability.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Blackburn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 53% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.91.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Blackburn
53%
9/1010/11
Draw
24%
12/55/2
Cardiff
23%
31/103/1
Draw 1-1
11%
11/211/2
Blackburn 1-0
10%
6/111/2
Blackburn 2-1
10%
15/27/1
Blackburn 2-0
9%
8/17/1
Cardiff 1-0
6%
11/19/1
5%
Cardiff 2-1
6%
14/111/1
Draw 0-0
6%
9/115/2
Blackburn 3-1
6%
14/112/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/112/1
Blackburn 3-0
5%
14/112/1
Cardiff 2-0
3%
20/116/1
Blackburn 3-2
3%
25/118/1
10%
Blackburn 4-1
2%
33/122/1
Blackburn 4-0
2%
33/122/1
Cardiff 3-1
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
1/119/20
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
4/54/5
Home 1st Goal
54%
4/7-
Away 1st Goal
43%
13/8-
No 1st Goal
3%
9/1-
BTTS - Yes
54%
4/55/6
1%
BTTS - No
46%
10/1110/11
3%
BTTS - Home Win
25%
3/114/5
3%
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/27/2
2%
BTTS - Away Win
12%
7/16/1
Home/draw
77%
2/92/9
2%
Away/draw
47%
10/1117/20
Home/away
76%
3/103/10
1%
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
3/103/10
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
5/211/5
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
12/59/4
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
1/33/10
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
11/25/1
8%
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/91/10
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/111/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/251/40
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/161/18
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
9/115/2
Home DNB
70%
4/114/11
Away DNB
40%
2/115/8
3%
Blackburn win to nil
28%
9/4-
Cardiff win to nil
12%
6/1-
Blackburn / Blackburn
27%
21/102/1
3%
Blackburn / Cardiff
3%
33/125/1
Blackburn / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Blackburn
17%
15/47/2
2%
Draw / Cardiff
10%
15/27/1
Draw / Draw
16%
9/219/5
Cardiff / Blackburn
4%
22/118/1
Cardiff / Cardiff
12%
11/211/2
8%
Cardiff / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 36 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 3 and lost 9 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. Blackburn have outscored their opponents by 41 goals to 40 goals.

Home League Performance

Blackburn have played 18 games at home winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 25 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Cardiff are in 21st position in the Championship on 36 points having played 37 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 37 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 18 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

31 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 11 and won 6. Cardiff have conceded 55 goals, scored 31, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Blackburn
Cardiff
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sheff Utd3724762477 
l
 
0-2A
May 3
l
 
0-2A
Apr 18
2
Leeds36221044976 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
7-0A
3
Burnley37201523975 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
5-0A
4
Sunderland37191262169 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 21
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
5
West Brom37131771456 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
6
Coventry3716813456 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
7
Bristol C3713159754 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
8
M'Boro3715814953 
Apr 4
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
9
Blackburn Home3615714452 
-
-
l
 
1-3A
Mar 15
10
Sheff Wed3714914-551 
Apr 8
w
 
0-1F
Mar 29
d
 
1-1F
11
Norwich37121312749 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-1A
May 3
12
Watford3614715-449 
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
13
Millwall36121212-148 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
14
QPR37111115-644 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 5
15
Preston3791711-644 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
Apr 8
16
Swansea3612816-844 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1A
17
Portsmouth3611916-1342 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 29
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
18
Oxford Utd3691215-1639 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
Apr 21
l
 
3-2A
19
Hull3691017-937 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
4-1F
20
Stoke3681216-1436 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 12
Apr 12
d
 
2-2A
21
Cardiff Away3781217-2136 
Mar 15
w
 
1-3F
-
-
22
Derby379820-1235 
w
 
4-2F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
23
Luton379721-2634 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 12
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
24
Plymouth3661218-3730 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
5-0F
d
 
1-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Cardiff have lost 3 consecutive league games
6
Cardiff have not won in 6 consecutive away league games
Blackburn 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn1 - 1Norwich
Blackburn2 - 0Plymouth
Blackburn2 - 1Preston
Blackburn0 - 2Coventry
Blackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
Blackburn0 - 1Burnley
Blackburn0 - 1Hull
Blackburn2 - 2Sunderland
Blackburn2 - 0Luton
Blackburn1 - 0Leeds
Blackburn0 - 2Stoke
Blackburn0 - 2Sheff Utd
Blackburn0 - 0West Brom
Blackburn1 - 0Swansea
Blackburn2 - 0QPR
Blackburn3 - 0Bristol C
Blackburn2 - 1Oxford Utd
Blackburn4 - 2Derby
Blackburn0 - 0Coventry
Blackburn1 - 3Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackburn1 - 2Derby
HBlackburn1 - 1Norwich
ABlackburn0 - 3Swansea
HBlackburn2 - 0Plymouth
ABlackburn2 - 0West Brom
ABlackburn1 - 2QPR
HBlackburn2 - 1Preston
ABlackburn1 - 2Bristol C
HBlackburn0 - 2Coventry
ABlackburn0 - 1Oxford Utd
HBlackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
HBlackburn0 - 1Burnley
ABlackburn1 - 1Leeds
HBlackburn0 - 1Hull
HBlackburn2 - 2Sunderland
ABlackburn0 - 1Millwall
HBlackburn2 - 0Luton
ABlackburn1 - 0Sheff Wed
ABlackburn1 - 0Hull
HBlackburn1 - 0Leeds
Cardiff 21ST
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
1
Draw
9
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland2 - 1Cardiff
Plymouth1 - 1Cardiff
Portsmouth2 - 1Cardiff
Leeds7 - 0Cardiff
Millwall2 - 2Cardiff
M'Boro1 - 1Cardiff
Watford1 - 2Cardiff
Oxford Utd3 - 2Cardiff
Stoke2 - 2Cardiff
Coventry2 - 2Cardiff
Sheff Wed1 - 1Cardiff
Luton1 - 0Cardiff
West Brom0 - 0Cardiff
Bristol C1 - 1Cardiff
Hull4 - 1Cardiff
Derby1 - 0Cardiff
Swansea1 - 1Cardiff
Burnley5 - 0Cardiff
Rotherham5 - 2Cardiff
Millwall3 - 1Cardiff
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
W
4
Draw
8
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCardiff1 - 2Luton
ACardiff1 - 2Sunderland
HCardiff1 - 2Burnley
HCardiff1 - 0Hull
ACardiff1 - 1Plymouth
HCardiff1 - 1Bristol C
ACardiff1 - 2Portsmouth
ACardiff0 - 7Leeds
HCardiff2 - 1Derby
ACardiff2 - 2Millwall
HCardiff3 - 0Swansea
HCardiff1 - 1Watford
ACardiff1 - 1M'Boro
HCardiff1 - 1Coventry
ACardiff2 - 1Watford
ACardiff2 - 3Oxford Utd
HCardiff0 - 2Sheff Utd
ACardiff2 - 2Stoke
HCardiff0 - 2Preston
ACardiff2 - 2Coventry
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Blackburn have beaten Cardiff in 3 consecutive home league meetings
8
Blackburn have not lost to Cardiff in 8 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Blackburn since 2012
Blackburn
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
11
8
Games: Scored
7 / 9
5 / 9
Clean sheets
4 / 9
2 / 9
BLB
3
D
5
CAR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Blackburn1 - 0
Blackburn1 - 0
Blackburn5 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 4Cardiff
League games at Cardiff since 2013
Cardiff
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
13
11
Games: Scored
8 / 10
6 / 10
Clean sheets
4 / 10
2 / 10
BLB
3
D
3
CAR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
1 - 3Blackburn
Draw0 - 0Draw
Cardiff1 - 0
0 - 1Blackburn
Draw2 - 2Draw
2 - 3Blackburn
Cardiff2 - 1
Cardiff1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Cardiff3 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Cardiff City of late. It has been 8 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Blackburn Rovers.

Blackburn 9th Cardiff 21st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
17%
1
31%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that Blackburn will score 1 or more goals
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-12
Blackburn have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted
+3
Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Blackburn
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
1.7
1.1
Attack rating
5%
better
BLB
CAR
view stats
Games scored24
25
Failed to score12
11
Scored first16
14
Goals scored41
39
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal7
8
Conversion rate for15
13
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
30%
better
BLB
CAR
view stats
Games conceded23
30
Clean sheets13
6
Conceded first18
21
Goals conceded37
59
Avg. goals conceded1
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
5
Conversion rate against12%
19%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+30%

Blackburn v Cardiff Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
367610
D HyamA Weimann M GueyeT Dolan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Hyam DEF3612
6
-
A Pears GLK35
4
-
M Gueye FWD3566
8
1
T Dolan MID3446
10
-
R Hedges MID3411
3
-
A Weimann  FWD3072
3
-
D Batth DEF292
4
-
S Tronstad MID29
4
-
C Brittain DEF2813
5
-
T Cantwell MID2823
6
-
L Travis MID2821
8
-
Y Ohashi FWD2651
3
-
J Rankin-Costello MID2422
4
-
O Beck DEF231
4
1
A Cozier-Duberry MID211
-
J Buckley MID20
5
-
H Pickering DEF141
1
-
H Carter DEF131
5
-
A Forshaw MID101
-
H Leonard FWD91
-
D Sanderson DEF8
1
-
A Kargbo FWD61
-
Y Ribeiro DEF51
-
C Woodrow FWD2
-
E Dennis FWD2
1
1
B Tóth GLK1
-
I. Tyjon FWD1
-
Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
331249
C ChambersC RobinsonR ColwillP Ng
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Colwill MID3414
2
-
C Chambers DEF3321
8
-
D Goutas DEF3311
3
1
C O'Dowda MID3322
6
-
P Ng DEF3011
9
-
C Robinson FWD30121
1
2
J Alnwick GLK29
2
-
A Robertson MID2932
6
-
C Willock MID2821
-
Y Méïté FWD271
2
-
J Bagan DEF261
4
1
A Rinomhota MID241
7
-
A Ghazi FWD2431
-
O Tanner FWD2222
1
-
C. Ashford MID2023
-
J Ralls MID181
6
-
J Daland DEF16
3
-
W Fish DEF12
2
-
D Turnbull MID121
2
-
Y Salech FWD114
1
-
E Horvath GLK8
-
A Ramsey MID8
1
-
S Mannsverk MID8
3
-
W Alves MID51
-
J Collins DEF4
1
-
I Davies FWD41
-
R. Kpakio DEF21
-