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

Wed 15th Jan, 19:45 BST, Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire),

Blackburn Rovers and their manager John Eustace will be aiming to beat John Mousinho and his Portsmouth side on Saturday afternoon, as the pair go head to head at the Ewood Park in the Championship. We have predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head statistics across all the main betting markets, so there really is only one place to get ready for this Championship clash.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our best tip on this one, meaning that the sides will score 2 goals or more between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Blackburn and Portsmouth's current form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it the most probable outcome in this market too, available at 1.29.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Blackburn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Blackburn 56%	3/4 1%	4/5 6%
Draw 23%	14/5 1%	11/4 4%
Portsmouth 22%	10/3 4%	10/3 6%
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1	11/2 7%
Blackburn 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Blackburn 1-0 10%	7/1 14%	6/1 8%
Blackburn 2-0 9%	8/1 13%	15/2 13%
Blackburn 3-1 6%	12/1	11/1 9%
Portsmouth 2-1 6%	14/1	11/1 8%
Blackburn 3-0 6%	14/1 15%	11/1 9%
Portsmouth 1-0 6%	14/1 15%	10/1
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1 13%	11/1 8%
Draw 0-0 5%	12/1 18%	9/1 5%
Blackburn 3-2 3%	22/1 12%	16/1 11%
Portsmouth 2-0 3%	22/1	16/1 11%
Blackburn 4-1 3%	25/1 10%	20/1
Blackburn 4-0 3%	28/1 12%	20/1 11%
Portsmouth 3-1 2%	33/1 17%	22/1 12%
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	8/11 9%	3/4 4%
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	11/10 10%	1/1 5%
Home 1st Goal 54%	1/2	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	7/4 5%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1 18%	-
BTTS - Yes 56%	4/6 7%	8/11 5%
BTTS - No 44%	11/10 10%	1/1 5%
BTTS - Home Win 27%	5/2 7%	12/5 3%
BTTS - Draw 17%	15/4 5%	18/5 4%
BTTS - Away Win 12%	7/1 6%	6/1 13%
Home/draw 78%	1/5 2%	2/9 3%
Away/draw 44%	1/1 2%	1/1 5%
Home/away 77%	1/4	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	2/9 5%	1/4 3%
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	10/3 15%	27/10 6%
Over 3.5 Goals 34%	7/4 14%	9/5 7%
Under 3.5 Goals 66%	4/9 6%	2/5 4%
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	4/1 17%	4/1 9%
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/6 4%	1/7 2%
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	10/1 15%	9/1 9%
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/20 1%	1/25 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25 1%	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	12/1 18%	9/1 5%
Home DNB 71%	3/10	1/3 3%
Away DNB 38%	12/5	21/10 9%
Blackburn win to nil 29%	9/4 8%	-
Portsmouth win to nil 10%	8/1 13%	-
Blackburn / Blackburn 29%	7/4	7/4 6%
Blackburn / Portsmouth 3%	33/1	25/1 10%
Blackburn / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	12/1
Draw / Blackburn 17%	15/4 6%	7/2 2%
Draw / Portsmouth 9%	17/2	15/2 6%
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1 9%	17/4
Portsmouth / Blackburn 4%	20/1	16/1 11%
Portsmouth / Portsmouth 12%	6/1 7%	11/2 7%
Portsmouth / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 3 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 6 fixtures. Both Blackburn and Portsmouth have scored 25 goals this season.

Home League Performance

Blackburn have played 10 games at home winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Portsmouth are in 20th position in the Championship on 20 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 6 and won 4. Portsmouth have conceded 30 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Blackburn Portsmouth
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	22	15	5	2	21	48	l 0-2A	May 3	d 0-00-0	Feb 8
2	Leeds	22	13	6	3	26	45	w 1-0F	Jan 1	Mar 8	d 3-3A
3	Burnley	22	12	8	2	19	44	Jan 4	d 1-1A	Feb 1	l 2-1F
4	Sunderland	22	12	7	3	16	43	Dec 26	Apr 21	l 1-3A	Jan 5
5	Blackburn Home	21	11	4	6	7	37	-	-	Mar 29	Jan 15
6	M'Boro	22	10	5	7	10	35	Apr 5	w 0-1F	Jan 18	d 2-2F
7	West Brom	22	8	11	3	10	35	d 0-00-0	Feb 12	l 0-3A	Jan 25
8	Watford	21	10	4	7	2	34	Apr 26	l 1-0A	Apr 21	Dec 26
9	Sheff Wed	22	9	5	8	-2	32	Apr 8	w 0-1F	l 1-2F	Apr 26
10	Millwall	21	7	7	7	3	28	Apr 18	l 1-0A	Jan 28	Apr 5
11	Swansea	22	7	6	9	0	27	w 1-0F	Feb 22	Jan 1	d 2-2F
12	Bristol C	22	6	9	7	-2	27	w 3-0F	Jan 25	w 3-0F	Dec 29
13	Norwich	22	6	8	8	3	26	Mar 1	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	Apr 18
14	QPR	22	5	10	7	-5	25	w 2-0F	Feb 8	Feb 22	w 1-2A
15	Luton	22	7	4	11	-13	25	w 2-0F	Apr 12	d 0-00-0	Mar 1
16	Derby	22	6	6	10	-1	24	w 4-2F	Mar 8	Apr 12	l 4-0A
17	Coventry	22	6	6	10	-6	24	Jan 21	l 3-0A	w 4-1A	Apr 9
18	Preston	22	4	11	7	-7	23	Jan 31	d 0-00-0	w 3-1F	Mar 15
19	Stoke	22	5	7	10	-7	22	l 0-2A	Mar 11	Jan 22	l 6-1A
20	Portsmouth Away	20	4	8	8	-10	20	Jan 15	Mar 29	-	-
21	Hull	22	4	7	11	-10	19	Dec 29	w 0-1F	May 3	d 1-1A
22	Cardiff	21	4	6	11	-15	18	Mar 15	w 1-3F	Feb 11	l 2-0A
23	Oxford Utd	21	4	6	11	-16	18	w 2-1A	Jan 18	d 1-1F	Feb 15
24	Plymouth	21	4	6	11	-23	18	Feb 15	l 2-1A	Mar 11	l 1-0A

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn	0 - 2	Stoke
Blackburn	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Blackburn	0 - 0	West Brom
Blackburn	1 - 0	Swansea
Blackburn	2 - 0	QPR
Blackburn	3 - 0	Bristol C
Blackburn	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
Blackburn	4 - 2	Derby
Blackburn	0 - 0	Coventry
Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Wed
Blackburn	0 - 0	Southampton
Blackburn	0 - 1	Ipswich
Blackburn	1 - 1	Plymouth
Blackburn	1 - 1	Millwall
Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
Blackburn	3 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	1 - 2	QPR
Blackburn	1 - 1	Huddersfield
Blackburn	2 - 2	Rotherham
Blackburn	1 - 2	Watford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Blackburn	3 - 1	Cardiff
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Stoke
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Watford
H	Blackburn	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Blackburn	1 - 0	Swansea
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Plymouth
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Coventry
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	QPR
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	Preston
H	Blackburn	3 - 0	Bristol C
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Burnley
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Blackburn	2 - 2	Norwich
H	Blackburn	4 - 2	Derby
A	Blackburn	2 - 0	Leicester
H	Blackburn	0 - 0	Coventry
H	Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Wed
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Leeds
A	Blackburn	0 - 5	Bristol C

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Plymouth	1 - 0	Portsmouth
Hull	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
QPR	1 - 2	Portsmouth
Stoke	6 - 1	Portsmouth
Burnley	2 - 1	Portsmouth
M'Boro	2 - 2	Portsmouth
Leeds	3 - 3	Portsmouth
Lincoln	0 - 2	Portsmouth
Bolton	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Wycombe	1 - 3	Portsmouth
Peterborough	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Blackpool	0 - 0	Portsmouth
Charlton	0 - 0	Portsmouth
Carlisle	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Portsmouth
Port Vale	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Fleetwood	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Cheltenham	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Exeter	0 - 0	Portsmouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Portsmouth	3 - 1	Preston
A	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Plymouth
A	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Hull
H	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Portsmouth	0 - 2	Cardiff
A	Portsmouth	2 - 1	QPR
H	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Portsmouth	1 - 6	Stoke
H	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Sheff Utd
A	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Portsmouth	0 - 3	West Brom
H	Portsmouth	1 - 3	Sunderland
A	Portsmouth	2 - 2	M'Boro
H	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Luton
A	Portsmouth	3 - 3	Leeds
A	Portsmouth	2 - 0	Lincoln
H	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Wigan
H	Portsmouth	3 - 2	Barnsley
A	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Bolton
H	Portsmouth	3 - 1	Shrewsbury

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Blackburn have beaten Portsmouth in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Blackburn have not lost to Portsmouth in 5 consecutive league meetings

Blackburn

Portsmouth

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 10

6 / 10

Clean sheets

4 / 10

1 / 10

BLB

POR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Blackburn	3 - 0
Blackburn	3 - 1
Blackburn	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Blackburn	3 - 0
Blackburn	2 - 1
Blackburn	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Portsmouth
Blackburn	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Portsmouth

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

3 / 10

BLB

POR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
	1 - 2	Blackburn
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Portsmouth	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Blackburn
Portsmouth	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Blackburn
	1 - 2	Blackburn
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Blackburn

Goal Statistics

Blackburn Rovers's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Portsmouth have conceded in each of their last 8 Championship games. A PG of 1.9 for J. Eustace's side suggests that run should continue.

	Blackburn 5th	Portsmouth 20th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that Blackburn will score 1 or more goals	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Portsmouth will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-24 Blackburn have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted	-12 Portsmouth have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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BLB

POR

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Games scored	14		13
Failed to score	7		7
Scored first	11		7
Goals scored	25		25
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots per game	7		7
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	16		17
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.2
KickOff rating		+5%

37%

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BLB

POR

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Games conceded	11		16
Clean sheets	10		4
Conceded first	8		10
Goals conceded	18		35
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1.8
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	11		6
Conversion rate against	9%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.6
KickOff rating		+37%

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Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
21	4	5	7
A Pears	Y Ohashi	M Gueye	L Travis

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Pears GLK	21			1 -
D Hyam DEF	21	1	1	3 -
S Tronstad MID	21			2 -
Y Ohashi FWD	21	4		1 -
R Hedges FWD	21	1	1	3 -
L Travis MID	20	2	1	7 -
M Gueye FWD	20	1	5	5 1
T Dolan FWD	19	2	2	6 -
D Batth DEF	18	1		-
T Cantwell MID	16	1	3	5 -
A Weimann FWD	16	4		1 -
H Pickering DEF	14		1	1 -
J Rankin-Costello MID	14	2	2	4 -
C Brittain DEF	13		2	2 -
O Beck DEF	13	1		2 1
H Carter DEF	11		1	4 -
L Baker MID	9	1		-
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	9	1		-
J Buckley MID	8			3 -
A Sigurdsson FWD	5	1		-
H Leonard FWD	2			-
K McFadzean DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	14	5	19
Y Ohashi	A Weimann	M Gueye	T Cantwell

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Weimann FWD	4	14		5
Y Ohashi FWD	4	9		4
L Travis MID	2	4	1	9
J Rankin-Costello MID	2	7	2	5
T Dolan FWD	2	9	2	8
L Baker MID	1	2		2
O Beck DEF	1	2		8
A Sigurdsson FWD	1	1
D Hyam DEF	1	1	1	3
D Batth DEF	1	3		1
T Cantwell MID	1	4	3	19
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	1	3		1
M Gueye FWD	1	5	5	5
R Hedges FWD	1	8	1	15
H Leonard FWD		1
J Buckley MID				4
H Pickering DEF		1	1	3
H Carter DEF		1	1	3
C Brittain DEF			2	8
S Tronstad MID		1		8

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1128	51	99
D Hyam	L Travis	L Travis

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Hyam DEF	1128	19	97
S Tronstad MID	902	50	89
L Travis MID	848	51	99
D Batth DEF	776	17	85
A Pears GLK	634	1	10
T Cantwell MID	497	25	63
H Carter DEF	493	14	48
R Hedges FWD	438	42	90
H Pickering DEF	435	15	44
C Brittain DEF	395	15	34
T Dolan FWD	380	28	81
O Beck DEF	327	32	55
J Rankin-Costello MID	263	19	45
Y Ohashi FWD	255	19	75
M Gueye FWD	183	14	89
A Weimann FWD	175	3	14
J Buckley MID	121	4	7
L Baker MID	89	4	8
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	79	7	17
A Sigurdsson FWD	25	1	6
H Leonard FWD	3		3

Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	9	4	5
C Ogilvie	C Lang	J Murphy	C Lang

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Ogilvie DEF	19	2		2 -
M Pack MID	18		1	4 -
C Saydee FWD	17	2		2 -
P Lane FWD	17		1	2 -
R Poole DEF	16			2 -
J Murphy FWD	16	4	4	2 -
C Lang FWD	16	9	2	5 -
F Potts MID	15	1	1	3 -
M Ritchie MID	15	1		2 -
A Dozzell MID	14			5 -
J Williams DEF	12			4 -
T Mcintyre DEF	12			3 -
T Devlin MID	12			-
N Schmid GLK	11			-
Z Swanson DEF	11			1 -
S Silvera FWD	10			-
M O’Mahony FWD	9	2		-
E Sørensen FWD	9	1		-
K Yengi FWD	9			2 -
W Norris GLK	8			2 -
O Moxon MID	8			2 -
H Blair FWD	8			3 -
C Bishop FWD	6	2	2	-
R Towler DEF	5			2 -
A Kamara MID	5			1 -
J Archer GLK	2			-
C Shaughnessy DEF	2			1 -
J. Farrell DEF	1			-
B Stevenson MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	16	4	11
C Lang	C Lang	J Murphy	M Pack

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Lang FWD	9	16	2	7
J Murphy FWD	4	7	4	10
C Ogilvie DEF	2	6		8
C Bishop FWD	2	5	2	3
M O’Mahony FWD	2	3		2
C Saydee FWD	2	5		3
F Potts MID	1	3	1	7
E Sørensen FWD	1	3		1
M Ritchie MID	1	5		9
C Shaughnessy DEF		2
A Kamara MID				1
H Blair FWD		1		1
O Moxon MID		2
Z Swanson DEF				2
K Yengi FWD				5
S Silvera FWD		4		2
M Pack MID		1	1	11
T Devlin MID		1		4
T Mcintyre DEF		1		3
J Williams DEF				1
A Dozzell MID				5
R Poole DEF		2		1
P Lane FWD		3	1	10

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
756	31	116
M Pack	F Potts	C Ogilvie

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pack MID	756	24	96
C Ogilvie DEF	594	18	116
F Potts MID	503	31	94
R Poole DEF	490	25	56
T Mcintyre DEF	464	20	77
A Dozzell MID	379	20	37
N Schmid GLK	346		4
J Williams DEF	330	24	48
W Norris GLK	282	2	7
J Murphy FWD	236	16	70
T Devlin MID	236	10	49
Z Swanson DEF	228	21	48
R Towler DEF	218	8	17
M Ritchie MID	215	16	42
C Lang FWD	165	17	82
P Lane FWD	164	12	29
C Saydee FWD	146	8	38
C Bishop FWD	112	4	32
C Shaughnessy DEF	110		7
S Silvera FWD	103	11	28
A Kamara MID	82	4	7
O Moxon MID	78	8	15
E Sørensen FWD	73	4	11
M O’Mahony FWD	55	3	21
J Archer GLK	52
K Yengi FWD	51		21
J. Farrell DEF	40	1	4
H Blair FWD	16	4	13
B Stevenson MID	10		1

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

Blackburn have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Portsmouth are in 20th position in the Championship on 20 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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