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

Sat 23rd Nov, 15:00 BST, Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire),

John Eustace welcomes John Mousinho to the Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire) on Saturday afternoon, as their Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth troops go head to head in the Championship. You'll see stats supporting our top of below, but there are 16 other markets we cover too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Championship performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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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.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
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 57% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Blackburn
57%
4/6
3%
7/10
Draw
23%
14/5
1%
14/5
3%
Portsmouth
21%
4/1
11%
4/1
9%
Draw 1-1
11%
13/2
7%
6/1
Blackburn 1-0
10%
6/111/2
Blackburn 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Blackburn 2-0
10%
7/113/2
Blackburn 3-1
6%
12/110/1
Blackburn 3-0
6%
12/110/1
Portsmouth 1-0
6%
12/110/1
Draw 0-0
6%
10/18/1
5%
Portsmouth 2-1
5%
14/112/1
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1
13%
12/1
Blackburn 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Portsmouth 2-0
3%
22/118/1
Blackburn 4-1
3%
28/120/1
Blackburn 4-0
3%
25/118/1
Portsmouth 3-1
2%
40/128/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
10/1117/20
1%
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
10/1117/20
3%
Home 1st Goal
55%
4/9
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
42%
2/1
4%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
10/1-
BTTS - Yes
54%
5/6
2%
17/20
1%
BTTS - No
46%
5/6
4%
17/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
26%
11/45/2
BTTS - Draw
17%
4/119/5
BTTS - Away Win
11%
8/1
6%
7/1
Home/draw
79%
1/6
1%
1/6
1%
Away/draw
43%
23/20
5%
23/20
2%
Home/away
77%
1/41/4
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
3/10
1%
2/7
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
5/2
7%
12/5
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
12/5
6%
21/10
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
1/3
2%
1/3
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
5/119/4
5%
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/81/8
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/110/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/251/33
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/201/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/117/2
Home DNB
72%
2/7
1%
1/4
3%
Away DNB
37%
5/2
3%
5/2
3%
Blackburn win to nil
30%
7/4
8%
-
Portsmouth win to nil
10%
7/1-
Blackburn / Blackburn
31%
13/8
5%
8/5
Blackburn / Portsmouth
2%
40/1
21%
28/1
Blackburn / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Blackburn
18%
7/210/3
2%
Draw / Portsmouth
8%
9/1
5%
17/2
6%
Draw / Draw
15%
9/217/4
Portsmouth / Blackburn
4%
20/118/1
Portsmouth / Portsmouth
10%
15/2
13%
13/2
7%
Portsmouth / Draw
5%
16/1
13%
12/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 15 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 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 2 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Blackburn have outscored their opponents by 19 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Blackburn have played 8 games at home winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 12 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 7 goals at home.

Portsmouth are in 23rd position in the Championship on 12 points having played 15 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 18 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 6 and won 1. Portsmouth have conceded 27 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Blackburn
Portsmouth
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sunderland159421431 
Dec 26
Apr 21
l
 
1-3A
Jan 5
2
Sheff Utd1510321231 
l
 
0-2A
May 3
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 8
3
Leeds158521529 
Nov 30
Jan 1
Mar 8
d
 
3-3A
4
Burnley157621227 
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
Feb 1
l
 
2-1F
5
West Brom15672725 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 12
l
 
0-3A
Jan 25
6
Watford15816125 
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
Apr 21
Dec 26
7
M'Boro15735624 
Apr 5
Nov 27
Jan 18
d
 
2-2F
8
Millwall15654523 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Nov 27
Apr 5
9
Blackburn 15645222 
-
-
Mar 29
Nov 23
10
Bristol C15573122 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 25
Dec 7
Dec 29
11
Swansea15546119 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 22
Jan 1
Nov 30
12
Derby15546019 
w
 
4-2F
Mar 8
Apr 12
Dec 13
13
Stoke15546-119 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 11
Jan 22
l
 
6-1A
14
Norwich15465118 
Mar 1
d
 
2-2F
Dec 10
Apr 18
15
Sheff Wed15537-818 
Apr 8
Dec 10
l
 
1-2F
Apr 26
16
Oxford Utd15456-117 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 18
d
 
1-1F
Feb 15
17
Coventry15447-116 
Jan 21
l
 
3-0A
Dec 21
Apr 9
18
Plymouth15447-1116 
Feb 15
l
 
2-1A
Mar 11
l
 
1-0A
19
Hull15366-415 
Dec 29
Dec 7
May 3
d
 
1-1A
20
Preston15366-815 
Jan 31
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-1F
Mar 15
21
Luton15438-915 
Dec 14
Apr 12
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
22
Cardiff15438-915 
Mar 15
w
 
1-3F
Feb 11
l
 
2-0A
23
Portsmouth 15267-1212 
Nov 23
Mar 29
-
-
24
QPR15177-1310 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 8
Feb 22
w
 
1-2A
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Blackburn have failed to score in 3 consecutive home league games
Blackburn 9TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Blackburn0 - 0Southampton
Blackburn0 - 1Ipswich
Blackburn1 - 1Plymouth
Blackburn1 - 1Millwall
Blackburn1 - 1Norwich
Blackburn3 - 1Stoke
Blackburn1 - 2QPR
Blackburn1 - 1Huddersfield
Blackburn2 - 2Rotherham
Blackburn1 - 2Watford
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackburn3 - 1Cardiff
HBlackburn0 - 2Stoke
HBlackburn0 - 2Sheff Utd
ABlackburn0 - 1Watford
HBlackburn0 - 0West Brom
HBlackburn1 - 0Swansea
ABlackburn1 - 2Plymouth
ABlackburn0 - 3Coventry
HBlackburn2 - 0QPR
ABlackburn0 - 0Preston
HBlackburn3 - 0Bristol C
ABlackburn1 - 1Burnley
HBlackburn2 - 1Oxford Utd
ABlackburn2 - 2Norwich
HBlackburn4 - 2Derby
ABlackburn2 - 0Leicester
HBlackburn0 - 0Coventry
HBlackburn1 - 3Sheff Wed
ABlackburn1 - 0Leeds
ABlackburn0 - 5Bristol C
Portsmouth 23RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Plymouth1 - 0Portsmouth
Hull1 - 1Portsmouth
Cardiff2 - 0Portsmouth
QPR1 - 2Portsmouth
Stoke6 - 1Portsmouth
Burnley2 - 1Portsmouth
M'Boro2 - 2Portsmouth
Leeds3 - 3Portsmouth
Lincoln0 - 2Portsmouth
Bolton1 - 1Portsmouth
Wycombe1 - 3Portsmouth
Peterborough0 - 1Portsmouth
Blackpool0 - 0Portsmouth
Charlton0 - 0Portsmouth
Carlisle0 - 1Portsmouth
Oxford Utd2 - 2Portsmouth
Port Vale0 - 1Portsmouth
Fleetwood0 - 1Portsmouth
Cheltenham2 - 1Portsmouth
Exeter0 - 0Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HPortsmouth3 - 1Preston
APortsmouth0 - 1Plymouth
APortsmouth1 - 1Hull
HPortsmouth1 - 2Sheff Wed
APortsmouth0 - 2Cardiff
APortsmouth2 - 1QPR
HPortsmouth1 - 1Oxford Utd
APortsmouth1 - 6Stoke
HPortsmouth0 - 0Sheff Utd
APortsmouth1 - 2Burnley
HPortsmouth0 - 3West Brom
HPortsmouth1 - 3Sunderland
APortsmouth2 - 2M'Boro
HPortsmouth0 - 0Luton
APortsmouth3 - 3Leeds
APortsmouth2 - 0Lincoln
HPortsmouth1 - 2Wigan
HPortsmouth3 - 2Barnsley
APortsmouth1 - 1Bolton
HPortsmouth3 - 1Shrewsbury
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Blackburn have beaten Portsmouth in 3 consecutive home league meetings
5
Blackburn have not lost to Portsmouth in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Blackburn since 2000
Blackburn
Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
19
7
Games: Scored
9 / 10
6 / 10
Clean sheets
4 / 10
1 / 10
BLB
7
D
1
POR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Blackburn3 - 0
Blackburn3 - 1
Blackburn2 - 0
0 - 1Portsmouth
Blackburn3 - 0
Blackburn2 - 1
Blackburn1 - 0
1 - 2Portsmouth
Blackburn3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Portsmouth since 1999
Portsmouth
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
13
14
Games: Scored
7 / 10
8 / 10
Clean sheets
2 / 10
3 / 10
BLB
5
D
3
POR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
1 - 2Blackburn
Draw0 - 0Draw
Portsmouth3 - 2
0 - 1Blackburn
Portsmouth3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Blackburn
1 - 2Blackburn
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Blackburn
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 outings. A PG of 1.8 for J. Eustace's side suggests that run should continue.

Blackburn 9th Portsmouth 23rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 84% probability that Blackburn will score 1 or more goals
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% 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
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Blackburn
PG (predicted goals)
Portsmouth
1.8
1
Attack rating
6%
better
BLB
POR
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Games scored9
10
Failed to score6
5
Scored first6
5
Goals scored19
16
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.1
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.1
1.1
KickOff rating
+6%
Defence rating
28%
better
BLB
POR
view stats
Games conceded10
13
Clean sheets5
2
Conceded first7
8
Goals conceded17
28
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against12%
18%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.6
KickOff rating
+28%

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

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15435
A PearsA Weimann M GueyeT Dolan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Pears GLK15
1
-
D Hyam DEF151
3
-
S Tronstad MID15
2
-
L Travis MID1521
4
-
A Weimann  FWD154
1
-
Y Ohashi FWD154
-
R Hedges FWD1511
3
-
M Gueye FWD143
2
1
T Dolan FWD1422
5
-
D Batth DEF121
-
H Carter DEF111
4
-
T Cantwell MID112
4
-
H Pickering DEF101
-
C Brittain DEF102
2
-
J Rankin-Costello MID921
2
-
O Beck DEF7
1
1
J Buckley MID7
1
-
L Baker MID61
-
A Sigurdsson FWD51
-
A Cozier-Duberry FWD5
-
H Leonard FWD1
-
Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14424
C OgilvieC Lang C Lang J Williams
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Ogilvie DEF142
2
-
C Saydee FWD142
2
-
M Pack MID131
2
-
J Williams DEF12
4
-
P Lane FWD121
1
-
C Lang  FWD1242
4
-
R Poole DEF11
1
-
J Murphy FWD1122
2
-
T Mcintyre DEF10
2
-
F Potts MID101
2
-
M Ritchie MID10
1
-
A Dozzell MID10
3
-
S Silvera FWD10
-
W Norris GLK8
2
-
T Devlin MID8
-
M O’Mahony FWD82
-
K Yengi FWD8
2
-
Z Swanson DEF7
1
-
H Blair FWD7
2
-
N Schmid GLK6
-
E Sørensen FWD61
-
O Moxon MID5
1
-
R Towler DEF4
2
-
A Kamara MID3
1
-
J Archer GLK2
-
C Shaughnessy DEF2
1
-
J. Farrell DEF1
-
B Stevenson MID1
-
C Bishop FWD11
-