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

Wed 12th Mar, 20:00 BST, bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Wednesday night at the bet365 Stadium, and it’s a Championship showdown between Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers. Mark Warburton and Ryan Lowe going all-out to ensure victory. Stats drive the predictions below for seventeen markets, and changing between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and unique league tables. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to explore.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

We're expecting a game with little to choose between the sides here and, as such, we predict under 2.5 goals. This means that we expect 2 goals or less will be scored in total as Stoke and Blackburn go head-to-head. Tight defences and clear heads will be required to deliver us a winner, but we have faith in both sides to deliver exactly that. The stats and the odds below suggest it's a sound bet too.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Stoke are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 36% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.70.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Stoke 36%	29/20	6/4 7%
Draw 30%	11/5 3%	11/5 3%
Blackburn 33%	19/10 4%	19/10 11%
Stoke 1-0 14%	13/2	6/1 7%
Draw 1-1 14%	5/1 8%	19/4 4%
Draw 0-0 13%	15/2	6/1 13%
Blackburn 1-0 13%	7/1	13/2
Stoke 2-0 7%	10/1	9/1 9%
Stoke 2-1 7%	9/1	8/1
Blackburn 2-1 7%	10/1	17/2 6%
Blackburn 2-0 6%	12/1	11/1 9%
Draw 2-2 4%	14/1	12/1
Stoke 3-0 3%	22/1	18/1 10%
Stoke 3-1 3%	20/1	16/1
Blackburn 3-1 2%	25/1 13%	18/1 12%
Blackburn 3-0 2%	28/1	22/1 21%
Stoke 3-2 1%	33/1	22/1
Blackburn 3-2 1%	33/1	25/1 13%
Over 2.5 Goals 34%	6/5	23/20 5%
Under 2.5 Goals 66%	4/6	13/20 3%
Home 1st Goal 46%	5/6	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	5/4 2%	-
No 1st Goal 9%	15/2	-
BTTS - Yes 41%	5/6	10/11 3%
BTTS - No 59%	5/6	5/6 1%
BTTS - Home Win 12%	9/2	17/4
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2 5%	17/5 2%
BTTS - Away Win 11%	11/2 8%	19/4 10%
Home/draw 67%	2/5	2/5 5%
Away/draw 64%	8/15	1/2 1%
Home/away 70%	4/11 2%	7/20 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 61%	2/5 3%	2/5 4%
Under 1.5 Goals 39%	2/1 6%	15/8 4%
Over 3.5 Goals 15%	3/1	14/5 6%
Under 3.5 Goals 85%	1/4	2/9 2%
Over 4.5 Goals 6%	8/1 13%	13/2 7%
Under 4.5 Goals 94%	1/14 1%	1/14 1%
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	18/1 12%	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1/40	1/80 1%
Over 0.5 Goals 87%	1/12 1%	1/14 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 13%	7/1 6%	13/2 6%
Home DNB 58%	8/11	8/11 6%
Away DNB 54%	1/1	1/1 9%
Stoke win to nil 24%	3/1	-
Blackburn win to nil 22%	7/2	-
Stoke / Stoke 20%	3/1	3/1 5%
Stoke / Blackburn 3%	28/1	28/1 12%
Stoke / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Stoke 14%	9/2	19/4 4%
Draw / Blackburn 13%	11/2	11/2 8%
Draw / Draw 18%	15/4	10/3 6%
Blackburn / Stoke 3%	28/1	25/1
Blackburn / Blackburn 17%	15/4	18/5 10%
Blackburn / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Stoke have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

31 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 10 and won 6. Stoke have conceded 45 goals, scored 30, failed to score in 13 matches and kept 8 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Stoke have played 18 games at home, winning 5, drawing 8 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 22 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Blackburn lay in 9th place on 52 points in the Championship league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 3 and losing 9 games. They have scored 29 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Blackburn have conceded 23 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

Blackburn have played 18 away games, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 9 games. They have scored an average of 0.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

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	Stoke Blackburn
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	37	24	7	6	24	77	Apr 26	l 2-0A	l 0-2A	May 3
2	Leeds	36	22	10	4	49	76	l 0-2A	Apr 21	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
3	Burnley	37	20	15	2	39	75	l 0-2A	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	d 1-1A
4	Sunderland	37	19	12	6	21	69	w 1-0F	l 2-1F	d 2-2F	Apr 21
5	West Brom	37	13	17	7	14	56	l 1-2A	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
6	Coventry	37	16	8	13	4	56	w 1-0F	l 3-2A	l 0-2A	l 3-0A
7	Bristol C	37	13	15	9	7	54	d 2-2F	l 2-0A	w 3-0F	l 2-1A
8	M'Boro	37	15	8	14	9	53	l 1-3A	l 2-0A	Apr 4	w 0-1F
9	Blackburn Away	36	15	7	14	4	52	Mar 12	w 0-2F	-	-
10	Sheff Wed	37	14	9	14	-5	51	Apr 18	l 2-0A	Apr 8	w 0-1F
11	Norwich	37	12	13	12	7	49	d 1-1F	l 4-2A	d 1-1F	d 2-2F
12	Watford	36	14	7	15	-4	49	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	Apr 26	l 1-0A
13	Millwall	36	12	12	12	-1	48	d 1-1A	Mar 15	Apr 18	l 1-0A
14	QPR	37	11	11	15	-6	44	Mar 29	d 1-1F	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
15	Preston	37	9	17	11	-6	44	d 0-00-0	Apr 5	w 2-1F	d 0-00-0
16	Swansea	36	12	8	16	-8	44	w 3-1A	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	l 3-0A
17	Portsmouth	36	11	9	16	-13	42	w 6-1F	l 3-1A	w 3-0F	Mar 29
18	Oxford Utd	36	9	12	15	-16	39	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	l 1-0A
19	Hull	36	9	10	17	-9	37	l 1-3F	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
20	Stoke Home	36	8	12	16	-14	36	-	-	l 0-2A	Mar 12
21	Cardiff	37	8	12	17	-21	36	d 2-2F	Apr 12	Mar 15	w 1-3F
22	Derby	37	9	8	20	-12	35	w 2-1F	May 3	w 4-2F	l 2-1A
23	Luton	37	9	7	21	-26	34	Apr 8	l 2-1F	w 2-0F	Apr 12
24	Plymouth	36	6	12	18	-37	30	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	l 2-1A

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke	0 - 0	Watford
Stoke	1 - 3	M'Boro
Stoke	3 - 1	Swansea
Stoke	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
Stoke	0 - 0	Plymouth
Stoke	1 - 0	Sunderland
Stoke	0 - 2	Leeds
Stoke	2 - 2	Cardiff
Stoke	0 - 2	Burnley
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Stoke	1 - 1	Millwall
Stoke	2 - 1	Derby
Stoke	2 - 2	Bristol C
Stoke	1 - 1	Norwich
Stoke	6 - 1	Portsmouth
Stoke	1 - 3	Hull
Stoke	1 - 2	West Brom
Stoke	1 - 0	Coventry
Stoke	4 - 0	Bristol C
Stoke	3 - 0	Plymouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Stoke	2 - 3	Coventry
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Watford
H	Stoke	1 - 3	M'Boro
A	Stoke	2 - 4	Norwich
H	Stoke	3 - 1	Swansea
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Bristol C
A	Stoke	2 - 1	Hull
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Stoke	1 - 3	Portsmouth
A	Stoke	1 - 1	West Brom
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Plymouth
A	Stoke	0 - 0	Burnley
H	Stoke	1 - 0	Sunderland
H	Stoke	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Stoke	2 - 2	Cardiff
A	Stoke	1 - 2	Luton
A	Stoke	1 - 2	Sunderland
H	Stoke	0 - 2	Burnley
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Preston

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Derby	2 - 1	Blackburn
Swansea	3 - 0	Blackburn
West Brom	0 - 2	Blackburn
QPR	2 - 1	Blackburn
Bristol C	2 - 1	Blackburn
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Blackburn
Leeds	1 - 1	Blackburn
Millwall	1 - 0	Blackburn
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Blackburn
Hull	0 - 1	Blackburn
M'Boro	0 - 1	Blackburn
Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
Plymouth	2 - 1	Blackburn
Coventry	3 - 0	Blackburn
Preston	0 - 0	Blackburn
Burnley	1 - 1	Blackburn
Norwich	2 - 2	Blackburn
Leicester	0 - 2	Blackburn
Leeds	0 - 1	Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Swansea
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	Plymouth
A	Blackburn	2 - 0	West Brom
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	QPR
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Coventry
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Blackburn	3 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Burnley
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Leeds
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull
H	Blackburn	2 - 2	Sunderland
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Millwall
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	Luton
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Hull
H	Blackburn	1 - 0	Leeds

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Stoke

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

6 / 10

Clean sheets

4 / 10

2 / 10

STK

BLB

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
	0 - 3	Blackburn
Stoke	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Blackburn
Stoke	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Blackburn
	2 - 3	Blackburn
Stoke	3 - 1
Stoke	1 - 0
Stoke	3 - 0
Stoke	1 - 0

Blackburn

Stoke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 11

8 / 11

Clean sheets

3 / 11

7 / 11

STK

BLB

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

Goal Statistics

	Stoke 20th	Blackburn 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Stoke will score no more than 1 goal	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Blackburn scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-2 Stoke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-11 Blackburn have scored 11% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

STK

BLB

11%

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Games scored	22		24
Failed to score	14		12
Scored first	13		16
Goals scored	36		41
Avg. goals scored	1		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	13		15
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+11%

STK

BLB

12%

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Games conceded	26		23
Clean sheets	10		13
Conceded first	17		18
Goals conceded	50		37
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		9
Conversion rate against	12%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.3
KickOff rating		+12%

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

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	4	5	11
V Johansson	A Moran	J. Bae	J Tchamadeu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Johansson GLK	36			3 -
J. Bae MID	35	2	5	4 -
L. Koumas FWD	35	3	2	5 -
A Moran MID	33	4	3	9 -
J Tchamadeu DEF	32		1	11 -
B Wilmot DEF	29	2		6 -
W Burger MID	29	1	1	9 -
M Manhoef FWD	25	3	5	1 -
T Seko MID	24			1 -
E Bocat DEF	23		1	1 -
B Gibson DEF	22	3		6 -
M Rose DEF	21			3 -
E Stevens DEF	17		2	3 -
J Thompson MID	16			4 -
A Phillips DEF	14			3 -
L Gooch FWD	14		1	4 -
S Gallagher FWD	13	3	1	3 -
E Tezgel FWD	12			1 -
A Vidigal FWD	10			-
L Baker MID	9	4	1	2 -
S. Sidibe MID	8		1	-
N Lowe FWD	8	1		2 -
B Pearson MID	6			2 -
A Al-Hamadi FWD	6	1		-
J Wilson-Esbrand DEF	4		1	-
M Lawal DEF	3			-
R Mmaee FWD	3			-
J. Dixon DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	20	5	31
A Moran	M Manhoef	J. Bae	J. Bae

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Baker MID	4	6	1	3
A Moran MID	4	8	3	21
S Gallagher FWD	3	4	1	4
L. Koumas FWD	3	13	2	11
M Manhoef FWD	3	20	5	25
B Gibson DEF	3	4
B Wilmot DEF	2	4		6
J. Bae MID	2	10	5	31
N Lowe FWD	1	2
W Burger MID	1	4	1	10
A Al-Hamadi FWD	1	2		1
S. Sidibe MID			1	2
V Johansson GLK				1
B Pearson MID				1
J Wilson-Esbrand DEF		1	1	1
A Phillips DEF		1
A Vidigal FWD		1
E Tezgel FWD		3		2
L Gooch FWD		2	1	4
J Thompson MID				1
E Stevens DEF		2	2	9
M Rose DEF				1
E Bocat DEF		3	1	10
T Seko MID		1		7
J Tchamadeu DEF		2	1	11

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1379	68	167
B Gibson	A Moran	J. Bae

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Gibson DEF	1379	13	73
B Wilmot DEF	1332	46	115
V Johansson GLK	1170	1	27
W Burger MID	956	54	119
A Moran MID	837	68	132
J Tchamadeu DEF	831	35	87
T Seko MID	824	45	87
J. Bae MID	820	63	167
M Rose DEF	766	13	58
E Bocat DEF	611	37	83
A Phillips DEF	590	12	54
E Stevens DEF	530	29	61
J Thompson MID	433	11	32
M Manhoef FWD	416	17	75
L. Koumas FWD	294	46	96
L Baker MID	246	5	17
L Gooch FWD	234	20	34
S. Sidibe MID	133	4	12
B Pearson MID	127	8	12
J Wilson-Esbrand DEF	96	2	14
S Gallagher FWD	76	4	47
A Al-Hamadi FWD	73	3	24
N Lowe FWD	70	5	21
E Tezgel FWD	60	4	10
A Vidigal FWD	29	4	10
R Mmaee FWD	19		6
M Lawal DEF	15	1	2
J. Dixon DEF	4

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	7	6	10
D Hyam	A Weimann	M Gueye	T Dolan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Hyam DEF	36	1	2	6 -
A Pears GLK	35			4 -
M Gueye FWD	35	6	6	8 1
R Hedges MID	34	1	1	3 -
T Dolan MID	34	4	6	10 -
A Weimann FWD	30	7	2	3 -
D Batth DEF	29	2		4 -
S Tronstad MID	29			4 -
C Brittain DEF	28	1	3	5 -
T Cantwell MID	28	2	3	6 -
L Travis MID	28	2	1	8 -
Y Ohashi FWD	26	5	1	3 -
J Rankin-Costello MID	24	2	2	4 -
O Beck DEF	23	1		4 1
A Cozier-Duberry MID	21	1		-
J Buckley MID	20			5 -
H Pickering DEF	14		1	1 -
H Carter DEF	13		1	5 -
A Forshaw MID	10	1		-
H Leonard FWD	9	1		-
D Sanderson DEF	8			1 -
A Kargbo FWD	6		1	-
Y Ribeiro DEF	5		1	-
C Woodrow FWD	2			-
E Dennis FWD	2			1 1
B Tóth GLK	1			-
I. Tyjon FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	21	6	30
A Weimann	M Gueye	M Gueye	T Cantwell

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Weimann FWD	7	20	2	12
M Gueye FWD	6	21	6	7
Y Ohashi FWD	5	12	1	5
T Dolan MID	4	15	6	18
J Rankin-Costello MID	2	7	2	7
D Batth DEF	2	6		4
T Cantwell MID	2	7	3	30
L Travis MID	2	4	1	10
D Hyam DEF	1	2	2	5
H Leonard FWD	1	4		2
A Forshaw MID	1	1		2
A Cozier-Duberry MID	1	5		4
O Beck DEF	1	2		16
R Hedges MID	1	10	1	20
C Brittain DEF	1	2	3	19
J Buckley MID		2		6
H Pickering DEF		1	1	3
H Carter DEF		1	1	3
S Tronstad MID		1		9
D Sanderson DEF				1
A Kargbo FWD			1
Y Ribeiro DEF			1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1928	71	198
D Hyam	L Travis	M Gueye

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Hyam DEF	1928	38	188
D Batth DEF	1238	25	148
S Tronstad MID	1201	66	128
L Travis MID	1159	71	138
A Pears GLK	1013	1	15
C Brittain DEF	971	48	119
T Cantwell MID	892	40	131
T Dolan MID	662	40	129
O Beck DEF	658	61	107
R Hedges MID	633	58	136
H Carter DEF	590	17	56
J Buckley MID	450	27	52
H Pickering DEF	435	15	44
M Gueye FWD	421	21	198
A Weimann FWD	342	8	29
J Rankin-Costello MID	329	20	50
Y Ohashi FWD	301	22	82
D Sanderson DEF	243	2	17
A Forshaw MID	239	10	22
Y Ribeiro DEF	234	13	32
A Cozier-Duberry MID	211	15	40
H Leonard FWD	36	1	14
A Kargbo FWD	28	5	12
B Tóth GLK	21		1
E Dennis FWD	20	1	6
C Woodrow FWD	13
I. Tyjon FWD	1		1

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

Stoke have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Blackburn lay in 9th place on 52 points in the Championship league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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