Championship

Championship | Gameweek 39

Mar 29, 2024 at 5.30pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
0 - 1
Ipswich

Pickering (6'), Dolan (44')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Chaplin (9')
Davis (3'), Luongo (81'), Jackson (84')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Ipswich Town, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Middlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn
Saturday, March 16 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Ipswich Town

All competitions

Last Game: Ipswich 6-0 Sheff Weds
Saturday, March 16 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Ipswich Town

While Blackburn should arguably always pack a punch with Sammie Szmodics strutting his stuff in the final third, the hosts are bereft of a winning formula and must now try to quell the Championship's most prolific attacking unit. With fresh injury concerns also rearing their ugly heads, Eustace's winless run is likely to stretch into the double figures on Friday, as Ipswich do all they can to surge to the summit. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Ipswich Town win with a probability of 47.35%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 29.07% and a draw had a probability of 23.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Ipswich Town win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.31%) and 0-2 (7.18%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 2-1 (7.1%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.85%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 8.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Ipswich Town would win this match.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Ipswich Town
29.07% ( 0.41)	23.57% ( 0.02)	47.35% ( -0.43)

Both teams to score 59.98% (

0.21)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

58.46% (

0.16)

41.54% (

-0.15)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

36.06% (

0.16)

63.94% (

-0.16)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.94% (

0.35)

27.06% (

-0.36)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.57% (

0.46)

62.43% (

-0.46)

Ipswich Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.23% (

-0.11)

17.77% (

0.11)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.53% (

-0.19)

48.47% (

0.19)

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 29.07%

Ipswich Town 47.35%

Draw 23.57%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Ipswich Town
2-1 @ 7.1% ( 0.07) 1-0 @ 6.28% ( 0.02) 2-0 @ 4.11% ( 0.05) 3-1 @ 3.09% ( 0.06) 3-2 @ 2.67% ( 0.04) 3-0 @ 1.79% ( 0.04) 4-1 @ 1.01% ( 0.03) Other @ 3.02% Total : 29.07%	1-1 @ 10.85% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 6.13% ( 0.04) 0-0 @ 4.81% ( -0.03) 3-3 @ 1.54% ( 0.02) Other @ 0.24% Total : 23.57%	1-2 @ 9.38% ( -0.04) 0-1 @ 8.31% ( -0.09) 0-2 @ 7.18% ( -0.1) 1-3 @ 5.4% ( -0.04) 0-3 @ 4.13% ( -0.07) 2-3 @ 3.53% ( 0.01) 1-4 @ 2.33% ( -0.02) 0-4 @ 1.79% ( -0.04) 2-4 @ 1.53% ( -0) Other @ 3.78% Total : 47.35%