Bristol City vs Blackburn Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check

Bristol City's home form has been genuinely mixed. In their last four Championship games at home they've won two and lost two, beating Portsmouth and Watford but losing to Millwall and Lincoln. Their away form has actually held up better, with wins at Preston and Burnley in that same spell.

Bristol City: 20 completed matches; Blackburn: 20 completed matches.

Bristol City

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

29

Difference

-1

Blackburn

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

26

Difference

0

Blackburn have struggled specifically on the road. In their four away league games this season they haven't won any of them, drawing three, including a 2-2 at Portsmouth most recently, and losing at Preston. Their two league wins this season have both come at home, against Middlesbrough and Millwall.

Blackburn's away form is the clearer weak spot here than Bristol City's home form.

Comparative Team Statistics: Bristol City vs Blackburn

Head-to-head record

These two have met many times over the years and recent meetings haven't followed a clear pattern. Blackburn won 1-0 when they visited last November, then Bristol City won the return fixture 2-1 in February. The season before that produced a 5-0 win for Bristol City at home and a 3-0 win for Blackburn at home, so results have swung both ways depending on the year.

Where they stand

Bristol City are 8th in the Championship with 13 points from eight games, having won four and lost three. Blackburn are down in 16th with 9 points from the same number of matches, having won only two. Both sides have almost identical goal difference this season, so the table gap owes more to picking up points in tight games than any obvious difference in quality.

Bristol City's league position looks a bit stronger than the underlying numbers necessarily support.

Players to watch

Rio Cardines has been Bristol City's main creative outlet, already up to six assists in eight appearances this season. D. Ballard has three goals for Bristol City in the same span, matching Blackburn's O. Afolayan and A. Guðjohnsen, who've each scored three in their own sample of matches. Sam Morsy has picked up four yellow cards for Blackburn already, more than any other player named here, so discipline is worth keeping an eye on too.

Bristol City:

Best scorers:

D. Ballard - 3

Best assist providers:

Rio Cardines - 6

Penalty cards:

A. Randell x 1 x 1

Blackburn:

Best scorers:

O. Afolayan - 3

A. Guðjohnsen - 3

Best assist providers:

O. Afolayan - 2

Penalty cards:

Tom Atcheson x 1 x 2

Sam Morsy x 4