Championship

Championship | Gameweek 42

Apr 10, 2024 at 7.45pm UK

Ashton Gate Stadium

Bristol City
5 - 0
Blackburn

Conway (24', 32' pen.), Mehmeti (73'), Wells (78' pen., 90+6')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Rankin-Costello (29'), McFadzean (77')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Bristol City and Blackburn Rovers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Bristol City

All competitions

Last Game: Sunderland 0-0 Bristol City
Saturday, April 6 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Last Game: Blackburn 0-0 Southampton
Saturday, April 6 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Bristol City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Both teams have shown an improvement in form of late, putting a positive spin on matters in the short term. For us, we can only see a low-scoring draw being played out, a result that Blackburn would gratefully accept at this stage. 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 Bristol City win with a probability of 39.7%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 34.95% and a draw had a probability of 25.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Bristol City win was 1-0 with a probability of 8.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.63%) and 2-0 (6.45%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 0-1 (8.3%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.96%). The actual scoreline of 5-0 was predicted with a 0.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Bristol City would win this match.

Result
Bristol City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
39.7% ( 0.21)	25.35% ( -0.13)	34.95% ( -0.07)

Both teams to score 56.32% (

0.45)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

52.58% (

0.58)

47.42% (

-0.58)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

30.37% (

0.54)

69.64% (

-0.53)

Bristol City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.36% (

0.36)

23.64% (

-0.37)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.27% (

0.52)

57.73% (

-0.52)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.76% (

0.23)

26.24% (

-0.23)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.65% (

0.31)

61.35% (

-0.31)

Score Analysis

Bristol City 39.7%

Blackburn Rovers 34.95%

Draw 25.34%

Bristol City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 8.95% ( -0.12) 2-1 @ 8.63% ( 0.03) 2-0 @ 6.45% ( -0.02) 3-1 @ 4.15% ( 0.06) 3-0 @ 3.1% ( 0.02) 3-2 @ 2.78% ( 0.06) 4-1 @ 1.5% ( 0.04) 4-0 @ 1.12% ( 0.02) 4-2 @ 1% ( 0.03) Other @ 2.03% Total : 39.7%	1-1 @ 11.96% ( -0.09) 0-0 @ 6.2% ( -0.15) 2-2 @ 5.77% ( 0.06) 3-3 @ 1.24% ( 0.03) Other @ 0.16% Total : 25.34%	0-1 @ 8.3% ( -0.15) 1-2 @ 8.01% ( -0) 0-2 @ 5.55% ( -0.06) 1-3 @ 3.57% ( 0.02) 2-3 @ 2.58% ( 0.04) 0-3 @ 2.48% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 1.19% ( 0.01) Other @ 3.28% Total : 34.95%