Championship

Championship | Gameweek 36

Mar 12, 2021 at 7.45pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
0 - 1
Brentford

Buckley (75'), Lenihan (86'), Bennett (90+5'), Johnson (90+9')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Toney (10' pen.)
Mbeumo (79'), Bech Sorensen (90')

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The Match

Match Report

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Preview

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

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 Brentford win with a probability of 42.38%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 31.18% and a draw had a probability of 26.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Brentford win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.77%) and 0-2 (7.58%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 (9.01%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.57%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 10.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Brentford in this match.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Brentford
31.18%	26.44%	42.38%

Both teams to score 51.6%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.99%

53.01%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.4%

74.6%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.59%

31.41%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.21%

67.78%

Brentford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.23%

24.77%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.67%

59.33%

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 31.18%

Brentford 42.37%

Draw 26.44%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Brentford
1-0 @ 9.01% 2-1 @ 7.28% 2-0 @ 5.22% 3-1 @ 2.81% 3-0 @ 2.01% 3-2 @ 1.96% Other @ 2.89% Total : 31.18%	1-1 @ 12.57% 0-0 @ 7.78% 2-2 @ 5.08% 3-3 @ 0.91% Other @ 0.1% Total : 26.44%	0-1 @ 10.85% 1-2 @ 8.77% 0-2 @ 7.58% 1-3 @ 4.08% 0-3 @ 3.53% 2-3 @ 2.36% 1-4 @ 1.42% 0-4 @ 1.23% Other @ 2.54% Total : 42.37%

How you voted: Blackburn vs Brentford

Blackburn Rovers

17.9%

Draw

19.0%

Brentford

63.1%