Championship

Championship | Gameweek 9

Sep 25, 2021 at 3pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
5 - 1
Cardiff

Gallagher (24'), Brereton Diaz (32', 45+1', 90' pen.), Dolan (53')

FT(HT: 3-0)

Morrison (58')
Flint (8'), Phillips (89')

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The home side were convincing 5-1 winners at Ewood Park.

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The Match

Match Report

The hosts were convincing winners at Ewood Park.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City, 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 Cardiff City win with a probability of 38.62%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 35.27% and a draw had a probability of 26.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cardiff City win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.65%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.43%) and 0-2 (6.55%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 (9.14%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.41%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 0.3% likelihood.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Cardiff City
35.27%	26.12%	38.62%

Both teams to score 53.75%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.25%

50.75%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.36%

72.64%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.36%

27.64%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.82%

63.18%

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.28%

25.72%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.36%

60.64%

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 35.27%

Cardiff City 38.62%

Draw 26.11%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Cardiff City
1-0 @ 9.14% 2-1 @ 7.98% 2-0 @ 5.88% 3-1 @ 3.42% 3-0 @ 2.52% 3-2 @ 2.32% 4-1 @ 1.1% Other @ 2.91% Total : 35.27%	1-1 @ 12.41% 0-0 @ 7.11% 2-2 @ 5.42% 3-3 @ 1.05% Other @ 0.12% Total : 26.11%	0-1 @ 9.65% 1-2 @ 8.43% 0-2 @ 6.55% 1-3 @ 3.82% 0-3 @ 2.97% 2-3 @ 2.45% 1-4 @ 1.3% 0-4 @ 1.01% Other @ 2.44% Total : 38.62%

How you voted: Blackburn vs Cardiff

Blackburn Rovers

58.0%

Draw

27.5%

Cardiff City

14.5%