Championship

Championship | Gameweek 3

Aug 24, 2024 at 3pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
2 - 1
Oxford Utd

Rankin-Costello (45+2'), Sigurdsson (83')
Tronstad (37'), Travis (77')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Harris (44')
Kioso (57')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Oxford United, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Norwich 2-2 Blackburn
Saturday, August 17 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Oxford United

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Coventry 3-2 Oxford Utd
Friday, August 16 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

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 Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 42.38%. A win for Oxford United had a probability of 31.92% and a draw had a probability of 25.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.92%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.89%) and 2-0 (7.23%). The likeliest Oxford United win was 0-1 (8.38%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.2%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Blackburn Rovers in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Blackburn Rovers.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Oxford United
42.38% ( -0.02)	25.7% ( 0.14)	31.92% ( -0.12)

Both teams to score 54.28% (

-0.49)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.31% (

-0.62)

49.69% (

0.62)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.29% (

-0.56)

71.7% (

0.55)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.7% (

-0.28)

23.3% (

0.28)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.76% (

-0.41)

57.24% (

0.41)

Oxford United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.76% (

-0.38)

29.23% (

0.38)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.81% (

-0.47)

65.19% (

0.47)

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 42.38%

Oxford United 31.92%

Draw 25.7%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Oxford United
1-0 @ 9.92% ( 0.17) 2-1 @ 8.89% ( -0.02) 2-0 @ 7.23% ( 0.06) 3-1 @ 4.32% ( -0.04) 3-0 @ 3.51% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.65% ( -0.06) 4-1 @ 1.57% ( -0.03) 4-0 @ 1.28% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 0.97% ( -0.03) Other @ 2.04% Total : 42.38%	1-1 @ 12.2% ( 0.08) 0-0 @ 6.81% ( 0.17) 2-2 @ 5.47% ( -0.07) 3-3 @ 1.09% ( -0.03) Other @ 0.13% Total : 25.7%	0-1 @ 8.38% ( 0.12) 1-2 @ 7.5% ( -0.03) 0-2 @ 5.15% ( 0.02) 1-3 @ 3.08% ( -0.05) 2-3 @ 2.24% ( -0.05) 0-3 @ 2.11% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 0.95% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.52% Total : 31.92%