Championship

Championship | Gameweek 16

Jan 15, 2025 at 7.45pm UK

Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire)

Blackburn
3 - 0
Portsmouth

Gueye (61'), Brittain (70'), Weimann (76')
Tronstad (50')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Botts (19'), Murphy (81'), Devlin (87')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Middlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn
Saturday, January 11 at 12pm in FA Cup

Goals
for

Portsmouth

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Wycombe 2-0 Portsmouth
Friday, January 10 at 7.45pm in FA Cup

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 49.79%. A draw had a probability of 26.2% and a win for Portsmouth had a probability of 24%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.05%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.71%) and 2-1 (9.18%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.34%), while for a Portsmouth win it was 0-1 (8.3%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 4.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Blackburn Rovers would win this match.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Portsmouth
49.79% ( -0.02)	26.21% ( -0.01)	24% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 47.33% (

0.07)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.88% (

0.07)

56.13% (

-0.07)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.81% (

0.06)

77.19% (

-0.06)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.4% (

0.02)

22.6% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.78% (

0.03)

56.22% (

-0.03)

Portsmouth Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.15% (

0.07)

38.85% (

-0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.42% (

0.07)

75.58% (

-0.07)

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 49.78%

Portsmouth 24%

Draw 26.2%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Portsmouth
1-0 @ 13.05% ( -0.03) 2-0 @ 9.71% ( -0.02) 2-1 @ 9.18% ( 0) 3-0 @ 4.81% ( -0) 3-1 @ 4.55% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.15% ( 0.01) 4-0 @ 1.79% ( -0) 4-1 @ 1.69% ( 0) Other @ 2.85% Total : 49.78%	1-1 @ 12.34% 0-0 @ 8.78% ( -0.03) 2-2 @ 4.34% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.74% Total : 26.2%	0-1 @ 8.3% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 5.84% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 3.93% ( 0) 1-3 @ 1.84% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 1.37% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 1.24% ( 0) Other @ 1.49% Total : 24%