Championship

Championship | Gameweek 2

Aug 17, 2024 at 3pm UK

Carrow Road

Norwich
2 - 2
Blackburn

Sargent (65'), Sainz (73')
Stacey (27'), Doyle (45+1')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Hedges (20'), Ohashi (87')
Travis (45+3'), Dolan (68'), Carter (78')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Norwich City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Norwich 4-3 Stevenage
Tuesday, August 13 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Stockport 1-6 Blackburn
Tuesday, August 13 at 7.30pm in EFL 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 Norwich City win with a probability of 43.67%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 32.17% and a draw had a probability of 24.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Norwich City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.07%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.23%) and 2-0 (6.67%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 1-2 (7.61%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.18%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 6.2% likelihood.

Result
Norwich City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
43.67% ( -0.84)	24.16% ( 0.16)	32.17% ( 0.68)

Both teams to score 59.64% (

-0.26)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

57.26% (

-0.47)

42.74% (

0.47)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

34.85% (

-0.47)

65.14% (

0.47)

Norwich City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.23% (

-0.56)

19.76% (

0.55)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.19% (

-0.91)

51.81% (

0.9)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.33% (

0.19)

25.67% (

-0.19)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.42% (

0.26)

60.58% (

-0.26)

Score Analysis

Norwich City 43.67%

Blackburn Rovers 32.17%

Draw 24.16%

Norwich City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
2-1 @ 9.07% ( -0.08) 1-0 @ 8.23% ( 0.03) 2-0 @ 6.67% ( -0.09) 3-1 @ 4.9% ( -0.13) 3-0 @ 3.6% ( -0.11) 3-2 @ 3.33% ( -0.07) 4-1 @ 1.99% ( -0.09) 4-0 @ 1.46% ( -0.07) 4-2 @ 1.35% ( -0.05) Other @ 3.07% Total : 43.67%	1-1 @ 11.18% ( 0.1) 2-2 @ 6.17% ( -0.02) 0-0 @ 5.07% ( 0.11) 3-3 @ 1.51% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.23% Total : 24.16%	1-2 @ 7.61% ( 0.11) 0-1 @ 6.9% ( 0.18) 0-2 @ 4.69% ( 0.15) 1-3 @ 3.45% ( 0.07) 2-3 @ 2.8% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 2.13% ( 0.08) 1-4 @ 1.17% ( 0.03) 2-4 @ 0.95% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.48% Total : 32.17%