Championship

Championship | Gameweek 20

Dec 19, 2020 at 3pm UK

Bet365 Stadium

Stoke
1 - 0
Blackburn

Powell (7')
Chester (36')

FT(HT: 1-0)

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Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill pictured in October 2020

Michael O'Neill praises "great outlet" Nick Powell in Blackburn win

Nick Powell's early goal was enough for the Potters.

Dec 19, 17:50

The Match

Match Report

It was the Potters' sixth clean sheet in seven games.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers, 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 Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 38.05%. A win for Stoke City had a probability of 34.83% and a draw had a probability of 27.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.19%) and 0-2 (6.8%). The likeliest Stoke City win was 1-0 (10.1%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.86%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.1% likelihood.

Result
Stoke City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
34.83%	27.12%	38.05%

Both teams to score 50.44%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

45.08%

54.92%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.79%

76.21%

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.05%

29.95%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.95%

66.05%

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.01%

27.99%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.37%

63.63%

Score Analysis

Stoke City 34.82%

Blackburn Rovers 38.05%

Draw 27.11%

Stoke City	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 10.1% 2-1 @ 7.76% 2-0 @ 6.09% 3-1 @ 3.12% 3-0 @ 2.45% 3-2 @ 1.99% 4-1 @ 0.94% Other @ 2.37% Total : 34.82%	1-1 @ 12.86% 0-0 @ 8.38% 2-2 @ 4.94% Other @ 0.93% Total : 27.11%	0-1 @ 10.67% 1-2 @ 8.19% 0-2 @ 6.8% 1-3 @ 3.48% 0-3 @ 2.88% 2-3 @ 2.1% 1-4 @ 1.11% 0-4 @ 0.92% Other @ 1.91% Total : 38.05%

How you voted: Stoke vs Blackburn

Stoke City

39.5%

Draw

18.6%

Blackburn Rovers

41.9%