England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City, taking place on Saturday, 10 February 2024, at Ewood Park in Blackburn.
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Blackburn Rovers, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 2-1 home defeat by Queens Park Rangers will have left the Blackburn Rovers squad feeling a little deflated. During that encounter they had 62% possession and had 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target, while their opponents hit 4 of their 17 shots on goal.
With 7 goals scored in their last 6, they might have expected more points from that run of matches, but having conceded 15 goals along the way, things haven't been going their way points-wise. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 12 games.
A win for Blackburn Rovers is just a distant memory, having not won a single match in 8 games.
On an individual basis, Sammie Szmodics will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 16 goals in Blackburn Rovers' 29 league games this season.
Stoke City, Recent FormThe Stoke City squad will want to put the 5-0 home thrashing they received from Leicester City firmly behind them and may also need to find something to boost their confidence levels as a consequence. They came away from that fixture with a 42% share of the possession and clocked up 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target, in comparison to Leicester City, who managed 16 attempts on goal, 9 of which were on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 4 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 11, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
With 2 goals scored in his last 6 away games for Stoke City, Lynden Gooch will be looking to add more goals against Blackburn Rovers in this match.
After a good 0-3 win for Blackburn Rovers in this pair's last league encounter, Stoke City will certainly be looking for a better result this time round.
During the last 2 times these two teams have met in the league at Ewood Park, Blackburn have been unable to break through the visitor's defence and find the back of the net. The Potters have been consistent in front of goal during their last 3 league outings away to Blackburn, having found the back of the net with a goal on each occasion. The Riversiders have struggled for goals when Stoke comes to visit Ewood Park, having scored just 1 goal in their last 3 meetings.
When playing at home, Blackburn have lost the last 2 times they've faced Stoke in the league and have failed to win any of their last 8 encounters.
Blackburn manager Jon Dahl Tomasson has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. John Buckley (Shoulder), Hayden Carter (Hamstring), Ryan Hedges (Hamstring) and Harry Pickering (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With only Frank Fielding (Unknown) and Josh Laurent (Ankle) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Steven Schumacher will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Blackburn Rovers Playing at home | Stoke City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 1.7 | Goals conceded | 1.5 |
| 34' | Time first goal scored | 31' |
| 45' | Time first goal conceded | 32' |
| 2.5 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.5 | Subs used | 3.8 |
| 4-2 | Biggest victory | 3-1 |
| 4-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
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