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Match Centre: Blackburn Rovers vs Stoke City

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Championship Matchday 14

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Home Blackburn Rovers
20:45 Tue 3 Nov · your time in 2 days 8 h
Away Stoke City
Pre-match chances
39% Blackburn Rovers 26% draw Stoke City 34%

Pre-match result forecast (provider data).

Stadium: Ewood Park, Blackburn Referee: Andrew Kitchen

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Last time

Last meeting, 11 April: Stoke City – Blackburn Rovers 1:1

Stoke City are unbeaten in the last 4 meetings.

Player in form

Andri Gudjohnsen: 5 goals in 5 league matches

Goals5

The most goals and assists in the squad over recent league matches.

Referee

Andrew Kitchen: 3.4 yellow cards per match

This season in this competition: 7 matches, 2 red cards, 1 penalty.

Players to watch

Championship, this season.

Andri Gudjohnsen

Blackburn Rovers · forward

8goals 1assist 7.14avg rating

Last match, Swansea City: rating 6.3.

Ethan Galbraith

Stoke City · midfielder

3goals 4assists 7.04avg rating

Last match, Preston North End: 1 assist, rating 7.2.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Blackburn Rovers at home and Stoke City away, as in this match.

Blackburn Rovers

at home · 10

4W2D4L1.3scored per match1.1conceded per match

Stoke City

away · 10

3W1D6L0.9scored per match1.9conceded per match

Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 5.8 · 5.2; cards 1.6 · 1.2

Head to head

25 meetings since 2008. The last 5 below.

Last time · 11 Apr 2026 · Championship Stoke City 1:1 Blackburn Rovers Rak-Sakyi 56' (s) · Forshaw 21'
1wins

2 draws2.2 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5

2wins
Show older (5)
  • 25 Nov 2023Championship Stoke City0:3Blackburn Rovers Wharton 4' · Moran 86' · Szmodics 90+1' before our records
  • 10 Mar 2023Championship Stoke City3:2Blackburn Rovers Hoever 24', 43' · Campbell 75' · Díaz 86' · Gallagher 90' before our records
  • 27 Aug 2022Championship Blackburn Rovers0:1Stoke City Baker 27' before our records
  • 18 Apr 2022Championship Blackburn Rovers0:1Stoke City Brown 4' before our records
  • 27 Nov 2021Championship Stoke City0:1Blackburn Rovers Khadra 52' before our records

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Blackburn Rovers (4-2-3-1, last: Swansea City) · Stoke City (3-4-3, last: Preston North End).

Official around 19:45, Tue 3 Nov

Blackburn RoversStoke City

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Coaches

Tony MowbrayBlackburn Rovers Mark RobinsStoke City

Full squads (64 players)

Blackburn Rovers

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Stoke City

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Who wins?

The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.

39%Blackburn Rovers
26%draw
34%Stoke City

Out of 20 matches like this, Blackburn Rovers win 8, 5 end level and Stoke City win 7.

The forecast sees an even match. By Volt (strength from league results) the clubs are nearly level: 47.3 and 47.8.

Likeliest scores

The five likeliest from the score grid.

  1. 1:113%
  2. 1:010%
  3. 0:19%
  4. 2:19%
  5. 1:28%

How many goals?

The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.

  • 2+ goals74% Blackburn Rovers 8 of 10 · Stoke City 7 of 10
  • 3+ goals49% Blackburn Rovers 7 of 10 · Stoke City 5 of 10
  • 4+ goals27% Blackburn Rovers 4 of 10 · Stoke City 2 of 10
  • 5+ goals14% Blackburn Rovers 1 of 10 · Stoke City 1 of 10
Goals at both ends

Chance that each side scores: 55%.

What this match changes in the season

Relegation risk after each result.

Club today after a defeat after a draw after a win
Blackburn Rovers today 3%
after a defeat
4%
after a draw
3%
after a win
2%

Blackburn Rovers: 2 percentage points of relegation risk between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

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Pro analysis

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Volt matchup

47.3 47.8
Blackburn RoversStoke City
  • GolVolt’s own goals model
  • XI stability
  • Matches with this profile

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Match sheet

Kick-off
Tuesday 3 November, 20:45Your time · in 2 days 8 h
Where to watch
No broadcast listed: USA USA · change country
Stadium
Ewood Park Blackburn · show map
Referee
Andrew Kitchen 🇪🇳 3.4 yellow cards per match · This season · 7 matches
Rest
Blackburn Rovers 3 days · Stoke City 3 days Both last played: Championship
Table
13. Blackburn Rovers (18 pts) and 7. Stoke City (23 pts) Matchday 14 of 46
Weather
10°Cbroken cloudswind 18 km/h
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