Promotion Hopefuls Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion Meet on First Weekend of Championship Season

Blackburn Rovers vs West Bromwich - 05/08/2023

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The 2023/24 EFL Championship begins this weekend and we have some exciting games to watch, including the meeting between Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion.

The match will be played on the 5th of August at Ewood Park and last season, the hosts finished 7th in the Championship while the visitors ended the season in 9th place.

Blackburn Rovers ended their preseason with a 3-2 loss at home against Spanish club Girona.

They played a total of 4 friendlies in preseason and were undefeated in 3 of those matches.

There were wins over Barnsley and Stockport County plus a draw with Fleetwood Town.

Blackburn Rovers ended last season with a 4-3 win at Millwall but it was not enough to see them qualify for the playoffs.

They ended on the same number of points as Sunderland, who did finish in the playoffs but missed out because of their poor goal difference, which was -2 compared to the +13 of Sunderland.

However, trends show Blackburn Rovers are undefeated in 6 of their 7 most recent Championship fixtures.

Unfortunately, they have recorded only 1 win in those 7 Championship games and it was the winless run at the end of last season that cost them a place in the playoffs.

Nonetheless, there are no losses for Blackburn Rovers in 9 of their most recent 11 home Championship games and they have seen under 2.5 goals in each of their last 5 league matches on home soil.

West Bromwich Albion travel to Ewood Park on the back of a disappointing set of results in preseason.

Having on their opening friendly against Shrewsbury Town, West Bromwich Albion failed to win any of the 5 fixtures that followed.

There were defeats against Cheltenham Town, Forest Green Rovers, and Bolton Wanderers plus draws with Salford City and Burton Albion.

West Bromwich Albion ended last season with 3 defeats from their final 4 matches in the Championship and that cost them a place in the playoffs.

The defeats came at Swansea City and Sheffield United plus at home to Sunderland. There was a single victory and that was at home against Norwich City.

Trends show West Bromwich Albion have won only 2 of their last 10 away Championship matches, losing 7 of those games.

Team news: Blackburn Rovers have added Callum Brittain, Sammie Szmodics, and Dominic Hyam to their squad this summer.

Tyler Morton, George Hirst, Clinton Mola, and Sorba Thomas have all joined on loan.

West Bromwich Albion have yet to add any permanent signings at the time of writing but have loaned Jeremy Sarmiento from Brighton and he is expected to start the game.

West Bromwich Albion were poor away from home in the second half of last season and Blackburn Rovers will be hoping to continue that run.

Blackburn Rovers are not easy to beat at home and could begin the season on a high, winning with under 2.5 goals scored in total.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

1X2

Pred

Correct score

Avg. goals

Weather conditions

Coef.

Score

Live
coef.

CH

Blackburn Rovers West Bromwich 05/08/2023 16:00

423127

1

2 - 0

2.36

14°

2.60

2.60 3.25 2.70 no no no

FT

2 - 1(2 - 0)

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