Rotherham vs Blackburn prediction for Saturday’s Championship round 27 fixture at Aesseal New York Stadium in Rotherham. You can follow our free prediction betting tips and preview on this page.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Draw or Blackburn to Win – 1.40
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Over 2 Goals – 1.60
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Anytime Correct Score 1-0 – 2.10
Draw or Blackburn to Win
Blackburn have a 38% chance of winning this game after being victorious in five of their 13 away games in the Championship. In the last six h2h meetings, Blackburn won three times, a draw was the outcome twice and Rotherham won once.
Over 2 Goals
All of Rotherham’s 12 home games produced two or more goals while Blackburn’s 62% of away games ended with the suggested number of goals. Thus there is an 81% probability that this match will produce over two goals.
Anytime Correct Score 1-0
In 54% of their games, Rotherham were the ones opening the score and taking a 1-0 lead. Also, three times the score was 1-0 in favor of Rotherham at halftime. Blackburn conceded first and went down by a 0-1 score in seven of their 13 away games.
Rotherham
With the 3-0 away defeat at Millwall, Rotherham United have conceded their second consecutive defeat, bringing their winless run to 6 matches, and failed to score in their last 2 games in the league. The Millers are currently 21st with 27 points in the standings.
Rotherham have failed to win in their last 6 matches and conceded at least one goal in 9 of their 12 home matches. They have conceded two or more goals in each of their last five outings. Offensively, the Millers are doing acceptable as they were on the scoresheet in 11 of their 12 home games.
Blackburn
Blackburn are having a very inconsistent season, nonetheless, they are third in the Championship standings with 42 points. With the 1-0 home win against Cardiff City, Blackburn Rovers went back to winning ways after 2 winless matches in the league.
The Riversiders have conceded an average of 1.15 goals per game since the beginning of the season in the league. Blackburn form stats indicate an average number of goals conceded per game of 1.50 in the last 8 league matches, which is 30.4% higher than their current season’s average.
Rotherham scored at least a goal in 11 of their 12 home games in the Championship this term. Blackburn conceded at least a goal in nine of their last 11 away fixtures. Hence, with odds of 1.40 at 1XBet, we predict Rotherham to score over 0.5 goals in this game.
Ben Brereton Diaz has been playing with Blackburn since 2018. The English striker’s best season was in the 2021/22 campaign when he scored 22 goals. Currently, Brereton is Blackburn’s top scorer with nine strikes in the Championship.
Rotherham’s Eaves, Wiles, Kelly, and Hall are ruled out due to injury.
On Blackburn’s side, Brittain and Barnes are the two players on the injury list.
Rotherham: Johansson; Harding, Wood, Humphreys; Kioso, Barlaser, Rathbone, Lindsay, Ferguson; Odoffin, Washington;
Blackburn: Kaminski, Costello, Ayala, Hyam, Pickering; Morton, Garrett; Hedges, Dack, Brereton Diaz; Gallagher.
Saturday’s game will be played at Aesseal New York Stadium in Rotherham.
The kickoff for this game is scheduled at 12:30.
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