Blackburn Rovers FC vs Bristol City FC, Championship 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2020-21

Blackburn Rovers FC

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Bristol City FC

Wed 17 Mar 2021 · 19:45 UTC Ewood Park HT 45+3' · FT 45+3'

Y 74' Kasey Palmer

Overview

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Blackburn Rovers FC vs Bristol City FC — Championship at Ewood Park.

Blackburn Rovers FC 1 games · 1 pts (2026/27)
Bristol City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Craig Hicks
Referee Richard Wild
Referee Steve Meredith
Referee John Brooks

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Hull City AFC	46	73
4	Oxford United FC	46	47
5	Leicester City FC	46	46
6	Blackburn Rovers FC	1	1
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	1	1
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	0	0
9	Millwall FC	0	0
10	Middlesbrough FC	0	0
11	Swansea City AFC	0	0
12	Charlton Athletic FC	0	0
13	West Bromwich Albion FC	0	0
14	Bolton Wanderers FC	0	0
15	Birmingham City FC	0	0
16	Sheffield United FC	0	0
17	Southampton FC	0	0
18	Wrexham AFC	0	0
19	Watford FC	0	0
20	Burnley FC	0	0
21	Cardiff City FC	0	0
22	West Ham United FC	0	0
23	Derby County FC	0	0
24	Norwich City FC	0	0
25	Preston North End FC	0	0
26	Stoke City FC	0	0
27	Lincoln City FC	0	0
28	Portsmouth FC	0	0
29	Bristol City FC	0	0
30	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Blackburn Rovers FC 16 games · Avg 2.6 goals Bristol City FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-03-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Bristol City FC 2020-12-09 Bristol City FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2020-06-20 Blackburn Rovers FC 3–1 Bristol City FC 2019-12-14 Bristol City FC 0–2 Blackburn Rovers FC 2019-02-09 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Bristol City FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Mar	Bristol City FC	H	0–0	D
12 Mar	Brentford FC	H	0–1	L
09 Mar	Swansea City AFC	H	1–1	D
06 Mar	Millwall FC	A	2–0	W
02 Mar	Reading FC	A	0–1	L
27 Feb	Coventry City FC	H	1–1	D

Bristol City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Mar	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	0–0	D
13 Mar	Birmingham City FC	A	3–0	W
06 Mar	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	0–2	L
03 Mar	AFC Bournemouth	H	1–2	L
27 Feb	Swansea City AFC	A	3–1	W
23 Feb	Middlesbrough FC	A	3–1	W

Season Stats

Blackburn Rovers FC		Bristol City FC
#6	Position	#29
1	Points	0
1	Played	0
0 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 0
2	Scored	0
2	Conceded	0
+0	GD	+0
1.00	PPG	–
0%	Win %	–

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Bristol City FC this season

Blackburn Rovers FC are 6th (1 pts). Bristol City FC are 29th (0 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Ewood Park. Blackburn Rovers FC are looking to make home advantage count against Bristol City FC.
5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Adam Armstrong made 382 appearances and scored 87 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
10' Blackburn Rovers FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Bristol City FC that had 387 games and scored 433 goals.
20' Blackburn Rovers FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Bristol City FC's shape.
25' Both keepers have barely been tested. Blackburn Rovers FC and Bristol City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
30' Bristol City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
35' Bristol City FC is showing some good football. However, Bristol City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
40' Max O'Leary needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
45' Henri Lansbury has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
50' England international Bradley Johnson has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
55' It looks like no one’s ball. Bristol City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
60' Adrian Mariappa has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
65' Another change for Bristol City FC made on 65 minute. Nahki Wells leaves to be changed by Callum O'Dowda.
69' Blackburn Rovers FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sam Gallagher is hanging Ben Brereton on the field on 69 minute.
70' Tom Trybull is replacing Bradley Johnson for the Blackburn Rovers FC side.
74' Bristol City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 74.
77' The Bristol City FC bench stirs into life. Kasey Palmer is withdrawn and Zak Vyner gets his opportunity.
82' Blackburn Rovers FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Bristol City FC backline.
84' The Bristol City FC bench stirs into life. Antoine Semenyo is withdrawn and Adam Nagy gets his opportunity.
89' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Blackburn Rovers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
90' The crowd applauds Joe Rothwell as he leaves the pitch. Corry Evans steps in for Blackburn Rovers FC.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Blackburn Rovers FC 0-0 Bristol City FC.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Aynsley Pears
9
Sam Gallagher ↑ 69'
19
Tom Trybull ↑ 70'
2
Ryan Nyambe
29
Corry Evans ↑ 90'
31
Elliott Bennett
21
John Buckley ↑ 69'
30
Jarrad Branthwaite
39
Tyrhys Dolan ↑ 69'

Coach Tony Mowbray

Bristol City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Callum O'Dowda ↑ 65'
8
Liam Walsh ↑ 65'
30
Tyreeq Bakinson
26
Zak Vyner ↑ 77'
4
Adam Nagy ↑ 84'
28
Sam Pearson
34
Ryley Towler
33
Sam Bell
41
Harvey Wiles-Richards

Coach Nigel Pearson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Nahki Wells	5
Tommy Conway	3
Ben Brereton	2
Famara Diedhiou	2
Yuki Ohashi	2
Tyrhys Dolan	2
Adam Armstrong	2
Bradley Dack	2

Head to Head

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2021-03-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Bristol City FC D 2021-03-12 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–1 Brentford FC L 2021-03-09 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Swansea City AFC D 2021-03-06 Millwall FC 0–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2021-03-02 Reading FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2021-02-27 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D

Bristol City FC Form

2021-03-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–0 Bristol City FC D 2021-03-13 Birmingham City FC 0–3 Bristol City FC W 2021-03-06 Bristol City FC 0–2 Queens Park Rangers FC L 2021-03-03 Bristol City FC 1–2 AFC Bournemouth L 2021-02-27 Swansea City AFC 1–3 Bristol City FC W 2021-02-23 Middlesbrough FC 1–3 Bristol City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.32 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.54 Bristol City FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 93% + Under — clean sheet likely 86%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Blackburn Rovers FC23% Draw46% Bristol City FC31%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes14% 0% No86%

Avg goals/match: 0.86

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	55%	45%
± 1.5	23%	77%
± 2.5	7%	93%
± 3.5	2%	98%
± 4.5	0%	100%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw

69%

Draw or Bristol City FC

77%

Blackburn Rovers FC or Bristol City FC

54%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Blackburn Rovers FC7% Draw77% Bristol City FC16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

20.9%

1 – 0

11.4%

1 – 1

8.8%

0 – 2

5.5%

1 – 2

2.4%

2 – 0

1.7%

2 – 1

1.3%

0 – 3

2 – 2

0.5%

1 – 3

0.5%

3 – 0

0.2%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap	Blackburn Rovers FC covers	Push	Bristol City FC covers
-2.5	0%	—	100%
-2	0%	2%	98%
-1.5	2%	—	98%
-1	2%	13%	85%
-0.5	15%	—	85%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	23%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	6%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

58% ✓

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

73% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.