Blackburn Rovers FC vs Reading FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Blackburn Rovers FC vs Reading FC — Championship at Ewood Park.
- Blackburn Rovers FC 46 games · 52 pts (2025/26)
- Reading FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Mar Reading FC H 2–1 W 10 Mar Stoke City FC A 2–3 L 04 Mar Sheffield United FC H 1–0 W 28 Feb Leicester City FC A 2–1 W 25 Feb Queens Park Rangers FC A 3–1 W 21 Feb Blackpool FC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Mar Blackburn Rovers FC A 1–2 L 11 Mar Millwall FC H 0–1 L 07 Mar Sheffield United FC H 0–1 L 04 Mar Middlesbrough FC A 0–5 L 25 Feb Blackpool FC H 3–1 W 17 Feb Cardiff City FC A 0–1 L Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history26% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Blackburn Rovers FC0-151/–16-301/131-452/146-601/261-751/–76+–/3■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Blackburn Rovers FCYuki Ohashi 10 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Blackburn Rovers FC to score. At the same time, Reading FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 2' Blackburn Rovers FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ben Brereton on 2.
- 7' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 12' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 12 minutes.
- 17' Reading FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 22' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 27' It looks surprising Blackburn Rovers FC does not make any changes. Amadou Salif Mbengue has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 28' A meaty challenge results in booking for Joe Rankin-Costello on 28.
- 33' Supporters expect more eagerness from Joe Lumley, as he is very good at scoring at Ewood Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 38' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 43' Reading FC is showing some good football. However, Reading FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 48' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Hayden Carter suffering a number of foals already.
- 53' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 58' Reading FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 63' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 68' What an equalizer from Cesare Casadei!
- 69' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Ben Brereton is replaced by Tyrhys Dolan.
- 74' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Reading FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 78' Time for substitution for Reading FC. Shane Long is replaced by Femi Azeez.
- 82' Ryan Hedges puts Blackburn Rovers FC on the lead.
- 85' It’s gonna be a Red card for Loum Ndiaye.
- 89' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Kelvin Ehibhaimha.
- Full Time. Blackburn Rovers FC beats Reading FC
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Lineups
Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Sorba Thomas ↓ Ryan Hedges 69'
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Ben Brereton ↓ Tyrhys Dolan 69'
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Bench
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Ryan Hedges ↑ 69'
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Tyrhys Dolan ↑ 69'
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Coach Jon Dahl TomassonReading FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Shane Long ↓ Femi Azeez 78'
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Lucas Joao ↓ Kelvin Ehibhaimha 78'
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- 27
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Bench
- 26
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Femi Azeez ↑ 78'
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Kelvin Ehibhaimha ↑ 78'
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Kelvin Abrefa ↑ 78'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Adam Armstrong 4 John Swift 3 Charlie Mulgrew 2 Lucas Joao 2 Joshua Laurent 2 Junior Hoilett 2 Yakou Meite 2 Jon Daði Boðvarsson 2 Head to Head
Blackburn Rovers FC Form
2023-03-15 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Reading FC W 2023-03-10 Stoke City FC 3–2 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2023-03-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Sheffield United FC W 2023-02-28 Leicester City FC 1–2 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2023-02-25 Queens Park Rangers FC 1–3 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2023-02-21 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–0 Blackpool FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.47 Blackburn Rovers FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.92 Reading FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Blackburn Rovers FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.39Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 69% 31% ± 2.5 42% 58% ± 3.5 22% 78% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw 79%Draw or Reading FC 48%Blackburn Rovers FC or Reading FC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Blackburn Rovers FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.3%1 – 0 12.5%0 – 0 11.3%2 – 0 9.6%2 – 1 Actual0 – 1 7.3%1 – 2 5.4%3 – 0 4.6%3 – 1 4.4%2 – 2 4.1%0 – 2 3.7%3 – 2 2.1%Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC
Handicap Blackburn Rovers FC covers Push Reading FC covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 15% 75% -1.5 25% — 75% -1 25% 24% 52% -0.5 48% — 52% +0.5 78% — 22% +1 78% 14% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet 41% ✓Reading FC keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.