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Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 10th Oct, 15:00 BST, Ewood Park, Blackburn

Tony Mowbray welcomes Brian Barry-Murphy to the Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, as their Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City troops meet in the Championship. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've delved into our 20+ year database and found the stats that are most significant. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and these are used to generate our predictions. Odds from leading bookmakers are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Blackburn or Cardiff are in the kind of form that would have us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The statistics show that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 79% chance of two goals or more.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Blackburn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.55.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Blackburn 47%	31/20 9%	-
Draw 24%	5/2	-
Cardiff 29%	6/4 7%	-
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1	-
Blackburn 2-1 9%	9/1 5%	-
Blackburn 1-0 9%	10/1	-
Blackburn 2-0 7%	14/1 15%	-
Cardiff 2-1 7%	9/1 9%	-
Cardiff 1-0 7%	10/1 8%	-
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1	-
Draw 0-0 5%	14/1	-
Blackburn 3-1 5%	18/1 12%	-
Cardiff 2-0 4%	14/1	-
Blackburn 3-0 4%	25/1 13%	-
Blackburn 3-2 3%	22/1	-
Cardiff 3-1 3%	18/1 10%	-
Cardiff 3-2 2%	22/1	-
Blackburn 4-1 2%	40/1 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	4/6	-
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	6/5	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	10/11 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	10/11 5%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	14/1	-
BTTS - Yes 58%	8/15	-
BTTS - No 42%	11/8	-
BTTS - Home Win 24%	7/2 13%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	10/3 9%	-
Home/draw 71%	1/2 4%	-
Away/draw 53%	1/2 4%	-
Home/away 76%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	1/5	-
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	7/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 34%	13/8	-
Under 3.5 Goals 66%	1/2	-
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	7/2	-
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	1/5	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	8/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/14	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/33	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	14/1	-
Home DNB 64%	5/6 6%	-
Away DNB 46%	5/6 9%	-
Blackburn win to nil 23%	9/2 10%	-
Cardiff win to nil 13%	4/1 9%	-
Blackburn / Blackburn 21%	3/1 7%	-
Blackburn / Cardiff 4%	22/1	-
Blackburn / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Blackburn 13%	11/2 8%	-
Draw / Cardiff 13%	11/2 7%	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	-
Cardiff / Blackburn 4%	22/1	-
Cardiff / Cardiff 21%	3/1 8%	-
Cardiff / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 16th place in the Championship league table. Blackburn are winless in the 3 games they have played against teams below them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 3 games against teams below in the table, having won 0, drawn 1 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 0 clean sheets and have scored in every game. Blackburn have outscored their opponents by 12 goals to 10 goals.

Home League Performance

Blackburn have played 4 games at home winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 7 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Cardiff are in 21st position in the Championship on 7 points having played 8 matches so far this season. Cardiff are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 7 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 3 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Cardiff have conceded 10 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Blackburn Cardiff
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Swansea	8	5	2	1	7	17	Jan 23	Oct 31	Mar 13	Nov 29
2	West Ham	8	4	3	1	11	15	Nov 7	Jan 30	Nov 4	Jan 27
3	M'Boro	8	4	3	1	4	15	w 2-1A	Mar 2	Jan 16	Oct 17
4	Wolves	7	4	2	1	5	14	Mar 6	d 2-2A	Jan 23	Oct 31
5	West Brom	8	4	2	2	2	14	Jan 16	Oct 17	Apr 24	Dec 8
6	QPR	8	3	4	1	3	13	l 1-2F	Apr 17	Apr 21	l 2-1A
7	Stoke	8	4	1	3	1	13	Nov 3	Jan 26	d 1-1A	Apr 6
8	Bristol C	8	4	1	3	-1	13	Feb 16	Oct 13	Apr 3	Dec 19
9	Charlton	8	3	3	2	-3	12	Nov 28	Mar 13	w 3-1F	Feb 20
10	Birmingham	8	2	5	1	1	11	Dec 26	Mar 20	Oct 24	Dec 29
11	Millwall	8	3	2	3	0	11	w 3-1F	Feb 13	Dec 26	Mar 20
12	Lincoln	8	3	2	3	-1	11	Apr 21	d 0-00-0	Dec 5	Mar 16
13	Southampton	8	4	2	2	9	10	Apr 3	Dec 19	Dec 12	Jan 1
14	Wrexham	8	2	4	2	-3	10	Oct 24	Dec 29	d 1-1A	Mar 6
15	Bolton	8	3	1	4	-4	10	Mar 17	Dec 5	Feb 13	l 1-0A
16	Blackburn	8	2	3	3	0	9	-	-	Feb 27	Oct 10
17	Norwich	8	3	0	5	-1	9	Dec 8	Apr 24	Feb 6	Nov 21
18	Sheff Utd	8	2	3	3	-2	9	l 1-2F	Apr 7	d 2-2F	Apr 17
19	Portsmouth	7	2	2	3	-1	8	Feb 20	d 2-2A	Apr 10	l 2-0A
20	Watford	8	2	2	4	-3	8	May 1	Nov 25	Oct 13	Feb 16
21	Cardiff	8	1	4	3	-2	7	Oct 10	Feb 27	-	-
22	Derby	8	1	2	5	-7	5	Dec 12	Jan 1	Mar 2	d 2-2F
23	Preston	8	1	1	6	-7	4	Apr 10	l 2-1A	Nov 24	May 1
24	Burnley	8	0	4	4	-8	4	Feb 6	Nov 22	Nov 7	Jan 30

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Win / draw / win form

Cardiff have lost 3 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn	3 - 1	Millwall
Blackburn	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Blackburn	1 - 2	QPR
Blackburn	2 - 1	M'Boro
Blackburn	0 - 1	Leicester
Blackburn	1 - 1	Coventry
Blackburn	0 - 0	West Brom
Blackburn	0 - 0	M'Boro
Blackburn	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Blackburn	1 - 2	Bristol C
Blackburn	1 - 0	Preston
Blackburn	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull
Blackburn	1 - 1	Watford
Blackburn	2 - 2	Charlton
Blackburn	0 - 2	Wrexham
Blackburn	2 - 0	Millwall
Blackburn	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Blackburn	1 - 1	Ipswich
Blackburn	0 - 1	QPR

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Blackburn	2 - 2	Portsmouth
H	Blackburn	3 - 1	Millwall
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Preston
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	Lincoln
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	QPR
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Blackburn	2 - 2	Wolves
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Leicester
A	Blackburn	3 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Coventry
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Southampton
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Stoke
H	Blackburn	0 - 0	West Brom
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Birmingham
H	Blackburn	0 - 0	M'Boro
A	Blackburn	2 - 1	Millwall
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Blackburn	1 - 3	Derby

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bolton	1 - 0	Cardiff
Portsmouth	2 - 0	Cardiff
QPR	2 - 1	Cardiff
Derby	2 - 2	Cardiff
Mansfield	5 - 4	Cardiff
Reading	1 - 3	Cardiff
Huddersfield	1 - 1	Cardiff
Peterborough	1 - 1	Cardiff
Exeter	0 - 4	Cardiff
Barnsley	1 - 1	Cardiff
Doncaster	0 - 4	Cardiff
Plymouth	5 - 2	Cardiff
Rotherham	0 - 3	Cardiff
Burton	2 - 2	Cardiff
Bradford	1 - 2	Cardiff
L Orient	1 - 1	Cardiff
Wycombe	1 - 1	Cardiff
Lincoln	2 - 1	Cardiff
Stevenage	0 - 1	Cardiff
Northampton	1 - 3	Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cardiff	3 - 1	Charlton
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Bolton
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Stoke
A	Cardiff	0 - 2	Portsmouth
A	Cardiff	1 - 2	QPR
H	Cardiff	2 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Derby
H	Cardiff	1 - 1	Wrexham
A	Cardiff	4 - 5	Mansfield
H	Cardiff	5 - 1	Northampton
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Port Vale
A	Cardiff	3 - 1	Reading
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Huddersfield
H	Cardiff	2 - 0	Bolton
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Peterborough
H	Cardiff	0 - 0	Blackpool
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Wycombe
A	Cardiff	4 - 0	Exeter
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Barnsley
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Lincoln

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Blackburn

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

6 / 10

Clean sheets

4 / 10

2 / 10

BLB

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
	1 - 2	Cardiff
Blackburn	1 - 0
Blackburn	1 - 0
Blackburn	5 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 4	Cardiff

Cardiff

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

6 / 10

Clean sheets

4 / 10

2 / 10

BLB

CAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
	1 - 3	Blackburn
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Cardiff	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Blackburn
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	2 - 3	Blackburn
Cardiff	2 - 1
Cardiff	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Cardiff	3 - 0

Goal Statistics

Blackburn Rovers's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Cardiff City have conceded in each of their last 10 Championship games. A PG of 1.7 for T. Mowbray's side suggests that run should continue.

	Blackburn 16th	Cardiff 21st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Blackburn will score 1 or more goals	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 9% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Cardiff will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-24 Blackburn have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted	+25 Cardiff have scored 25% more goals when away than predicted
	1.0 average goals scored	1.9 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2026/2027 season

20%

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BLB

CAR

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Games scored	7		6
Failed to score	1		2
Scored first	3		3
Goals scored	12		10
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.3
Avg. shots per game	9		14
Avg. shots per goal	6		11
Conversion rate for	17		9
Avg. XG for	1		2.1
KickOff rating		+20%

19%

better

BLB

CAR

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Games conceded	7		8
Clean sheets	1		0
Conceded first	4		5
Goals conceded	12		12
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate against	15%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.4
KickOff rating		+19%

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Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	3	2	4
S McLoughlin	O Afolayan	O Afolayan	S Morsy

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S McLoughlin DEF	8	1		2 -
R Alebiosu DEF	8		1	-
S Morsy MID	8		1	4 -
K. Montgomery MID	8	1		1 -
R Morishita MID	8	2	1	-
T Cantwell MID	8	1		2 -
J Fevrier FWD	8		1	1 -
O Afolayan FWD	8	3	2	1 -
T. Atcheson DEF	7		1	2 1
A Gudjohnsen FWD	7	3	1	1 -
Y Ribeiro DEF	6			1 -
B Tóth GLK	5			-
A Forshaw MID	5			2 -
H Carter DEF	4			1 -
H Pickering DEF	4		2	2 -
A Pears GLK	3			-
J Garrett MID	3			1 -
G. Beyuku Bowutankoyi DEF	2			1 -
Y Ohashi FWD	2			-
M. Baradji MID	1			-
M Jörgensen FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	8	2	3
O Afolayan	O Afolayan	O Afolayan	A Gudjohnsen

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
O Afolayan FWD	3	8	2	2
A Gudjohnsen FWD	3	5	1	3
R Morishita MID	2	5	1
S McLoughlin DEF	1	1
K. Montgomery MID	1	2
T Cantwell MID	1	7
R Alebiosu DEF		1	1	1
S Morsy MID			1	1
J Fevrier FWD		3	1	2
T. Atcheson DEF			1
H Pickering DEF			2
J Garrett MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
514	19	38
S McLoughlin	K. Montgomery	O Afolayan

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S McLoughlin DEF	514	7	32
S Morsy MID	362	6	18
T. Atcheson DEF	348	7	29
K. Montgomery MID	323	19	37
T Cantwell MID	282	11	34
R Alebiosu DEF	252	8	23
Y Ribeiro DEF	232	5	15
R Morishita MID	213	5	28
O Afolayan FWD	177	10	38
B Tóth GLK	155		6
A Forshaw MID	146	4	9
H Pickering DEF	109	2	14
A Pears GLK	105		2
A Gudjohnsen FWD	103	7	28
H Carter DEF	82	2	6
J Fevrier FWD	62	1	18
J Garrett MID	24		5
G. Beyuku Bowutankoyi DEF	23	2	3
Y Ohashi FWD	11		7
M. Baradji MID	5		1
M Jörgensen FWD	2	1	1

Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	3	2	4
N Trott	J Moylan	O Tanner	A Robertson

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Trott GLK	8			-
P Ng DEF	8	1		3 -
J Bagan DEF	8			1 -
J Moylan MID	8	3	1	1 -
J Colwill MID	8	1		2 -
A Robertson MID	8			4 -
O Tanner FWD	8		2	3 -
C. Ashford FWD	8	2	1	1 -
C Willock FWD	8		1	-
Y Salech FWD	8	2	1	1 -
G Osho DEF	7			-
C. Scanlon DEF	7			-
K Bielik DEF	6			1 -
R Colwill MID	5	1	1	1 -
D Turnbull MID	4			-
C Robinson FWD	4			-
I Davies FWD	4			-
R. Kpakio DEF	3		1	-
D. Lawlor DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	13	2	4
J Moylan	Y Salech	O Tanner	J Bagan

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Moylan MID	3	9	1	2
C. Ashford FWD	2	6	1
Y Salech FWD	2	13	1
P Ng DEF	1	3
J Colwill MID	1	2
R Colwill MID	1	3	1	1
J Bagan DEF		2		4
A Robertson MID		3		2
O Tanner FWD		7	2	2
C Willock FWD		2	1	4
K Bielik DEF		3
C Robinson FWD		1
R. Kpakio DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
570	15	42
A Robertson	P Ng	P Ng

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Robertson MID	570	12	30
J Bagan DEF	555	14	34
G Osho DEF	489	10	34
P Ng DEF	476	15	42
K Bielik DEF	418	5	37
N Trott GLK	347		5
J Moylan MID	188	8	31
O Tanner FWD	188	12	30
J Colwill MID	145	4	31
C Willock FWD	142	3	22
R Colwill MID	141	3	10
C. Scanlon DEF	130	2	12
D Turnbull MID	113	2	7
C. Ashford FWD	100	3	17
Y Salech FWD	91	1	37
R. Kpakio DEF	66	3	5
I Davies FWD	23	1	1
C Robinson FWD	13		1
D. Lawlor DEF	6

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Blackburn have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 16th place in the Championship league table. Blackburn are winless in the 3 games they have played against teams below them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Cardiff are in 21st position in the Championship on 7 points having played 8 matches so far this season. Cardiff are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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