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

Ewood Park, Blackburn

the Ewood Park faithful welcome Leicester City's supporters on Saturday lunch time, as Michael O'Neill's Blackburn Rovers go head to head with Gary Rowett's charges in the Championship. Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, stats for the biggest betting market have been published below, with head-to-head records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are also given.

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The last English Championship meeting between Blackburn and Leicester was on Saturday 2nd May 2026

English Championship

May 2nd 2026

Blackburn 0	1 Leicester

	78' S. Mavididi

	BLB LEI
Shots On	3 9
Shots Off	7 6
Corners	9 11
Possession	50% 50%
Fouls	7 6
Yellow/red cards	1/0 1/0

Blackburn	Leicester

R. Alebiousu (M. Litherland 71') Y. Oliveira Ribeiro (T. Cantwell 46') S. McLoughlin E. Cashin B. Tóth M. Baradji (D. De Neve 77') R. Morishita A. Forshaw (M. Jörgensen 71') K. Montgomery (T. Gardner-Hickman 46') Y. Ohashi T. Atcheson	J. Stolarczyk (K. Gray 88') H. Souttar H. Winks H. Choudhury S. Mavididi (J. James 72') P. Daka (O. Aluko 73') R. Barbosa Pereira J. Vestergaard L. Thomas (J. Ayew 59') L. Page (S. Thomas 59') J. Monga

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to win this match, but does appear clear is that the odds are pointing towards it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis is inline with them too. Blackburn and Leicester have served up plenty of under 3.5 goal games recently, and key performance stats point towards more of the same. We feel confident predicting under 3.5 goals on Saturday lunch time, and the bookies have it priced at 1.40.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Blackburn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.20.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Blackburn 43%	11/10	28/1
Draw 28%	13/5	9/2
Leicester 29%	11/5	1/6
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	17/4
Blackburn 1-0 13%	8/1	3/1
Leicester 1-0 10%	11/1	3/10
Draw 0-0 10%	12/1	19/20
Blackburn 2-1 8%	8/1	28/1
Blackburn 2-0 8%	10/1	12/1
Leicester 2-1 7%	11/1	28/1
Leicester 2-0 5%	16/1	15/2
Draw 2-2 4%	12/1	90/1
Blackburn 3-1 4%	16/1	125/1
Blackburn 3-0 4%	18/1	40/1
Leicester 3-1 2%	22/1	100/1
Blackburn 3-2 2%	22/1	150/1
Leicester 3-0 2%	33/1	50/1
Leicester 3-2 1%	28/1	150/1
Over 2.5 Goals 40%	8/11	14/1
Under 2.5 Goals 60%	11/10	1/100
Home 1st Goal 50%	8/11	9/5
Away 1st Goal 43%	6/5	16/5
No 1st Goal 7%	12/1	19/20
BTTS - Yes 46%	8/13	18/5
BTTS - No 54%	6/5	1/6
BTTS - Home Win 16%	3/1	28/1
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	17/4
BTTS - Away Win 12%	5/1	25/1
Home/draw 71%	4/11	19/5
Away/draw 57%	7/10	1/200
Home/away 72%	2/7	2/15
Over 1.5 Goals 67%	2/9	11/5
Under 1.5 Goals 33%	10/3	3/10
Over 3.5 Goals 20%	7/4	50/1
Under 3.5 Goals 80%	4/9	1/1000
Over 4.5 Goals 8%	4/1	150/1
Under 4.5 Goals 92%	1/6	1/500
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	9/1	1/50
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/16	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	1/25	4/5
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	12/1	19/20
Home DNB 63%	8/15	25/1
Away DNB 49%	11/8	1/1000
Blackburn win to nil 27%	3/1	-
Leicester win to nil 17%	11/2	-
Blackburn / Blackburn 25%	12/5	14/1
Blackburn / Leicester 3%	28/1	45/1
Blackburn / Draw 6%	12/1	33/1
Draw / Blackburn 15%	9/2	2/1
Draw / Leicester 11%	13/2	12/5
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	29/20
Leicester / Blackburn 4%	22/1	45/1
Leicester / Leicester 15%	9/2	18/1
Leicester / Draw 6%	14/1	33/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 20th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 57 goals to 42 goals.

Home League Performance

Blackburn have played 22 games at home winning 4, drawing 9 and losing 9 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 26 goals at home.

Leicester are in 23rd position in the Championship on 43 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 34 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 26 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

43 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 18 games, drawn 15 and won 10. Leicester have conceded 66 goals, scored 54, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 5 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 Leicester
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	52	95	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	33	84	Sep 20	l 3-0A	w 3-1F	d 1-1F
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	15	83	w 2-0F	w 1-2A	d 1-1F	l 1-0A
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	26	80	w 2-1A	l 3-0A	l 3-4F	l 3-0A
5	M'Boro	46	22	14	10	25	80	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	d 1-1F
6	Hull	46	21	10	15	4	73	l 0-1A	w 0-3F	d 2-2A	l 2-1A
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	4	71	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	8	69	l 1-2A	l 3-1F	w 2-1F	w 1-3F
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	7	65	l 0-2A	l 2-0A	l 0-2A	w 1-2A
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	1	64	l 1-2F	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	-2	64	l 1-2F	l 3-1A	l 0-1A	w 1-3F
12	Bristol C	46	17	11	18	0	62	l 1-2F	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	d 2-2F
13	Sheff Utd	46	18	6	22	0	60	l 1-3F	w 1-3F	l 2-3A	l 3-1A
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	-7	60	w 1-0F	w 1-2F	d 2-2F	l 2-1A
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	-12	58	l 0-1A	w 1-3F	l 1-3F	l 4-1A
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	-12	57	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	l 1-2F	d 0-00-0
17	Stoke	46	15	10	21	-5	55	d 1-1A	d 1-1F	w 2-1F	d 2-2A
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	-15	55	d 1-1A	l 2-1F	d 1-1F	l 1-0A
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	-14	53	d 2-2A	l 3-0A	l 0-2A	w 0-1F
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	-14	52	-	-	l 0-2A	w 0-1F
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	-10	51	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
22	Oxford Utd	46	11	14	21	-14	47	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	l 1-2A	d 2-2A
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	-10	46	l 0-1A	w 0-2F	-	-
24	Sheff Wed	46	2	12	32	-60	0	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	w 2-1A	d 1-1A

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Win / draw / win form

Blackburn have drawn 4 consecutive home league games

Blackburn have not won in 5 consecutive home league games

Leicester have not won in 12 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
Blackburn	2 - 1	Southampton
Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
Blackburn	1 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	1 - 2	Swansea

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Blackburn	1 - 0	Preston
A	Blackburn	3 - 1	QPR
A	Blackburn	0 - 2	Norwich
H	Blackburn	1 - 0	Sheff Wed
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Watford
A	Blackburn	1 - 3	Swansea
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Ipswich

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Leicester
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Leicester
Watford	0 - 0	Leicester
Ipswich	1 - 1	Leicester
M'Boro	1 - 1	Leicester
Stoke	2 - 2	Leicester
Birmingham	2 - 1	Leicester
Wrexham	1 - 1	Leicester
Coventry	2 - 1	Leicester
Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Leicester
QPR	4 - 1	Leicester
Bristol C	2 - 2	Leicester
Derby	1 - 3	Leicester
Southampton	3 - 0	Leicester
Norwich	1 - 2	Leicester
Millwall	1 - 0	Leicester
Hull	2 - 1	Leicester
Swansea	1 - 3	Leicester
West Brom	1 - 1	Leicester
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Leicester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Leicester	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Leicester	2 - 2	Hull
A	Leicester	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Leicester	0 - 1	Swansea
A	Leicester	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Leicester	2 - 2	Preston
A	Leicester	0 - 0	Watford
H	Leicester	1 - 3	QPR
H	Leicester	2 - 0	Bristol C
A	Leicester	1 - 1	Ipswich
H	Leicester	0 - 2	Norwich
A	Leicester	1 - 1	M'Boro
A	Leicester	2 - 2	Stoke
H	Leicester	3 - 4	Southampton
A	Leicester	1 - 2	Birmingham
H	Leicester	0 - 2	Charlton
H	Leicester	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
A	Leicester	1 - 1	Wrexham
A	Leicester	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Leicester	2 - 1	West Brom

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Blackburn

Leicester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

1 / 9

BLB

LEI

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
	1 - 4	Leicester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Blackburn	2 - 1
Blackburn	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Blackburn	1 - 0
Blackburn	5 - 3
	2 - 4	Leicester
Blackburn	3 - 0

Leicester

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

BLB

LEI

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

Goal Statistics

	Blackburn 20th	Leicester 23rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal	0 37% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability that Leicester will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-27 Blackburn have scored 27% fewer goals at home than predicted	-4 Leicester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.9 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

BLB

LEI

18%

better

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Games scored	30		36
Failed to score	15		9
Scored first	20		21
Goals scored	42		57
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	12		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+18%

18%

better

BLB

LEI

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Games conceded	33		40
Clean sheets	12		5
Conceded first	21		22
Goals conceded	55		68
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	15%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.5
KickOff rating		+18%

Blackburn v Leicester Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
44	10	9	12
S McLoughlin	Y Ohashi	R Morishita	S McLoughlin

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Tóth GLK	34			-
T. Atcheson DEF	14			2 -
S McLoughlin DEF	44			11 1
E Cashin DEF	18	1	1	7 -
R Alebiosu MID	39	1	5	4 -
K. Montgomery MID	21			-
A Forshaw MID	22	1		5 -
M. Baradji MID	32	2		3 -
Y Ribeiro MID	22		1	3 -
R Morishita FWD	37	4	9	5 -
Y Ohashi FWD	46	10	1	6 -
Subs
A Pears GLK	13			1 -
D Neve DEF	27		1	-
S Wharton DEF	12			2 -
H Carter DEF	10	2		4 -
M. Litherland DEF	5			-
T Gardner-Hickman MID	30			9 -
T Cantwell MID	28	5	3	10 -
O Afolayan FWD	8			-
M Jörgensen FWD	20	5		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	35	9	13
Y Ohashi	Y Ohashi	R Morishita	R Morishita

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Ohashi FWD	10	35	1	3
Subs
T Cantwell MID	5	14	3	6
M Jörgensen FWD	5	8		1
R Morishita FWD	4	13	9	13
M. Baradji MID	2	11		2
Subs
H Carter DEF	2	3
E Cashin DEF	1	2	1	1
R Alebiosu MID	1	5	5	11
A Forshaw MID	1	3		1
T. Atcheson DEF		2
S McLoughlin DEF		3		1
Y Ribeiro MID		1	1	3
Subs
D Neve DEF		3	1	3
S Wharton DEF		3
M. Litherland DEF		4		1
T Gardner-Hickman MID		3		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1944	69	297
S McLoughlin	R Alebiosu	S McLoughlin

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
S McLoughlin DEF	1944	59	297
Subs
T Cantwell MID	1083	45	137
B Tóth GLK	958	2	16
R Alebiosu MID	945	69	127
E Cashin DEF	889	59	167
R Morishita FWD	875	35	121
Subs
T Gardner-Hickman MID	855	42	101
Y Ohashi FWD	723	46	220
M. Baradji MID	700	50	140
A Forshaw MID	612	36	70
Y Ribeiro MID	572	25	75
T. Atcheson DEF	437	19	65
Subs
H Carter DEF	380	7	29
A Pears GLK	363		4
K. Montgomery MID	343	25	56
Subs
S Wharton DEF	338	8	59
D Neve DEF	248	30	48
M Jörgensen FWD	172	4	18
M. Litherland DEF	123	6	11
O Afolayan FWD	68	3	19

Leicester Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
39	11	6	11
L Thomas	J James	L Thomas	L Thomas

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Stolarczyk GLK	36			1 -
R Pereira DEF	38	2	1	7 -
H Souttar DEF	2	1		-
J Vestergaard DEF	31	3		5 -
L Thomas DEF	43	1	6	11 -
L. Page MID	18		1	-
H Winks MID	34	1	2	3 -
H Choudhury MID	30			7 -
S Mavididi MID	42	3	1	4 -
J. Monga MID	27	1	2	2 -
P Daka FWD	41	5	4	2 -
Subs
A Begovic GLK	11			2 -
O. Aluko DEF	8			1 1
K. Gray DEF	1			-
J James MID	34	11	4	6 -
O Skipp MID	34	1		5 -
D. Mukasa MID	15	2	3	1 -
J Ayew FWD	42	6	3	5 -
B Cordova-Reid FWD	36	5	3	3 1
S. Thomas FWD	17	1		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	20	6	8
J James	P Daka	L Thomas	D. Mukasa

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J James MID	11	20	4	6
J Ayew FWD	6	20	3	5
P Daka FWD	5	20	4	2
Subs
B Cordova-Reid FWD	5	13	3	7
J Vestergaard DEF	3	9
S Mavididi MID	3	18	1	2
R Pereira DEF	2	8	1	2
Subs
D. Mukasa MID	2	7	3	8
H Souttar DEF	1	2
L Thomas DEF	1	5	6	7
H Winks MID	1	9	2	1
J. Monga MID	1	2	2	1
Subs
O Skipp MID	1	4		1
S. Thomas FWD	1	2
L. Page MID		3	1
H Choudhury MID		1		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1811	112	192
H Winks	R Pereira	J Vestergaard

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
H Winks MID	1811	46	101
J Vestergaard DEF	1717	47	192
R Pereira DEF	1706	112	175
L Thomas DEF	1558	77	190
J Stolarczyk GLK	1060		17
Subs
O Skipp MID	1057	55	115
H Choudhury MID	868	50	92
S Mavididi MID	780	53	143
Subs
J James MID	764	35	69
B Cordova-Reid FWD	646	20	58
J Ayew FWD	516	26	150
D. Mukasa MID	419	12	52
P Daka FWD	365	17	102
Subs
A Begovic GLK	305		6
L. Page MID	238	6	17
J. Monga MID	222	11	57
H Souttar DEF	107	1	16
Subs
S. Thomas FWD	66	4	12
O. Aluko DEF	66	2	9
K. Gray DEF	2		1

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

Blackburn have played 45 matches so far this season and lay in 20th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Leicester are in 23rd position in the Championship on 43 points having played 45 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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