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Sheffield Wednesday v Blackburn Rovers : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Mon 29th Dec, 19:45 BST, Hillsborough, Sheffield

the Hillsborough faithful welcome Blackburn Rovers's travelling contingent on Monday evening, as Henrik Pedersen's Sheffield Wednesday face Valérien Ismaël's charges in the Championship. You'll see stats supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we cover too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Championship performances and head-to-heads included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Sheff Wed
18%
--
Draw
24%
--
Blackburn
58%
--
Blackburn 1-0
14%
--
Blackburn 2-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Blackburn 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Sheff Wed 1-0
7%
--
Blackburn 3-0
7%
--
Blackburn 3-1
5%
--
Sheff Wed 2-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Sheff Wed 2-0
3%
--
Blackburn 4-0
3%
--
Blackburn 4-1
2%
--
Blackburn 3-2
2%
--
Sheff Wed 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
--
Home 1st Goal
38%
--
Away 1st Goal
56%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
44%
--
BTTS - No
56%
--
BTTS - Home Win
7%
--
BTTS - Draw
16%
--
BTTS - Away Win
21%
--
Home/draw
42%
--
Away/draw
82%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
35%
--
Away DNB
75%
--
Sheff Wed win to nil
11%
--
Blackburn win to nil
37%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Sheff Wed have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league. Sheff Wed are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 7 of those games.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 6 and won 1. Sheff Wed have conceded 40 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Sheff Wed have played 11 games at home, winning 0, drawing 2 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 5 goals, conceded 27 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Blackburn lay in 20th place on 22 points in the Championship league table having played 20 matches. 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 them in the table, winning 0, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 2 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Blackburn have conceded 5 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Blackburn have played 10 away games, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sheff Wed
Blackburn
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2114523047 
l
 
0-5A
Apr 11
Apr 18
l
 
2-0A
2
M'Boro2112631142 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 21
Mar 21
Dec 26
3
Preston21984735 
l
 
2-3F
Jan 1
Feb 20
w
 
1-2F
4
Millwall211056-435 
Feb 14
l
 
1-0A
Dec 20
Mar 14
5
Ipswich219751334 
Mar 14
Dec 20
Sep 20
Jan 17
6
Hull211047134 
Dec 26
Mar 21
Jan 31
w
 
0-3F
7
Stoke211038833 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 3
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
8
Leicester21876331 
Apr 6
l
 
2-1F
May 2
w
 
0-2F
9
QPR21948-531 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 4
l
 
0-1A
Feb 14
10
Southampton21867530 
Feb 28
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 25
11
Bristol C21867430 
l
 
0-3A
Jan 24
Feb 24
w
 
0-1F
12
Derby21867130 
l
 
0-3A
Mar 7
l
 
1-2A
Feb 28
13
Birmingham21858429 
Jan 20
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 3
14
Watford21786229 
Mar 10
d
 
1-1F
Jan 24
w
 
0-1F
15
Wrexham216105128 
Jan 31
d
 
2-2A
Jan 1
d
 
1-1F
16
West Brom21849-328 
May 2
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
17
Charlton20668-624 
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
Jan 4
l
 
3-0A
18
Sheff Utd217212-623 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 22
l
 
1-3F
Apr 22
19
Swansea216510-723 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 8
l
 
1-2F
Jan 20
20
Blackburn206410-622 
Dec 29
Feb 3
-
-
21
Portsmouth205510-1020 
Jan 17
w
 
0-2F
Mar 7
l
 
2-1F
22
Oxford Utd214710-819 
l
 
1-2A
Apr 25
d
 
1-1A
Mar 11
23
Norwich214512-1017 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 25
l
 
0-2A
Feb 7
24
Sheff Wed201613-25-9 
-
-
Feb 3
Dec 29
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Sheff Wed 24TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
1
Draw
5
Lost
14
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed0 - 3Derby
Sheff Wed2 - 3Preston
Sheff Wed0 - 3Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed1 - 1Norwich
Sheff Wed1 - 2Oxford Utd
Sheff Wed0 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Wed0 - 5Coventry
Sheff Wed1 - 1QPR
Sheff Wed0 - 3Bristol C
Sheff Wed0 - 2Swansea
Sheff Wed0 - 3Stoke
Sheff Wed1 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Wed2 - 1M'Boro
Sheff Wed0 - 1Oxford Utd
Sheff Wed0 - 1Hull
Sheff Wed0 - 1Sheff Utd
Sheff Wed1 - 2Sunderland
Sheff Wed1 - 2Coventry
Sheff Wed1 - 1Luton
Sheff Wed2 - 2Bristol C
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
1
Draw
6
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Wed0 - 3Derby
ASheff Wed1 - 1Watford
HSheff Wed2 - 3Preston
ASheff Wed0 - 1Millwall
HSheff Wed0 - 3Sheff Utd
ASheff Wed1 - 3Southampton
HSheff Wed1 - 1Norwich
ASheff Wed0 - 0West Brom
HSheff Wed1 - 2Oxford Utd
HSheff Wed0 - 1M'Boro
ASheff Wed1 - 2Charlton
HSheff Wed0 - 5Coventry
ASheff Wed2 - 2Birmingham
HSheff Wed1 - 1QPR
ASheff Wed2 - 0Portsmouth
HSheff Wed0 - 3Bristol C
HSheff Wed0 - 2Swansea
ASheff Wed2 - 2Wrexham
HSheff Wed0 - 3Stoke
ASheff Wed1 - 2Leicester
Blackburn 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth2 - 1Blackburn
Wrexham1 - 1Blackburn
Preston1 - 2Blackburn
Bristol C0 - 1Blackburn
Leicester0 - 2Blackburn
Coventry2 - 0Blackburn
Charlton3 - 0Blackburn
Watford0 - 1Blackburn
Hull0 - 3Blackburn
West Brom1 - 0Blackburn
Sheff Utd1 - 1Blackburn
Sunderland0 - 1Blackburn
Luton0 - 1Blackburn
Portsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
Stoke1 - 0Blackburn
Derby2 - 1Blackburn
Swansea3 - 0Blackburn
West Brom0 - 2Blackburn
QPR2 - 1Blackburn
Bristol C2 - 1Blackburn
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackburn1 - 2Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 1Oxford Utd
HBlackburn1 - 1Ipswich
ABlackburn1 - 1Wrexham
HBlackburn0 - 1QPR
ABlackburn2 - 1Preston
HBlackburn1 - 2Derby
ABlackburn1 - 0Bristol C
ABlackburn2 - 0Leicester
HBlackburn2 - 1Southampton
HBlackburn1 - 3Sheff Utd
ABlackburn0 - 2Coventry
HBlackburn1 - 1Stoke
HBlackburn1 - 2Swansea
ABlackburn0 - 3Charlton
ABlackburn1 - 0Watford
HBlackburn0 - 2Norwich
ABlackburn3 - 0Hull
HBlackburn1 - 2Birmingham
ABlackburn0 - 1West Brom
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Sheff Wed since 1992
Sheff Wed
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
27
24
Games: Scored
13 / 18
14 / 18
Clean sheets
4 / 18
5 / 18
SHW
8
D
5
BLB
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
0 - 1Blackburn
Sheff Wed3 - 1
Sheff Wed1 - 0
0 - 5Blackburn
Sheff Wed4 - 2
Sheff Wed2 - 1
Sheff Wed2 - 1
1 - 2Blackburn
Draw3 - 3Draw
Sheff Wed3 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Wed3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Wed2 - 1
0 - 1Blackburn
1 - 2Blackburn
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Blackburn since 1993
Blackburn
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
36
23
Games: Scored
16 / 18
13 / 18
Clean sheets
5 / 18
2 / 18
SHW
4
D
5
BLB
9
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 3Sheff Wed
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackburn2 - 1
Blackburn4 - 2
0 - 1Sheff Wed
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Sheff Wed
Draw0 - 0Draw
Blackburn1 - 0
Blackburn2 - 0
1 - 4Sheff Wed
Blackburn7 - 2
Blackburn4 - 1
Blackburn3 - 0
Blackburn3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Blackburn1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Blackburn Rovers's fans will be hoping for goals on Monday evening, not least because Sheffield Wednesday have conceded in each of their last 6 Championship outings. A PG of 1.7 for V. Ismaël's side suggests that run should continue.

Sheff Wed 24th Blackburn 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.8
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
45%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 81% probability of Sheff Wed scoring 1 goal or less
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 81% probability that Blackburn will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-45
Sheff Wed have scored 45% fewer goals at home than predicted
-6
Blackburn’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
0.7
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
2.0
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Sheff Wed
PG (predicted goals)
Blackburn
0.8
1.7
Attack rating
SHW
BLB
25%
better
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Games scored11
15
Failed to score9
5
Scored first6
10
Goals scored15
20
Avg. goals scored0.8
1
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal10
9
Conversion rate for10
11
Avg. XG for1.1
1.4
KickOff rating
+25%
Defence rating
SHW
BLB
23%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
16
Clean sheets2
4
Conceded first13
10
Goals conceded40
26
Avg. goals conceded2
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded12
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against17%
16%
Avg. XG against2
1.3
KickOff rating
+23%

Sheff Wed v Blackburn Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Sheff Wed Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20326
B BannanB BannanB BannanD Iorfa
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Bannan MID2032
4
1
S Ingelsson MID20
1
-
B Cadamarteri FWD201
2
-
J Lowe FWD202
-
Y Valery DEF191
3
-
M Lowe DEF191
2
-
L Palmer DEF191
3
-
D Iorfa DEF191
6
-
S Fusire MID181
3
-
C McNeill FWD1731
1
-
I Ugbo FWD17
1
-
H Amass DEF1611
2
-
E Horvath GLK14
1
1
G. Otegbayo DEF11
1
-
P Charles GLK4
-
R. Johnson DEF4
-
O Kobacki FWD4
-
N Chalobah MID31
1
-
J. Thornton MID2
-
Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20626
R AlebiosuA GudjohnsenR AlebiosuT Gardner-Hickman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Alebiosu DEF2012
2
-
Y Ohashi FWD2051
2
-
L Miller DEF1911
2
-
S McLoughlin DEF18
4
1
R Hedges FWD1812
3
-
R Morishita  MID1612
-
A Gudjohnsen FWD166
1
-
M Gueye FWD16
1
-
T Gardner-Hickman DEF15
6
-
D Neve MID151
-
S Tronstad MID15
5
-
B Tóth GLK13
-
A Henriksson MID12
2
-
S Tavares MID111
2
-
Y Ribeiro DEF10
-
T Cantwell MID1041
3
-
A Kargbo FWD1011
-
S Wharton DEF9
1
-
A Pears GLK8
1
-
K. Montgomery MID8
-
M. Baradji MID6
-
A Forshaw MID6
1
-
H Pickering DEF2
-
H Carter DEF1
-