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

Sat 11th Apr, 15:00 BST, bet365 Stadium, Stoke

We’ve Championship action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as Mark Robins and his Stoke City side host Michael O'Neill’s Blackburn Rovers at the bet365 Stadium. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games for each team (at home, away or overall) with extra weighting assigned to top teams. All the stats and graphics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head-to-head statistics between the team are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided directly from 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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Stoke
46%
--
Draw
26%
--
Blackburn
28%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Stoke 1-0
12%
--
Stoke 2-1
9%
--
Blackburn 1-0
9%
--
Stoke 2-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Blackburn 2-1
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Blackburn 2-0
5%
--
Stoke 3-1
4%
--
Stoke 3-0
4%
--
Blackburn 3-1
2%
--
Stoke 3-2
2%
--
Blackburn 3-2
2%
--
Blackburn 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
20%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
72%
--
Away/draw
54%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
64%
--
Away DNB
47%
--
Stoke win to nil
26%
--
Blackburn win to nil
16%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Stoke have played 39 matches so far this season and lay in 15th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 3 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Stoke have outscored their opponents by 46 goals to 36 goals.

Home League Performance

Stoke have played 19 games at home winning 8, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored 29 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 21 goals at home.

Blackburn are in 19th position in the Championship on 43 points having played 39 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 6 clean sheets. They have scored 18 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

31 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 7 and won 9. Blackburn have conceded 43 goals, scored 30, failed to score in 10 fixtures and have kept 7 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Stoke
Blackburn
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry3924874180 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
Apr 17
l
 
2-0A
2
M'Boro39201182271 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
3
Ipswich38191272869 
d
 
3-3F
l
 
1-0A
Sep 20
l
 
3-0A
4
Millwall3920910969 
Apr 21
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
5
Hull3920613566 
l
 
1-2F
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-3F
6
Southampton391712101563 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 25
7
Wrexham39171210963 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
8
Derby3917913860 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 6
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-1F
9
Watford39141411456 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
10
Norwich3916617654 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-0A
11
Birmingham39141114-153 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 3
12
QPR3915816-653 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-3F
13
Preston39131313-452 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
14
Swansea3915717-552 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
3-1A
15
Stoke3914916351 
-
-
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
16
Bristol C3914916-151 
w
 
5-1F
May 2
l
 
1-2F
w
 
0-1F
17
Sheff Utd3915519050 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
4-0A
l
 
1-3F
Apr 22
18
Charlton39121215-1048 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
3-0A
19
Blackburn39111018-1343 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1F
-
-
20
West Brom39111018-1443 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
21
Portsmouth38101018-1740 
Apr 25
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1F
22
Leicester39111216-939 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
May 2
w
 
0-2F
23
Oxford Utd3991218-1539 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-3F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-0A
24
Sheff Wed391929-55-6 
Apr 3
w
 
0-3F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Stoke 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke3 - 1Watford
Stoke3 - 3Ipswich
Stoke2 - 1Oxford Utd
Stoke2 - 2Leicester
Stoke0 - 2Southampton
Stoke1 - 2M'Boro
Stoke0 - 0QPR
Stoke1 - 2Sheff Utd
Stoke0 - 0Preston
Stoke2 - 1Swansea
Stoke1 - 2Hull
Stoke3 - 0Charlton
Stoke0 - 1Coventry
Stoke5 - 1Bristol C
Stoke1 - 0Wrexham
Stoke1 - 1Norwich
Stoke1 - 0Birmingham
Stoke0 - 1West Brom
Stoke3 - 1Derby
Stoke0 - 2Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AStoke1 - 3Preston
HStoke3 - 1Watford
HStoke3 - 3Ipswich
AStoke0 - 2Swansea
AStoke1 - 2Coventry
HStoke2 - 1Oxford Utd
HStoke2 - 2Leicester
AStoke0 - 1Charlton
AStoke0 - 0West Brom
HStoke0 - 2Southampton
AStoke1 - 1Birmingham
HStoke1 - 2M'Boro
HStoke0 - 0QPR
AStoke2 - 0Norwich
AStoke1 - 0Hull
HStoke1 - 2Sheff Utd
HStoke0 - 0Preston
AStoke0 - 1Watford
HStoke2 - 1Swansea
AStoke0 - 1Ipswich
Blackburn 19TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Millwall1 - 2Blackburn
Oxford Utd1 - 0Blackburn
Derby3 - 1Blackburn
QPR1 - 3Blackburn
Norwich2 - 0Blackburn
Swansea3 - 1Blackburn
Ipswich3 - 0Blackburn
Sheff Wed0 - 0Blackburn
M'Boro0 - 0Blackburn
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
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBlackburn0 - 0M'Boro
ABlackburn2 - 1Millwall
ABlackburn0 - 1Oxford Utd
HBlackburn1 - 1Portsmouth
ABlackburn1 - 3Derby
HBlackburn1 - 2Bristol C
HBlackburn1 - 0Preston
ABlackburn3 - 1QPR
ABlackburn0 - 2Norwich
HBlackburn1 - 0Sheff Wed
HBlackburn0 - 1Hull
HBlackburn1 - 1Watford
ABlackburn1 - 3Swansea
ABlackburn0 - 3Ipswich
HBlackburn2 - 2Charlton
HBlackburn0 - 2Wrexham
ABlackburn0 - 0Sheff Wed
ABlackburn0 - 0M'Boro
HBlackburn2 - 0Millwall
ABlackburn1 - 2Portsmouth
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Stoke since 2009
Stoke
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
16
12
Games: Scored
9 / 11
6 / 11
Clean sheets
5 / 11
2 / 11
STK
7
BLB
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
Stoke1 - 0
0 - 3Blackburn
Stoke3 - 2
0 - 1Blackburn
Stoke1 - 0
1 - 2Blackburn
2 - 3Blackburn
Stoke3 - 1
Stoke1 - 0
Stoke3 - 0
Stoke1 - 0
League games at Blackburn since 2008
Blackburn
Stoke
Goals: Scored
9
12
Games: Scored
5 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
7 / 12
STK
6
D
4
BLB
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Stoke
Blackburn3 - 1
0 - 1Stoke
0 - 1Stoke
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Stoke
1 - 2Stoke
0 - 2Stoke
Draw0 - 0Draw
Blackburn3 - 0
Goal Statistics
Stoke 15th Blackburn 19th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Stoke will score 1 or more goals
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Stoke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-12
Blackburn have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Stoke
PG (predicted goals)
Blackburn
1.5
1.1
Attack rating
10%
better
STK
BLB
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Games scored25
26
Failed to score14
13
Scored first19
16
Goals scored46
36
Avg. goals scored1.2
0.9
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal7
9
Conversion rate for15
12
Avg. XG for1.2
1.3
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
14%
better
STK
BLB
view stats
Games conceded27
29
Clean sheets12
10
Conceded first16
20
Goals conceded43
49
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
6
Conversion rate against12%
16%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+14%

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

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
38101011
S ThomasS ThomasS ThomasS Thomas
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Thomas FWD381010
10
1
M Manhoef FWD3873
3
-
T Seko MID371
3
-
J. Bae MID3723
1
-
B Wilmot DEF343
5
-
A Phillips DEF331
5
-
T Rigo MID2911
2
-
L Cissé FWD2713
4
-
B Pearson MID261
8
1
D Mubama FWD2651
3
1
S Nzonzi MID251
2
-
V Johansson GLK241
2
-
J Tchamadeu DEF2412
10
-
M Lawal DEF231
6
1
A Cresswell  DEF223
2
-
E Bocat DEF221
-
R Bozenik FWD191
2
-
M Taloverov DEF16
7
-
T. Simkim GLK14
2
-
L Baker MID1241
1
-
S Gallagher FWD122
-
M Smit FWD1021
-
B Gibson DEF91
1
-
J Rak-Sakyi FWD91
-
G Bazunu GLK1
-
Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
37879
S McLoughlinY OhashiR Morishita S McLoughlin
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Y Ohashi FWD3981
4
-
S McLoughlin DEF37
8
1
R Alebiosu DEF3213
3
-
R Morishita  MID3027
3
-
L Miller DEF2922
3
-
S Tronstad MID292
8
-
B Tóth GLK27
-
T Gardner-Hickman MID25
7
-
M. Baradji MID252
2
-
D Neve MID251
-
A Gudjohnsen FWD257
1
-
T Cantwell MID2343
9
-
R Hedges FWD2212
3
-
A Henriksson MID18
2
-
A Forshaw MID16
3
-
Y Ribeiro DEF151
1
-
K. Montgomery MID15
-
M Jörgensen FWD145
-
A Pears GLK13
1
-
E Cashin DEF1311
6
-
H Pickering DEF12
-
S Tavares MID121
2
-
H Carter DEF102
4
-
A Kargbo FWD1011
-
S Wharton DEF9
1
-
O Afolayan FWD6
-
C O'Riordan DEF5
2
-