Blackburn remain without a home win so far this season following a defeat to Swansea in midweek, whilst Stoke are holding onto their position in the top six through excellent defensive work. The pressure is beginning to build on Valerien Ismael with the home crowd simultaneously thinning out in number and also growing vociferous in displeasure of the club’s direction.

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📈 Blackburn v Stoke Form & Stats

Blackburn have potentially been hard done by with their match postponement against Ipswich. The fact that they were 1-0 up against 10 men with 15 minutes to go makes it likely that they should have three more points and an important home win against a big team in their record.

Without that result though, the match will be replayed, Blackburn sit in the relegation zone. They have won twice, both away from home, and lost the other five matches. The last two defeats have been especially concerning, a humbling 0-3 at Charlton where they barely laid a glove on the Addicks, and failing to hold onto a 1-0 lead at home to Swansea.

We know that Blackburn have been short of quality going forwards, but they actually top the league for accurate crosses per match (6) but, also, they are only 20th for touches in the opposition box. Another metric Rovers lead the league on is tackles per match (21.1) but this comes hand-in-hand with fouls per match, for which they are second with 13.6 per match.

Stoke look to be holding on a little bit in their form. They haven’t scored more than once since a 2-1 win at Southampton on August 23rd. They did generate 1.6 xG at the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday though, so chance creation isn’t the main issue. They have also remained pretty tight defensively, conceding only six goals so far.

Their defensive record is the best in the league alongside Middlesbrough, and they are also third for shots on target (4.4 per match) and fourth for big chances created (19 in total).

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