Blackburn Set To Hold Firm At Ewood Park

Expert analysis

STO Stoke City ▲

BLA Blackburn ▲

POR Portsmouth

Blackburn occupy tenth place after twelve games and Stoke City sit ninth on twenty points. Both sides show the same recent form of three wins one draw and one defeat across their last five matches. Blackburn have scored at a rate of 1.8 goals per game during their home league fixtures this season. Stoke City have conceded 1.7 goals per game on their travels. Nine of Blackburn’s twelve league games have featured three or more goals and eight of Stoke’s have done the same. Their last ten meetings produced two draws. The way Stoke cope with Blackburn’s attacks at Ewood Park may decide if the points are shared or stay with the hosts.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate

This season

	Blackburn	Stoke City
Over 2.5 goals	75%	67%
Clean sheet	25%	33%
Failed to score	8%	8%
Scored per game	1.6	1.5
Conceded per game	1.3	1.3
Scored home / away	1.8 / 1.3	1.7 / 1.3

Across 12 and 12 matches played this season.

League table position

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

Blackburn DWWLW

D @ Portsmouth 2–2 Sep 19

W vs Cardiff 2–1 Oct 10

W @ Bristol City 1–0 Oct 13

L @ West Brom 2–3 Oct 17

W vs Wrexham 2–0 Oct 24

Stoke City WWLWD

W vs Sheffield Utd 2–1 Sep 19

W @ Bolton 2–1 Oct 10

L vs Middlesbrough 2–3 Oct 13

W @ Derby 1–0 Oct 17

D vs Bristol City 0–0 Oct 24

Goals trend · last 5 matches

Blackburn

Scored 1.8 avg

2 2 1 2 2

Conceded 1.2 avg

2 1 0 3 0

Stoke City

Scored 1.4 avg

2 2 2 1 0

Conceded 1.0 avg

1 1 3 0 0

Head-to-head · last meetings

3 Blackburn

2 Draws

5 Stoke City

Apr 2026 Stoke City 1–1 Blackburn Draw

Oct 2025 Blackburn 1–1 Stoke City Draw

Mar 2025 Stoke City 1–0 Blackburn Stoke City

Nov 2024 Blackburn 0–2 Stoke City Stoke City

Feb 2024 Blackburn 3–1 Stoke City Blackburn

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 10 meetings.