Championship

Championship | Gameweek 38

Mar 15, 2025 at 3pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
1 - 2
Cardiff

Ohashi (16')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Salech (4'), Meite (73')
Chambers (13')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Last Game: Stoke 1-0 Blackburn
Wednesday, March 12 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Cardiff City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Cardiff 1-2 Luton
Tuesday, March 11 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 50.86%. A draw had a probability of 25.5% and a win for Cardiff City had a probability of 23.68%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.64%) and 2-1 (9.39%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.07%), while for a Cardiff City win it was 0-1 (7.75%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 5.9% likelihood.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Cardiff City
50.86% ( -1.23)	25.45% ( 0.71)	23.68% ( 0.53)

Both teams to score 49.14% (

-1.51)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.42% (

-2.28)

53.58% (

2.28)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.92% (

-1.95)

75.08% (

1.96)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.91% (

-1.41)

21.08% (

1.41)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

46.09% (

-2.25)

53.9% (

2.25)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.27% (

-0.78)

37.72% (

0.78)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.5% (

-0.77)

74.5% (

0.77)

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 50.86%

Cardiff City 23.68%

Draw 25.45%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Cardiff City
1-0 @ 12.38% ( 0.57) 2-0 @ 9.64% ( 0.03) 2-1 @ 9.39% ( -0.17) 3-0 @ 5% ( -0.21) 3-1 @ 4.88% ( -0.31) 3-2 @ 2.38% ( -0.21) 4-0 @ 1.95% ( -0.17) 4-1 @ 1.9% ( -0.21) 4-2 @ 0.93% ( -0.12) Other @ 2.43% Total : 50.86%	1-1 @ 12.07% ( 0.31) 0-0 @ 7.95% ( 0.69) 2-2 @ 4.58% ( -0.18) Other @ 0.85% Total : 25.45%	0-1 @ 7.75% ( 0.52) 1-2 @ 5.88% ( 0.03) 0-2 @ 3.78% ( 0.18) 1-3 @ 1.91% ( -0.03) 2-3 @ 1.49% ( -0.09) 0-3 @ 1.23% ( 0.03) Other @ 1.64% Total : 23.68%

How you voted: Blackburn vs Cardiff

Blackburn Rovers

80.6%

Draw

13.9%

Cardiff City

5.6%

Head to Head

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Cardiff

1-3

Blackburn

Turnbull (73')

Weimann (15', 54'), Baker (86')
Pears (37'), Buckley (72'), Rankin-Costello (72'), Buckley (90+4')

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Cardiff

0-0

Blackburn

Goutas (90+3'), Wintle (90+3')

Hyam (45+1'), Tronstad (66'), Buckley (75')

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Blackburn

1-0

Cardiff

Rankin-Costello (53')
Dolan (33'), Hyam (87')

Collins (68')

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Blackburn

5-2

Cardiff

Garrett (13'), Sigurdsson (36'), Moran (49', 54'), Markanday (69')

Robinson (18'), Etete (45+3')

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Blackburn

1-0

Cardiff

Dack (48')

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Form Guide

Stoke 1-0 Blackburn

Derby 2-1 Blackburn

Blackburn 1-1 Norwich

Swansea 3-0 Blackburn

Blackburn 2-0 Plymouth

West Brom 0-2 Blackburn

Cardiff 1-2 Luton

Sunderland 2-1 Cardiff

Cardiff 1-2 Burnley

Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff

Cardiff 1-0 Hull City

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Spain

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

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International Friendlies

Singapore

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Indonesia

South Korea

Palestine

Jordan

Qatar

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COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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