Blackburn Rovers vs Plymouth Prediction: Can the visitors continue their newly found form?

Plymouth hope to continue their newly found form when they travel to Ewood Park on Saturday. The visitors are winless in 16 of their last 17 games on the road. Can they bounce back to winning ways? Below, I have the team news, possible starting 11, some interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.

Blackburn Rovers

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Blackburn Rovers will continue their journey in the Championship under interim boss David Lowe after John Eustace left to join Derby. The Rovers secured a 2-0 win over West Brom on Wednesday with two goals from Makhtar Gueye in the 47th and 63rd minutes. Prior to the win, they had lost two straight games and have now managed just two wins in their last seven games. At home, they have won two of their last seven games. 

The Rovers sit 5th on the table with 48 points in 32 games, scoring 37 goals and conceding 31. However, Danny Batth and Owen Beck are doubtful for this clash, while Hayden Carter, Harry Pickering, Sondre Tronstad, Scott Wharton, Yuki Ohashi, and Harry Leonard are all ruled out.

Plymouth

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Plymouth secured a 5-1 win over Millwall in their last game to extend their winning run to three games in all competitions, including a 1-0 win over Liverpool in the FA Cup. They are unbeaten in their last four games, and things seem to be getting better for them under their new boss. 

Plymouth sit second to the bottom of the table with 28 points in 31 games, scoring 34 goals and conceding 64. However, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Brendan Galloway, and Joe Edwards are ruled out of this game due to injuries.

Possible Starting 11

Blackburn Rovers — Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Dominic Hyam, Dion Sanderson, Yuri Ribeiro, Lewis Travis, John Buckley, Tyrhys Dolan, Todd Cantwell, Ryan Hedges, Makhtar Gueye.

Plymouth — Conor Hazard, Maksym Taloverov, Nikola Katic, Kornél Szűcs, Matthew Sorinola, Adam Randell, Jordan Houghton, Tymoteusz Puchacz, Callum Wright, Mustapha Bundu, Ryan Hardie.

Interesting Facts

• Plymouth have are winless in 16 of their last 17 games on the road;
• Plymouth are unbeaten in their last four games in all competitions;
• Blackburn have won only four of their last 14 games;
• Both teams have scored in only two of Blackburn’s last 15 games at home;
• Plymouth have conceded 64 goals this season, the worst defensive record this season;
• Blackburn are winless in the last five games against Plymouth.

Expert Betting Tips

Plymouth are beginning to change the narrative from being one of the worst teams in the Championship to one of the most in-form teams at the moment. They defeated Millwall effortlessly in their last game after they defeated Premier League leaders in the FA Cup. With their recently found form, I think they will pick up a point in this game despite their horrible away form. Moreover, I expect them to keep a clean sheet. 

Our prediction for the match is to see less than three goals for odds of 1.80 at Betway.

Our second prediction is for at least a team to keep a clean sheet (BTTS-NO) for odds of 1.80 at Bet365.

Our third prediction is a Plymouth win or draw for odds of 2.10 at 1xbet.