Blackburn Rovers vs Swansea City Prediction: The away side are going into the game as slight favourites

Blackburn is set to host Swansea on Saturday evening. Swansea has won just once in their last 21 visits against Blackburn. Would Swansea be able to beat Blackburn this time?

Blackburn’s Form

Blackburn looks in good touch at home this season (W9 L4 D1) as they managed to win on 9 occasions out of 14. Their previous home game against Wigan (0-0) ended as a draw. In their 14 home league games, Blackburn scored 20 goals against their visitors and conceded 13 in return.

Blackburn's away performance is average this season as they managed (L9 D3 W5) to win on 5 occasions out of 17. With 46 points in 31 games, Blackburn is sitting in the 8th position. They have netted 33 goals this season and conceded 37 in return.

Ben Brereton is the team’s top scorer with 10 goals followed by Sam Gallagher (4) and Bradly Dack (4) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions.

Blackburn’s possible lineup

Pears; Rankin-Costello, Carter, Wharton, Pickering; Morton, Travis; Thomas, Dack, Brereton; Dolan.

Swansea City’s Form

Swansea’s away performance looks average this season as they managed (W4 D7 L5) to win on 4 occasions out of 16. They lost in their previous away game against Sheffield (0-3). In their 16 away league games, Swansea scored 20 goals against their hosts and conceded 25 in return.

At home, Swansea is managed to win (W7 L6 D2) on 7 occasions out of 15 this season. With 42 points in 31 games, Swansea sits in the 12th position. They have netted 45 goals and conceded 46 in return.

Joel Piroe is the team’s top scorer with 11 goals followed by Oliver Cooper (5) and Liam Cullen (5) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions.

Swansea City’s possible lineup

Fisher; Cabango, Wood, Darling; Manning, Fulton, Grimes, Sorinola; Cundle; Cooper, Piore

Blackburn vs Swansea expert tips

Blackburn has already defeated Swansea in their recent visit this season. Swansea’s track record while visiting Blackburn is also not good. With Swansea’s current away performance, it would be difficult for them to beat Blackburn but after analyzing all the facts, we anticipate Swansea to win the match. In this match, we can expect more than 2.5 goals as both teams have scored more than 3 goals in a face-to-face contest.