Blackburn vs Birmingham City Prediction: Blackburn are unbeaten at home against Birmingham since 2018

Blackburn is ready to welcome Birmingham on Saturday at Ewood Park. Rovers have won their last four league games against Birmingham City. Would Birmingham City be able to beat Blackburn this time?

Blackburn’s Form

Blackburn looks in good touch at home this season (W6 L2) as they managed to win on six occasions out of eight. They registered their 6th home win of the season by beating Sunderland (2-0) in the last game.

This is their 4th consecutive win at home. Earlier they defeated Rotherham (3-0), Millwall (2-1), and Watford (2-0). In their eight home league games, Blackburn scored 14 goals against their visitors and conceded 6 in return.

Blackburn's away form is a matter of concern as they managed (W3 L5) to win on three occasions out of eight. With 24 points in 16 games, Blackburn is sitting in the 2nd position. They have scored 20 goals this season so far and conceded 17 in return.

Ben Brereton is the team’s top scorer with 8 goals followed by Lewis Travis (2) and Sam Gallagher (2) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions.

Blackburn’s possible lineup

Kaminski: Carter, Hyam, Wharton; Hedges, Garrett, Morton, Brittain; Szmodics; Brereton, Gallagher.

Birmingham City’s Form

Birmingham's away from is below average this season as they managed (W3 D3 L2) to win on three occasions out of eight. They register their 3rd away win of the season by defeating Hull (2-0) in the last game.

In their 7 away league games, they scored 7 goals against their hosts and conceded 8 in return. Birmingham's home form this season is below average as they managed (D3 W2 L2) to win on two occasions out of seven.

With 20 points in 15 games, Birmingham is sitting in the 14th position. They have scored 15 goals so far this season and conceded 13 in return. Scott Hogan is the team’s top scorer with 6 goals followed by Auston Trusty (2) and Troy Deeney (2) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions. 

Birmingham’s possible lineup

Ruddy; Sanderson, Dean, Trusty; Colin, Mejbri, Bielik, Chong, Longelo; Deeney, Hogan.

Blackburn vs Birmingham City expert tips

Blackburn is doing exceptionally well at home this season. On the other end, Birmingham is struggling with their away form. Blackburn is also unbeaten against Birmingham since 2018 to Ewood Park, winning both games last season. After analyzing all the facts, we are anticipating Blackburn to win the game. In this game, we can expect more than 2.5 goals as historically both teams have scored more than 3 goals in a face-off.