Wigan Athletic VS Blackburn Rovers

Wigan welcome Blackburn for this English Championship clash, This is the second-highest level of English football and the level is pretty good by European standards. The difference compared to the highest level – Premier League – is substantial though. This is a clash between two traditional English teams who have played in the Premier League in the past. Blackburn, in fact, even won the Championship back in the 90’s! However, this is the level they belong to at the moment. The biggest bookies with the largest betting limits see the visitors as very slim favorites here. I would rate Blackburn as clear favorites. They have a 43% chance of winning in my opinion and as the draw would be enough for us my fans and I have a clearly over 70% chance of winning! I see this as more low-scoring than the bookies do and the draw is definitely a more probable result here than the current odds would suggest. Blackburn often play pretty defensive football away from home and the draw would certainly not be a big disappointment for either team.

The visitors are better than Wigan in all areas of the game but the biggest difference in offense. Blackburn have netted the ball 16 times so far, the hosts’ number is 13. However, in terms of expected goals score the difference should be much more than the three goals. Moreover, in my opinion they have still have much more room for improvement. Blackburn currently occupy the 7th place in the standings with 21 points. The hosts, on the other hand, have been quite disappointing and are in 16th place in this league with a total of 24 teams. The visitors are in much better form at the moment than Wigan who have lost two of their latest matches with somewhat lame performances. Blackburn have won three of their latest five games and would have deserved points in the two games of these five that they have lost. They are also a much bigger club by players’ total market value.