Championship

Championship | Gameweek 2

Aug 12, 2023 at 3pm UK

New York Stadium

Rotherham
2 - 2
Blackburn

Odofin (23'), Onyedinma (48')
Cafu (33'), Taylor (34'), Lembikisa (45+1'), Onyedinma (49'), Johansson (55')
Onyedinma (50')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Szmodics (75', 78')
Szmodics (38')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Rotherham United

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Rotherham 2-1 Morecambe (4-2 pen.)
Tuesday, August 8 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackburn 4-3 Walsall
Tuesday, August 8 at 7.45pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Rotherham United 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Rotherham United failed to impress on the opening day, while the visitors scored an encouraging victory, but we do fancy the Millers to be more resilient on home turf and do not see Blackburn leaving with all three points, instead envisaging a low-scoring draw in South Yorkshire. Read more.

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 56.59%. A draw had a probability of 23.6% and a win for Rotherham United had a probability of 19.77%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.6%) and 1-2 (9.73%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.23%), while for a Rotherham United win it was 1-0 (6.49%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 4.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a draw in this match.

Result
Rotherham United	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
19.77% ( 0.01)	23.64% ( 0.01)	56.59% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 49.4% (

-0)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.37% (

-0.01)

50.63% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.46% (

-0.01)

72.54% (

0.01)

Rotherham United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.03% (

0.01)

39.97% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.37% (

76.62% (

-0)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.3% (

-0.01)

17.7% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.65% (

-0.02)

48.35% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

Rotherham United 19.77%

Blackburn Rovers 56.58%

Draw 23.63%

Rotherham United	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 6.49% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 5.15% ( 0) 2-0 @ 2.98% ( 0) 3-1 @ 1.58% ( 0) 3-2 @ 1.36% 3-0 @ 0.91% ( 0) Other @ 1.31% Total : 19.77%	1-1 @ 11.23% 0-0 @ 7.07% ( 0) 2-2 @ 4.46% Other @ 0.87% Total : 23.63%	0-1 @ 12.25% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 10.6% 1-2 @ 9.73% ( -0) 0-3 @ 6.12% ( -0) 1-3 @ 5.61% ( -0) 0-4 @ 2.65% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.57% ( -0) 1-4 @ 2.43% ( -0) 2-4 @ 1.11% ( -0) 0-5 @ 0.92% ( -0) Other @ 2.58% Total : 56.58%