Blackburn Rovers vs Brentford Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Blackburn Rovers take on Brentford in the Championship on Saturday. Read the match predictions to find out why an away win is the betting tip at Ewood Park. Blackburn lost 2-1 away to Aston Villa in their last match while Brentford lost 0-2 at home to Fulham.
Blackburn Rovers vs Brentford Preview
Blackburn are without the suspended Hope Akpan while fellow midfielder Danny Guthrie is a doubt and will be assessed before kick-off. Gordon Greer and Marvin Emnes also have fitness to prove while Scott Wharton, Tommie Hoban and Elliott Ward are all injured. With defensive options thin on the ground, midfielder Charlie Mulgrew may be used as a stop-gap at centre-half and Derrick Williams could be rushed back into action at left-back.
Brentford have long-term absentees in Lewis MacLeod, Alan Judge and Rico Henry while Alan McCormack is still banned. Goalkeeper Sam Saunders is still in the treatment room, so Daniel Bentley will continue between the sticks. Callum Elder has had another injury setback, so Andreas Bjelland will continue at left-back.
Team Predictions Blackburn Rovers vs Brentford
Blackburn 4-4-2 formation: Steele; Williams, Lenihan, Mulgrew, Lowe; Conway, Samuelsen, Evans, Marshall; Graham, Gallagher
Brentford 4-2-3-1 formation: Bentley; Bjelland, Dean, Egan, Colin; Yennaris, Woods; Sawyers, McEachran, Clarke; Hogan
Blackburn Rovers vs Brentford Betting Tips
- Blackburn have won 3 drawn 2 and lost 5 of their last 10 matches
- Brentford have won 3 drawn 3 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Blackburn have scored an average of 1.0 goals and conceded an average of 1.1 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Brentford have scored an average of 1.4 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Blackburn’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Brentford’s previous 10 matches
Blackburn Rovers vs Brentford Prediction
Blackburn Rovers have won just once in their last 7 matches and are one place off the bottom of the table. They were edged 1-0 away to Bristol City and surrendered the lead to draw 1-1 at home to Wolves prior to the defeat against Aston Villa.
Brentford’s form is not much better but they occupy a much more lofty position in 12th after making a good start to the campaign. It was beggars belief that they lost 0-2 at home to Barnsley on the balance of play and they put things right by winning 0-2 away at QPR. However, the subsequent loss at home to Fulham means they’re looking to bounce back here.
Closer inspection of recent form reveals that Blackburn have failed to score in 3 of their last 6 home matches and have failed to win 4 of those games. Brentford are unbeaten in their previous two away games, keeping clean sheets in both. The tip is for the Bees to edge this and pile more misery on sorry Blackburn.
Free Betting Tips
Match Prediction
BRENTFORD to win at 17/10 with Unibet
Over/Under Prediction
UNDER 2.5 goals at 4/5 with Sportingbet
Correct Score Prediction
BRENTFORD 1-0 at 8/1 with 888Sport
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