Blackburn vs Sheffield Wed prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-04-20 11:30.
[p]A shock 1-0 win at automatic promotion-chasing Leeds put some daylight between Blackburn and the relegation zone. Now sat five points clear with three games remaining, Rovers have lost just four of their 14 league matches since John Eustace’s arrival in February (W3, D7), with four clean sheets in that time matching the tally they’d recorded across the first 29.[/p]
[p]Blackburn’s Achilles’ heel this season has been an inability to pick up points on home soil, with only four clubs making home advantage count less. Rovers have failed to win any of their last five Championship games at Ewood Park (D4, L1), with this their worst such streak since April 2021. Two of their last three games of the season are at home, and they’ll be keen to make sure safety is assured before a final day trip to automatic promotion-chasing Leicester.[/p]
[p]Sunday’s opponents Sheffield Wednesday are one of two teams who begin the weekend five points behind Blackburn, occupying a spot in the relegation zone after just one win in their last seven (D3, L3). The Owls are just one point adrift of safety, though they do have a mightily inferior goal difference to those they are chasing – not helped by having conceded more goals on the road than all bar two clubs in the division (40).[/p]
[p]If they’re searching for some positive omens, Danny Röhl’s side – who have scored at least once in nine of their last 13 – have won three of their last five away games (L2) and were victorious in the two previous H2Hs with Blackburn. Those victories both came at Hillsborough though, with no win at Ewood Park since 2016 (D1, L2), conceding seven goals across their last three visits.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Sheffield-born Blackburn defender Kyle McFadzean has only ever lost one personal H2H with Wednesday (W3, D3), scoring his first-ever Championship goal against them in 2016. Owls ace Barry Bannan has been booked in two of their last three, both coming in the final ten minutes, taking his caution tally for the season up to 11.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: None of Wednesday’s last ten away league matches have seen both sides score.[/p]