Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City
Championship | Ewood Park
Saturday, 28 October 2023 @ 3.00pm
Blackburn Rovers host Swansea City at Ewood Park on Saturday on the back of three consecutive wins in the Championship.
Blackburn have picked up nine points from their last six games, and they face a Swans side who have lost their last two matches, and collected 12 points from the last possible 18.
In Samuel Szmodics, Blackburn have one of the league's sharpest shooters so far this season. He has notched seven goals in 13 appearances, to sit second in the scoring charts.
His goal rate of one every 162 minutes is quicker than that of Joël Piroe, Swansea's top scorer with a goal every 217 minutes, and a total of five goals in 13 games.
In the last 10 years, Blackburn and Swansea have played each other on 11 occasions. Blackburn won four of them, Swansea three, and they drew four times.
On average, Blackburn scored 1.5 goals and the Swans 1.3 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on February 18, when Blackburn won 1-0 at home.
With 20 goals in 13 games so far this season, Rovers are scoring more than average in the league with 1.5 goals per game. But they are conceding more than average too, letting in 22 goals at a rate of 1.7 per game.
City are also above average scorers, with 1.5 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.4 goals per game.
The Swans are 20th in the table after 13 games, of which they have won four and drawn three, earning 15 points.
The home team are nine places ahead of the visitors in 11th, with six wins and one draw putting them on 19 points.
Blackburn's last match was on Tuesday, a 2-1 win against Millwall, with Brittain and Rankin-Costello getting the goals for Blackburn.
Swansea lost 1-0 against Watford last time out, also on Tuesday.