Millwall v Blackburn Rovers
Championship | The Den
Tuesday, 24 October 2023 @ 7.45pm
Blackburn Rovers travel to Millwall on late Tuesday in the Championship.
The visitors come into the game on the back of a win in their last match, having beaten Cardiff City 1-0 at home, with a goal from Joe Rankin-Costello.
The Lions, meanwhile, drew their last match, 1-1 against Preston North End, with their goal scored by Zian Flemming.
In Samuel Szmodics, Blackburn have one of the league's sharpest shooters so far this season. He has notched seven goals in 12 appearances, to sit second in the scoring charts.
His goal rate of one every 149 minutes is much quicker than that of Flemming, Millwall's top scorer with a goal every 324 minutes, and a total of three goals in 12 games.
In the last 10 years, Millwall and Blackburn have played each other on 14 occasions. Millwall won one of them, Blackburn eight, and they drew five times.
On average, the Lions scored 0.9 goals and Blackburn 1.7 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on May 8, when Blackburn won 4-3 away.
With 12 goals in 12 games so far this season, the Lions are scoring at below the league average rate with 1.0 goals per game. But they are conceding fewer than average too, letting in 14 goals at a rate of 1.2 per game.
Rovers, meanwhile, are above average scorers, with 1.5 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.4. They have conceded 1.8 goals per game.
The home side are in mixed form in the Championship, with two wins and three draws from their last six games.
With two wins and four losses over that period, the visitors' form is less good – they have taken six points from 18, compared to Millwall's nine.
Blackburn are 15th in the table after 12 games, of which they have won five and drawn one, earning 16 points.
Millwall are one place ahead of Blackburn in 14th, with four wins and four draws putting them on the same number of points.
Tuesday's match will be refereed by Andy Davies, who has taken charge of one Championship game so far this season, issuing one red card and booking six players. He has not awarded any penalties.
He is yet to oversee a match featuring either Millwall or Blackburn this season.