West Bromwich Albion — Blackburn Rovers 3:2, 17 October: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 11 Saturday 17 October · 14:00 UTC

West Bromwich Albion 5th · 20 pts WDWDW

3 : 2 1st half 1:2

Blackburn Rovers 10th · 15 pts WLLWL

The Hawthorns · referee A. Herczeg

Match predictionValue

Blackburn Rovers under 2.5 goals

88% · Blackburn Rovers games average 3.4 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Blackburn Rovers under 2.5 goals”, and the match finished 3:2.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

West Bromwich Albion 38% draw 25% Blackburn Rovers 37%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was West Bromwich Albion win, and the match finished 3:2. Fans backed West Bromwich Albion win — they got it right.

fans 58 votes

West Bromwich Albion 52% draw 15% Blackburn Rovers 33%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Gudjohnsen assist: K. Montgomery 0-1 6'

A. Gudjohnsen 0-2 12'

B. Stewart 1-2 19'

K. Montgomery 21'

G. Campbell 23'

O. Afolayan 32'

C. Mepham 41'

S. McLoughlin 71'

I. Price penalty 2-2 72'

F. Myhre assist: A. Heggebo 3-2 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

West Bromwich Albion 4-1-4-1 4-2-3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Max O'Leary  
Brayann Pereira  2 Chris Mepham  6 George Campbell  4 Callum Styles  
Toby Collyer  
Isaac Price  8 Jayson Molumby  20 Rabby Nzingoula  11 Jimmy-Jay Morgan  
Barney Stewart  

Andri Guðjohnsen  
Ryoya Morishita  10 Todd Cantwell  21 Oladapo Afolayan  
Sam Morsy  31 Kristi Montgomery  
Ryan Alebiosu  6 Tom Atcheson  15 Sean McLoughlin  3 Harry Pickering  
Balázs Tóth  

West Bromwich Albion bench

19Aune Selland Heggebø
22Conor Townsend
7Felix Horn Myhre
29Harry Whitwell
26Kareem Tunde
13Matt Ingram
3Nathaniel Phillips
17Ousmane Diakité
23Tammer Bany

Blackburn Rovers bench

7Augustus Kargbo
1Aynsley Pears
14Dion De Neve
27Gady Beyuku
17Hayden Carter
30Jake Garrett
11Jayden Fevrier
29Mathias Jørgensen
24Moussa Baradji

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

64%Possession36%

25Shots10

4Shots on target2

15Shots off target7

6Blocked shots1

19Shots inside box7

6Shots outside box3

160Attacks81

88Dangerous attacks24

8Corners4

1Offsides1

9Fouls16

2Yellow cards3

0Saves2

532Passes309

457Accurate passes215

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

1Penalties0

West Bromwich Albion

Blackburn RoversThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers met on matchday 11 of the Championship on 17 October at The Hawthorns. Final score — 3:2.

West Bromwich Albion sit 5th on 20 points after 9 matches (4 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses), unbeaten in 6 matches. Blackburn Rovers sit 10th on 15 points after 9 matches (5 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

West Bromwich Albion last five Blackburn Rovers

WDWDW form WLLWL

9 Matches 9

4 — 3 — 2 Wins — draws — defeats 5 — 1 — 3

14 — 9 Scored — conceded 15 — 14

1.67 Points per game 1.78

1.56 Goals scored per game 1.67

1 Clean sheets 2

2 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 6 Current streak unbeaten in 1

West Bromwich Albion at home: 5 matches, 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 8—5, 1.6 points per match.

Blackburn Rovers away: 4 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses, goals 5—9, 1 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
5	Swansea City	14	8	2	4	21—16	26
6	West Bromwich Albion	14	7	4	3	20—15	25
7	Southampton	14	8	4	2	29—14	24
…
13	Millwall	14	5	3	6	23—24	18
14	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	3	6	20—22	18
15	Wrexham	15	4	6	5	18—20	18

Full Championship table