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Blackburn's Excellent Winning Run to Continue Against Reading

Reading vs Blackburn Rovers - 17/08/2022

Blackburn's Excellent Winning Run to Continue Against Reading
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Blackburn Rovers will be in search of win number five in a row at the start of the 2022/23 season with Jon Dahl Tomasson's proving to be one of the top sides in the Championship after a handful of games with them travelling to the Select Car Leasing Stadium to clash with a topsy-turvy Reading side.

It's been a perfect start across the board for Rovers, who after conceding a goal to West Bromwich Albion have now only conceded a single goal in their four games to this point.

The club kicked things off with a win over Queens Park Rangers as Lewis Travis scored from the four efforts on goal after nine attempts in total.

Although it wasn't a thrilling game against QPR, it was a comfortable display in the end from the home side. However, it was in the victory against Swansea City where they managed to seriously establish themselves as competitors in this division at the top end.

Sammie Szmodics scored just before the first half to give them the lead, before Ben Brereton Diaz managed to get his first goal of the season.

Travis netted his second goal of the season to conclude things in the 3-0 win, but with Blackburn seeing 29% of the ball and having just four shots on target, there was a lot to improve on in what was a tactically-astute performance.

The winning run kept going with the hosting of Hartlepool in the EFL Cup, as Rovers ran riot on home soil. Scott Wharton scored in the first half, before Bradley Dack got his first goal in many months in the second half.

The club saw 74% of the ball that day with eight shots on target, as Tyrhys Dolan and Dilan Markanday scored in the second 45 to give the club a 4-0 win to make it eight goals in the first three games.

Last time out, Blackburn met with West Brom where Ben Diaz netted another goal with Sam Gallagher finally getting in on the act with his first goal of the season. The Baggies did net a goal in the second half, but this remains Blackburn's only goal conceded from four games in the EFL.

It's been a tough start for Reading, on the other hand, who have lost to Blackpool and Rotherham, while also beating Cardiff City 2-1 in the league. A further loss to Stevenage in the EFL Cup has made this start to the new season a disastrous one for the Royals.

Forebet predicts a win for Blackburn and over 2.5 goals in the game.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
182061
2
1 - 2
3.03
19°
2.30
3.25 3.25 2.30 no no no
FT
3 - 0(1 - 0)
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- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 94 44 30 4 10 47
2
Leeds United 90 45 27 9 9 39
3
Ipswich Town 90 44 26 12 6 32
4
Southampton 84 45 25 9 11 23
5
Norwich City 73 45 21 10 14 16
6
West Bromwich 72 45 20 12 13 20
7
Hull City 70 45 19 13 13 9
8
Middlesbrough 66 45 19 9 17 7
9
Coventry City 64 44 17 13 14 13
10
Preston North End 63 44 18 9 17 -5
11
Bristol City 62 45 17 11 17 6
12
Cardiff City 62 45 19 5 21 -14
13
Swansea City 57 45 15 12 18 -5
14
Watford 56 45 13 17 15 2
15
Sunderland 56 45 16 8 21 0
16
Millwall 56 45 15 11 19 -11
17
QPR 53 45 14 11 20 -12
18
Stoke City 53 45 14 11 20 -15
19
Blackburn Rovers 50 45 13 11 21 -16
20
Sheffield Wednesday 50 45 14 8 23 -26
21
Plymouth Argyle 48 45 12 12 21 -12
22
Birmingham City 47 45 12 11 22 -16
23
Huddersfield 45 45 9 18 18 -27
24
Rotherham 24 45 4 12 29 -55

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