FT: BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 - 0 CARDIFF CITY. Match thread

[Michael Morris]

Sunday January 1st, ko 12 noon
Live on Sky Sports
Happy New Year

Match Officials:

Referee: THOMAS BRAMALL
Assistants: Nick Hopton and Akil Howson
Fourth Official : Martin Coy

Match Facts:

• Blackburn Rovers are looking to avoid losing both home and away to Cardiff City in a single season for the first time since 2012-13.
• Cardiff City are without a win in each of their last six away league visits to face Blackburn Rovers (D5 L1), since a 4-1 victory back in December 2012.
• Blackburn Rovers are unbeaten in their last six home league games played on New Year's Day (W5 D1), winning the last four in a row.
• Cardiff City are winless in their opening league game in each of the last five calendar years (D1 L4), conceding 14 goals in the process.
• Ben Brereton Diaz netted a hat-trick for Blackburn in this exact fixture last season, his only goals in his eight league appearances against Cardiff.

[valleys caveman]

Blackburn 11/8
City 2/1
Draw 11/5

[Former Labour leader]

Stats not looking good for City. Not overly optimistic but Blackburn's form up and down so you never know we might nick a 0-0. Guess Sky are regretting television it.
Team will have a few changes. Supposedly players who went off Thursday not injured, just cramp. Somehow though I have a feeling Romeo may not make it. Hopefully forwards fit.
Allsopp
Sang
Ng
Kipre
ODowda
Wintle
Ralls
Colwill
Harris
Etete
Robinson

[Former Labour leader]

Just to add Blackburn will be without John Buckley sent off v Boro and they have lost 4 of last 5 games.
I wonder if this is going to be ours. Another 4-1 perhaps? To City of course. 😀

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Stats not looking good for City. Not overly optimistic but Blackburn's form up and down so you never know we might nick a 0-0. Guess Sky are regretting television it.
Team will have a few changes. Supposedly players who went off Thursday not injured, just cramp. Somehow though I have a feeling Romeo may not make it. Hopefully forwards fit.
Allsopp
Sang
Ng
Kipre
ODowda
Wintle
Ralls
Colwill
Harris
Etete
Robinson

I'd be happy to start with that 11.

[The Lone Gunman]

Incredibly, Blackburn still haven't drawn a game this season. They have gone a total of 30 Championship matches without a draw overall, and 14 Championship matches without a draw at home.

Since 2014, the league games between Rovers and City at Ewood Park have ended as follows:

2014/15: 1-1
2015/16: 1-1
2016/17: 1-1
2019/20: 0-0
2020/21: 0-0
2021/22: 5-1

The Championship current form table (last six games) has Blackburn in 18th with 6 points and City in 21st with 4 points.

Will Hudson actually try to win this one? I doubt it. It's got draw written all over it.

[UNDERHILL1927]

Incredibly, Blackburn still haven't drawn a game this season. They have gone a total of 30 Championship matches without a draw overall, and 14 Championship matches without a draw at home.

Since 2014, the league games between Rovers and City at Ewood Park have ended as follows:

2014/15: 1-1
2015/16: 1-1
2016/17: 1-1
2019/20: 0-0
2020/21: 0-0
2021/22: 5-1

The Championship current form table (last six games) has Blackburn in 18th with 6 points and City in 21st with 4 points.

Will Hudson actually try to win this one? I doubt it. It's got draw written all over it.

Blackburn win written all over it I’m afraid

[The Lone Gunman]

Blackburn win written all over it I’m afraid

I'm mainly working on the theory that Blackburn have to draw eventually. Having said that, if there's one team in this division that are in a false position, I'd say it's them. No way are they as good as their league position suggests, although in fairness the Championship is rubbish anyway barring the top two. If Blackburn were 11th or 12th it would be about right as far as I'm concerned. I'll be surprised if they finish in the top ten.

[Hilts]

Its hard to say who is in a false position when Sunderland sit so high because they were terrible against us.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Incredibly, Blackburn still haven't drawn a game this season. They have gone a total of 30 Championship matches without a draw overall, and 14 Championship matches without a draw at home.

Since 2014, the league games between Rovers and City at Ewood Park have ended as follows:

2014/15: 1-1
2015/16: 1-1
2016/17: 1-1
2019/20: 0-0
2020/21: 0-0
2021/22: 5-1

The Championship current form table (last six games) has Blackburn in 18th with 6 points and City in 21st with 4 points.

Will Hudson actually try to win this one? I doubt it. It's got draw written all over it.

The other game between us in the Championship since our return in 2003 was a 4-1 City win in 2012/13. 5 draws and two heavy defeats. Last season's defeat was the only time in those 7 games where Rovers actually led against us, having rescued a pointin all of the 1-1 draws, twice in the dying moments. In fact, in the two home scoring draws against them they levelled right at the end. In the 3-2 defeat at home they equalised twice. I make it that, of the 16 goals they've scored against us since 2012, 8 have been equalisers, while we've never recovered once falling behind.

[TWGL1]

Its hard to say who is in a false position when Sunderland sit so high because they were terrible against us.

I see Ellis Simms has been recalled , he was great for them , Sunderland have improved since they played us mainly down to him

[Michael Morris]

Incredibly, Blackburn still haven't drawn a game this season. They have gone a total of 30 Championship matches without a draw overall, and 14 Championship matches without a draw at home.

Since 2014, the league games between Rovers and City at Ewood Park have ended as follows:

2014/15: 1-1
2015/16: 1-1
2016/17: 1-1
2019/20: 0-0
2020/21: 0-0
2021/22: 5-1

The Championship current form table (last six games) has Blackburn in 18th with 6 points and City in 21st with 4 points.

Will Hudson actually try to win this one? I doubt it. It's got draw written all over it.

Blackburn haven't drawn a game all season. 25 matches played and they have W 13 & L 12

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Blackburn haven't drawn a game all season. 25 matches played and they have W 13 & L 12

That's exactly what he said isn't it ?

[Former Labour leader]

Before most games I think that’s a defeat, draw or win. I’m rarely right mind you.
This time I really can’t make up my mind which way I think it will go.
Blackburn up and down team, we’re crap but are capable of scraping a draw and who knows, quite often a sequence of drawn games heralds the start of a better run of form.
Certainly not a match to put any money on.
No prediction from me.

[UNDERHILL1927]

I'm mainly working on the theory that Blackburn have to draw eventually. Having said that, if there's one team in this division that are in a false position, I'd say it's them. No way are they as good as their league position suggests, although in fairness the Championship is rubbish anyway barring the top two. If Blackburn were 11th or 12th it would be about right as far as I'm concerned. I'll be surprised if they finish in the top ten.

Let’s hope you’re right mate, would take a draw right now.

[Gofer Blue]

Put it this way, I won't risk wasting another £12 for a NOW TV Sky Sports Day Pass to watch 'em. Will stick with CCFC audio!

[John Buchanan]

Put it this way, I won't risk wasting another £12 for a NOW TV Sky Sports Day Pass to watch 'em. Will stick with CCFC audio!

If Audio, can't you get it on the radio? Save yourself a fiver (is that what it is now?), But yourself a couple of long sleeve T shirts (wrong thread?).

[RichardM]

Before most games I think that’s a defeat, draw or win. I’m rarely right mind you.

You are right every time. It's always a defeat, draw or win.

[Former Labour leader]

You are right every time. It's always a defeat, draw or win.

Hedging my bets.😀
HNY

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

The 500 fans going up there deserve a medal

Bluebirds

[MacAdder]

The 500 fans going up there deserve a medal

Bluebirds

They're either single, in rocky relationships, or just plain mad!

Bless em all

[Canton Kev]

Right. I’m off to bed. Best of luck to all the fans that have been on a bus for 2 hours already. Bring back those 3 points

[BLUETIT]

You are right every time. It's always a defeat, draw or win.

Abandoned !

[goats]

They're either single, in rocky relationships, or just plain mad!

Bless em all

Not just a few hundred miles but an early k o, anyone think the gods are against us this season?

[tforturton]

Some interesting changes. Sang and Simpson both in, Robinson back.