- West Bromwich have taken 6 points from their last 3 home H2Hs (W2, L1).
- West Bromwich have won two, drawn two and lost one of their five home games in this Championship season.
A close run thing at The Hawthorns
A disappointing 1-0 defeat at Wolves last time out made it two defeats on the trot for West Bromwich following their 1-0 home loss to bitter rivals Birmingham City.
James Morrison's Baggies have now recorded two wins, one draw and two defeats from their last five games, which leaves them ninth in the Championship 2026-2027 standings with 14 points from nine games.
That's only marginally ahead of Blackburn Rovers, who are 13th with 12 points from their opening nine games.
Tony Mowbray's Rovers have won twice, drawn once and lost twice across their last five Championship games, a run which began with a 2-2 draw at Portsmouth before snapping back with a 2-1 victory over Cardiff City at home.
Familiar foes
These sides drew 0-0 in their only Championship H2H in 2025/2026 and this fixture has produced very little in the way of entertainment in the past five meetings, with West Brom winning two, Blackburn winning once and two stalemates.
The Baggies are the clear favourites here at 4/5 with the draw at 13/5 and Rovers at a massive 159/50 for the win.
Although West Brom are favourites, they haven't been playing their best football of late and Blackburn could nick this if the away form of Rovers holds up. As such, we're going for a West Brom win to nil.
A clash of philosophies
Morrison's 4-4-2 is compact and is built on structure, direct transitions and keeping the game tight. However, Rovers are the opposite, employing a more fluid, front-foot system with higher tempo and fuller use of the flanks.
Jimmy-Jay Morgan will be the baggies' main man on the day with three Championship goals and three assists in eight games, while Andri Gudjohnsen (3 goals in 7 games) and Oladapo Afolayan (3 of Blackburn's last eight goals in 5 matches) will look to fire Rovers up front.
West Brom have scored 1.20 goals per home game on average so far this term (6 total) and Blackburn have averaged 1.25 goals per away game (5 total), so a narrow home win looks about right for the correct score prediction.
