Championship · Matchday 11 Match report

West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

West Bromwich Albion

3-2Full time

Blackburn Rovers

Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Our picks against the result

8 of 12 right

Result West Bromwich Albion win49% 3-2
Double chance West Bromwich Albion or draw (1X)77% 3-2
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.557% 5 goals
More corners West Bromwich Albion62% West Bromwich Albion (8-4)
Yellow cards Around average 0 yellow cards · league 3.0
Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 3.5 Under63% 4.5 Under80% 5.5 Under91%
Corners Around average 12 corners · league 10.5
Corners 12 corners 8.5 Over69% 9.5 Over59% 10.5 Under52%

Match stats

West Bromwich Albion Blackburn Rovers

3 Goals 2
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
8 Corners 4

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

West Bromwich Albion vs Blackburn Rovers opens Matchday 11 at The Hawthorns on Saturday 17 October 2026, and in the Championship our model picks a home win, with a double chance on West Bromwich Albion to win or draw.

Why this pick?

Our model leans towards a West Bromwich Albion win at The Hawthorns, rating the hosts slightly the stronger side and noting that Blackburn Rovers sit below the Championship average on the same measure, with home advantage adding to the case. The counterweight is our goal model's reading of the matchup, which does not see it as straightforward. West Bromwich Albion's defence is their strongest suit, but over the last five matches they have shot rarely, created few big chances and spent little time in the box, and Blackburn Rovers have created little themselves. Their edge in quality and the venue carry more, and the call is moderate rather than clear-cut.

Form guide

West Bromwich Albion

W 2-1 at Wrexham (A) Championship · 13 Oct
L 0-1 vs Birmingham City (H) Championship · 10 Oct
L 0-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) Championship · 20 Sep
D 1-1 vs Queens Park Rangers (H) Championship · 12 Sep
W 1-0 at Derby County (A) Championship · 9 Sep

Blackburn Rovers

W 1-0 at Bristol City (A) Championship · 13 Oct
W 2-1 vs Cardiff City (H) Championship · 10 Oct
D 2-2 at Portsmouth (A) Championship · 19 Sep
W 3-1 vs Millwall (H) Championship · 12 Sep
L 1-2 vs Sheffield United (H) Championship · 8 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

West Bromwich AlbionBlackburn Rovers

Attack 22 13 1.2 goals per match this season1.5 goals per match this season

Defence 83 61 1.0 conceded per match this season1.3 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Championship clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.