Blackburn vs Reading Prediction, Tips & Odds – Mar. 15, 2023
Blackburn vs Reading Prediction 15.03.2023. Blackburn is looking for three points to continue their push for a place in the playoff in the English Championship.
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Blackburn vs Reading Odds
Blackburn vs Reading 1×2: 1.80/3.50/4.50
Asian Handicap (-0.5/+0.5): 1.82/2.00
Total Over/Under (2.5): 2.18/1.68
Odds via Unibet Sportsbook.
Blackburn Team News
Blackburn has had a very good season, probably above all expectations. They are 5th in the table with 58 points and 18 wins after 36 rounds. They are far from the fight for second place because Sheffield United is nine points above them, but even the place in the playoffs is not secure because Norwich is only three points behind and WBA is five points behind.
Blackburn has a lot of jobs to do in the last 10 games. The schedule isn’t great because they have six games against the teams from the top 12, but six of the remainder 10 games they are playing at home.
The first of those six games are against Reding.
Blackburn was in the run of five consecutive wins and 11 games without a defeat before they suffered a defeat to Stoke on Friday night. They were very poor in the first half and that cost them a game.
This is the last game in the league for Blackburn until the start of April because the next week they will play in the FA Cup. So, this game is very important.
In the last 10 games, Blackburn failed to score only twice and kept four clean sheets. Only Middlesbrough and Burnley have won more points than Blackburn in the last month and a half. Also, Blackburn is the second-best home team in the league, after Burnley, and they have 12 wins in 17 games.
They have five consecutive clean sheets at home (10 in the season).
When Blackburn is playing it is a very big difference between performance at home and away and because of that, it’s very good that they have six home games left in the last 10 rounds.
Reading Team News
After fighting relegation last season, the fans were not optimistic about this season. But, Reading started the season unbelievably well and they were in the top 6 until the end of October, above every expectation.
But, since October things are starting to get in the right place. Reading fell in form and started to slip on the table. They are now 16th with 44 points and 13 wins after 36 games. With ten rounds to go, they are almost safe because they are 12 points clear of the relegation zone, but the last four months are terrible.
In the last four months, Reading has won only five games from 20 played and only five teams pick up fewer points than them. If they weren’t starting the season in the way they started they will be in the relegation fight now, but they pick up enough points in the first three months.
Reading is now in the run of three consecutive defeats. They failed to score in any of those games. Four of those five wins in the last four months were at Madejski Stadium. Away from home, they are in the run of five consecutive defeats and they failed to score in any of those five games!
Since the middle of September, they have had one win away from home and they failed to score in seven of the last 10 away games!
With 55 goals conceded they have the second-worst defence in the league and only Wigan concede more goals (57).
Blackburn vs Reading H2H
17.08.22 – Reading : Blackburn – 3:0
19.03.22 – Reading : Blackburn – 1:0
23.10.21 – Blackburn : Reading – 2:0
02.03.21 – Reading : Blackburn – 1:0
27.10.20 – Blackburn : Reading – 2:4
Injuries and suspensions
Blackburn: Bradley Dack, Thomas Kaminski, and Scott Wharton are injured.
Reading: Rahman Baba, Junior Hoilett, and Sam Hutchinson are injured.
Blackburn vs Reading Prediction
Blackburn is a huge favourite here. They have two consecutive games at home in the league against the teams from the bottom half of the table and they must take advantage of that.
They are in a very good run at home and at Ewood Park, they are a much better team and it’s very hard to break and beat them.
Reading are terrible in the last couple of months and they must be grateful for the great start of the season because, in the last four months, they are playing like a team from the relegation zone.
We believe that Blackburn is a huge favourite for a win here but we will go for them to score more than 1.5 goals.
Kick-off Time: Wednesday, 15.03.2023, 7:45 PM Local Time (GMT +1) / 20:45 CET
Prediction: Blackburn to score over 1.5 Goals
Odds: 2.05
Sportsbook: Unibet
