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Match predictionOur tip: 2-1

Blackburn Rovers vs Cardiff City Prediction: Mowbray's Side Eye Home Advantage

Blackburn Rovers welcome Cardiff City to Ewood Park on 10 October 2026. Sitting 16th with nine points from eight games, Blackburn need a good home performance to stay out of the bottom three, while Cardiff, in 21st with just seven…

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Preview

  • 2026-10-10 at 15:00 GMT marks a key week 9 encounter between Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City in 2026-2027's Championship.
  • On average in 10 games, Referee T. Nield registers 2-3 yellows and 0 reds, and 20 fouls.
  • With the data available to us, Tony Mowbray and Brian Barry-Murphy have not met as managers before.
  • With 9 points, Blackburn Rovers sit 16th, while Cardiff City have 7 points to occupy 21st.
  • Both teams have no missing players.
  • Forecasting a back five for Blackburn Rovers (5-4-1), while Cardiff City are anticipated to line up in 4-2-3-1.
  • Last time out, S. McLoughlin registered the best mark for Blackburn Rovers - 7.3 - and A. Robertson did likewise for Cardiff City with an 7.6 score.
  • Contrast in results: Blackburn Rovers had to share the points 2-2 with Portsmouth, whereas Cardiff City claimed victory 3-1 vs. Charlton Athletic.
  • Struggling form all round: Blackburn Rovers are 1-2-2 and Cardiff City are 1-1-3 in their recent 5 matches.
  • Very even book: across 22 encounters, it stands at 7-7 wins with 8 draws between Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff City.
  • We predict Blackburn Rovers to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (2-0-2) and 1.75 goals/game.

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Blackburn is going head to head with Cardiff on 10/10/2026 14:00 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Blackburn v Cardiff H2H statistics!