Blackburn vs Oxford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th August 2024

When Oxford come to Ewood Park for the Championship match this coming Saturday, Blackburn will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Placed fourth in the table Blackburn have amassed four points after two matches. On three points, Oxford rank eightth with two matches played this season.

Blackburn will be satisfied having collected four points from a possible six in their new Championship campaign, and aim to stay undefeated.

Both Blackburn and Oxford aim to show their respective set of fans they are the better side this coming Saturday, and we are bound to see an exciting game.

Blackburn go into their next Championship match, scoring a humble average of 1.5 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 15 times, while conceding 14. That amounts to an average of 1.4 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Oxford are brimming with confidence in front of goal before the upcoming away match in the Championship, as they can show off very handsome numbers from their previous two games. The visitors scored two times on average per match, for a total of four goals. They also let in three goals, leaving an average of 1.5 per match. They fought their way to one clean sheets.

This is the first time Blackburn squares up against Oxford in the Championship in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent.

Blackburn vs Oxford Prediction

Blackburn Form

In their last three matches, Blackburn won 4-2 and 1-6 against first Derby then Stockport County, before drawing 2-2 against Norwich. Blackburn just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Championship matches at the Ewood Park. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded seven goals.

The target for Blackburn this season has to be staying above the relegation zone in order to stay in the Championship.

Oxford Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Oxford. They first took out Norwich by 2-0 before downing Peterborough by 2-0. The winning streak came to an end against Coventry, who ran out 3-2 winners. Oxford came through their last six away games in the Championship without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew zero and lost one in which, they were outscored by three goals to two.

A struggle seems inevitable at this stage for Blackburn, as the home side look to beat the drop zone and keep their Championship status.

Blackburn have built up a nice momentum, and we doubt Oxford are capable of getting in the way of the home side at Ewood Park, as we aim for the home win.

Blackburn vs Oxford Squads

Blackburn Squad

Eustace will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Oxford from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season):

Aynsley Pears (0/2), Jack Barrett (0/0), Joe Hilton (0/0), Callum Brittain (0/2), Danny Batth (0/2), Dominic Hyam (0/2), Harry Pickering (0/2), Hayden Carter (0/2), Jake Batty (0/0), Kyle McFadzean (0/0), Scott Wharton (0/0), Joe Rankin-Costello (0/2), John Buckley (0/1), Lewis Travis (0/2), Ryan Hedges (1/2), Sondre Tronstad (0/2), Tyrhys Dolan (1/2), Zak Gilsenan (0/0), Andreas Weimann (1/2), Aodhan Doherty (0/0), Arnor Sigurdsson (0/1), Harry Leonard (0/0), Jack Vale (0/0), Makhtar Gueye (0/2), Yuki Ohashi (2/2).

Oxford Squad

Below is the full team squad of Oxford. The manager Buckingham will pick his starting XI against Blackburn from these players:

Jamie Cumming (0/2), Matt Ingram (0/0), Monty Marriott (0/0), Simon Eastwood (0/0), Ciaron Brown (1/2), Elliott Moore (0/2), Gregory Leigh (0/1), Hidde ter Avest (0/0), Jack Currie (0/0), James Golding (0/0), Jordan Thorniley (0/0), Joseph Bennett (0/2), Peter Kioso (0/0), Richard McIntyre (0/0), Sam Long (0/2), Cameron Brannagan (1/2), Idris El Mizouni (0/2), Joshua McEachran (0/0), Kyle Edwards (0/0), Louie Sibley (0/1), Malcolm Ebiowei (0/0), Marcus McGuane (0/0), Marselino Ferdinan (0/0), Matthew Phillips (0/1), Max Woltman (0/0), Przemyslaw Placheta (0/2), Tobias Brenan (0/0), Tyler Goodrham (0/2), Will Vaulks (0/2), Zaide Took-Oxley (0/0), Aidan Elliott-Wheeler (0/0), Dane Scarlett (0/0), Gatlin O'Donkor (0/0), Mark Harris (2/2), Owen Dale (0/0), Ruben Rodrigues (0/2), Will Goodwin (0/0).

Blackburn vs Oxford Team News

Blackburn seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Saturday. There is no need for Scott Wharton to show up in the Blackburn dressing room, as he is suspended.

Sidelined with an injury, Blackburn can't field Hayden Carter this coming Saturday against Oxford.

Oxford seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Ewood Park to face Blackburn.

Matthew Phillips is too injured to face Oxford.

Blackburn vs Oxford Lineups

Blackburn vs Oxford H2H

Having never played each other in the Championship in the 21st century, this is the first time Blackburn comes up against Oxford in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. Blackburn picked up three wins in their previous three matches against Oxford, while the latter claimed zero wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 11/4.

Blackburn vs Oxford Results

Blackburn vs Oxford Betting Tips

Yuki Ohashi is the most prolific Championship marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Oxford look to Mark Harris, hoping he can add to his current total of two Championship goals in his latest games.

Blackburn claimed all three points two times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing six along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Oxford won six of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing two in this series of matches. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Ewood Park since both teams scored in seven of the last 10 home matches for Blackburn. The same occurred in four of the last 10 league games away from home for Oxford.

Blackburn saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Oxford's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.6 goals in these matches.