Championship · 2025Sat, 2 May 2026, 11:30 UTCFull timeEwood ParkFull-time recap
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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

MetricBlackburn RoversLeicester City
Shots12 shots/match22 shots/match
Shots on target3 shots/match9 shots/match
Expected goals1.4 xG/match2.52 xG/match
Possession50%50%
Corners9 corners/match11 corners/match
Fouls7 fouls/match6 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

Taylor Gardner-Hickman · Blackburn Rovers · 72′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedHamza Choudhury · Leicester City · 21′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedHarry Winks · Leicester City · 27′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedRyan Alebiosu · Blackburn Rovers · 65′ · 0.02 xG · on targetTaylor Gardner-Hickman · Blackburn Rovers · 50′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedSilko Thomas · Leicester City · 68′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedJannik Vestergaard · Leicester City · 34′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedMoussa Baradji · Blackburn Rovers · 37′ · 0.04 xG · on targetAdam Forshaw · Blackburn Rovers · 40′ · 0.04 xG · on targetTaylor Gardner-Hickman · Blackburn Rovers · 54′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedJordan James · Leicester City · 90′ · 0.04 xG · on targetJeremy Monga · Leicester City · 28′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedHamza Choudhury · Leicester City · 30′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedRyan Alebiosu · Blackburn Rovers · 64′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedStephy Mavididi · Leicester City · 27′ · 0.06 xG · on targetAdam Forshaw · Blackburn Rovers · 40′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedJannik Vestergaard · Leicester City · 89′ · 0.07 xG · on targetLouis Page · Leicester City · 34′ · 0.08 xG · on targetHamza Choudhury · Leicester City · 28′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blockedPatson Daka · Leicester City · 45′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blockedJordan Ayew · Leicester City · 77′ · 0.10 xG · on targetHarry Souttar · Leicester City · 23′ · 0.11 xG · on targetStephy Mavididi · Leicester City · 78′ · 0.11 xG · goalTodd Cantwell · Blackburn Rovers · 65′ · 0.12 xG · off target or blockedStephy Mavididi · Leicester City · 78′ · 0.13 xG · off target or blockedJannik Vestergaard · Leicester City · 89′ · 0.18 xG · off target or blockedYuki Ohashi · Blackburn Rovers · 52′ · 0.19 xG · off target or blockedStephy Mavididi · Leicester City · 56′ · 0.19 xG · off target or blockedJannik Vestergaard · Leicester City · 28′ · 0.24 xG · on targetJannik Vestergaard · Leicester City · 28′ · 0.25 xG · on targetJannik Vestergaard · Leicester City · 28′ · 0.26 xG · off target or blockedMoussa Baradji · Blackburn Rovers · 46′ · 0.30 xG · off target or blockedYuki Ohashi · Blackburn Rovers · 47′ · 0.38 xG · off target or blockedJannik Vestergaard · Leicester City · 28′ · 0.59 xG · off target or blocked
  • off target
  • on target
  • goal
  • penalty
  • size = xG

Blackburn Rovers: 12 shots, 3 on target, 1.28 xG. Leicester City: 22 shots, 9 on target, 2.82 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

01.530′HT90′Stephy Mavididi · Leicester City · 78′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Blackburn Rovers 1.28 xG · Leicester City 2.82 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Leicester City's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Leicester City. Limitation: Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Leicester City's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Leicester City's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/matchGoals forLast 5 · Season1.26 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for0.8 goals/match1.26 goals/match1.27 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Leicester City.

9.7 daysRest daysBlackburn Rovers · Leicester City7.69 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricBlackburn RoversLeicester CityBaseline
Rest days9.7 days7.69 days
Matches last 14 days1 matches3 matches

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1Blackburn Rovers
0Draws
0Leicester City
Leicester CityBlackburn Rovers · Championship02

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

Blackburn Rovers favored in 6 of 14 directional metrics · Leicester City in 4 · 4 too close

0.91 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 46/461.26 goals/match
1.22 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 46/461.48 goals/match
1.2 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 46/461.17 xG/match
1.19 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 46/461.42 xG/match
11.5 shots/matchShotsseason · 45/4512.7 shots/match
11.7 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 45/4512.9 shots/match
3.18 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 45/454.16 shots/match
3.69 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 45/454.02 shots/match
47.9%Possessionseason · 45/4551.6%
5.36 corners/matchCornersseason · 45/455.2 corners/match
5.02 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 45/455.93 corners/match
Cardsseason · 0/0
10.6 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 45/4510.7 fouls/match
Passesseason · 0/0
Pass accuracyseason · 0/0
Shots inside boxseason · 0/0
Blocked shotsseason · 0/0
Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0
Offsidesseason · 0/0
26%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 46/4613%
65%Scoring frequencyseason · 46/4680%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Blackburn Rovers35.4
Leicester City56.2
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 98%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Blackburn Rovers14.5
Leicester City57.6
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 99%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Blackburn Rovers74.3
Leicester City31.2
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 99%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Blackburn Rovers27.1
Leicester City43.8
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 98%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Blackburn Rovers52.1
Leicester City56.2
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 49%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Blackburn Rovers64.6
Leicester City56.2
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 98%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Blackburn Rovers38.5
Leicester City59.4
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 98%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches
1 goals/matchGoals scored5/50.8 goals/match
1.4 goals/matchGoals allowed5/51 goals/match
0.96 xG/matchExpected goals5/51.82 xG/match
9.2 shots/matchShots5/517 shots/match
3.2 shots/matchShots on target5/55 shots/match
39%Possession5/551.6%
4.6 corners/matchCorners5/58.2 corners/match
Cards0/0
8 fouls/matchFouls5/510.6 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

10 / 10 matches
0.8 goals/matchGoals scored10/101 goals/match
0.9 goals/matchGoals allowed10/101.1 goals/match
1 xG/matchExpected goals10/101.75 xG/match
10.8 shots/matchShots10/1017.8 shots/match
2.7 shots/matchShots on target10/105.9 shots/match
42.5%Possession10/1054.5%
5.1 corners/matchCorners10/107 corners/match
Cards0/0
8.2 fouls/matchFouls10/109.6 fouls/match

Window

Season

46 / 46 matches
0.91 goals/matchGoals scored46/461.26 goals/match
1.22 goals/matchGoals allowed46/461.48 goals/match
1.2 xG/matchExpected goals46/461.17 xG/match
11.5 shots/matchShots45/4512.7 shots/match
3.18 shots/matchShots on target45/454.16 shots/match
47.9%Possession45/4551.6%
5.36 corners/matchCorners45/455.2 corners/match
Cards0/0
10.6 fouls/matchFouls45/4510.7 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

23 / 23 matches
0.83 goals/matchGoals scored23/231.17 goals/match
1.17 goals/matchGoals allowed23/231.48 goals/match
1.24 xG/matchExpected goals23/231.14 xG/match
11.6 shots/matchShots22/2211.6 shots/match
3.23 shots/matchShots on target22/224.36 shots/match
48.4%Possession22/2249.1%
5.86 corners/matchCorners22/224.27 corners/match
Cards0/0
9.95 fouls/matchFouls22/2210.8 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

9.7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.69 days
1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/13 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceready
Season samples46 / 46home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 2 May 2026, 15:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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