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Ipswich Town 3–0 Blackburn Rovers · Championship

3–0Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Ipswich Town won 3–0.

Shots
1710
Shots on target
70
Expected goals
2.860.66
Possession
48%52%

Full time

What the match recorded

Ipswich Town beat Blackburn Rovers 3–0. Recorded in this match (Ipswich Town – Blackburn Rovers): shots 17–10, shots on target 7–0, expected goals 2.86–0.66, possession 48%–52%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Blackburn Rovers's recent record differs from the season

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Blackburn Rovers's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.4 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.92 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 for0.4 goals/match0.92 goals/match1.34 goals/match

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

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots17 shots10 shotsIpswich Town 17 shots, Blackburn Rovers 10 shots
  • Shots on target7 shots0 shotsIpswich Town 7 shots, Blackburn Rovers 0 shots
  • Expected goals2.86 xG0.66 xGIpswich Town 2.86 xG, Blackburn Rovers 0.66 xG
  • Possession48%52%Ipswich Town 48%, Blackburn Rovers 52%
  • Corners7 corners6 cornersIpswich Town 7 corners, Blackburn Rovers 6 corners
  • Fouls6 fouls15 foulsIpswich Town 6 fouls, Blackburn Rovers 15 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

George Hirst · Ipswich Town · 23′ · 0.01 xG · off target or blockedSondre Tronstad · Blackburn Rovers · 44′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedTaylor Gardner-Hickman · Blackburn Rovers · 45′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedSindre Walle Egeli · Ipswich Town · 58′ · 0.02 xG · off target or blockedMathias Jørgensen · Blackburn Rovers · 66′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedMoussa Baradji · Blackburn Rovers · 83′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedSindre Walle Egeli · Ipswich Town · 41′ · 0.04 xG · on targetMoussa Baradji · Blackburn Rovers · 53′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedYuki Ohashi · Blackburn Rovers · 24′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedMarcelino Núñez · Ipswich Town · 70′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedSindre Walle Egeli · Ipswich Town · 8′ · 0.06 xG · on targetEiran Cashin · Blackburn Rovers · 17′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedCédric Kipré · Ipswich Town · 26′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedJack Clarke · Ipswich Town · 77′ · 0.07 xG · off target or blockedSammie Szmodics · Ipswich Town · 86′ · 0.08 xG · off target or blockedEiran Cashin · Ipswich Town · 3′ · 0.10 xG · goalJack Clarke · Ipswich Town · 52′ · 0.10 xG · on targetIvan Azón · Ipswich Town · 87′ · 0.14 xG · off target or blockedMoussa Baradji · Blackburn Rovers · 65′ · 0.15 xG · off target or blockedTaylor Gardner-Hickman · Blackburn Rovers · 65′ · 0.17 xG · off target or blockedMarcelino Núñez · Ipswich Town · 77′ · 0.18 xG · on targetIvan Azón · Ipswich Town · 78′ · 0.20 xG · off target or blockedAxel Henriksson · Blackburn Rovers · 45′ · 0.21 xG · off target or blockedSindre Walle Egeli · Ipswich Town · 50′ · 0.26 xG · off target or blockedJack Taylor · Ipswich Town · 12′ · 0.27 xG · goalDara O'Shea · Ipswich Town · 8′ · 0.31 xG · off target or blockedSammie Szmodics · Ipswich Town · 88′ · 0.55 xG · goalMarcelino Núñez · Ipswich Town · 50′ · 0.63 xG · on target
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Ipswich Town: 18 shots, 8 on target, 3.13 xG. Blackburn Rovers: 10 shots, 0 on target, 0.78 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

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

01.753.50′HT90′Eiran Cashin · Ipswich Town · 3′Jack Taylor · Ipswich Town · 12′Sammie Szmodics · Ipswich Town · 88′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Ipswich Town 3.13 xG · Blackburn Rovers 0.78 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Ipswich Town
1Draws
0Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers — Ipswich Town · Championship1–1
Blackburn Rovers — Ipswich Town · Championship0–1
Ipswich Town — Blackburn Rovers · Championship4–3

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Ipswich Town favored in 11 of 11 directional metrics · Blackburn Rovers in 0

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Window

Season

Ipswich Town26 matchesBlackburn Rovers26 matches
1.73 goals/match ▲Goals scored26/260.92 goals/match
0.92 goals/match ▲Goals allowed26/261.27 goals/match
1.68 xG/match ▲Expected goals26/261.34 xG/match
15.5 shots/match ▲Shots25/2512.6 shots/match
5.2 shots/match ▲Shots on target25/253.36 shots/match
56.2% ●Possession25/2549.9%
5 corners/matchCorners25/25● 5.64 corners/match
10.6 fouls/matchFouls25/2511.4 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples26 / 26home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • 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.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 17 Jan 2026, 16:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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