FM Preview: Blackburn Rovers v Everton 14 Aug 2010

History of the Blackburn Rovers v Everton fixture

Everton face a trip to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Toffees will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2010, with Everton inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Rovers in a Premier League match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010	Sat 17 Apr	Blackburn R.	2 - 3	Everton	PREM
2009/2010	Sun 20 Sep	Everton	3 - 0	Blackburn R.	PREM
2008/2009	Wed 04 Mar	Blackburn R.	0 - 0	Everton	PREM
2008/2009	Wed 24 Sep	Blackburn R.	1 - 0	Everton	LGEC
2008/2009	Sat 16 Aug	Everton	2 - 3	Blackburn R.	PREM
2007/2008	Sat 02 Feb	Blackburn R.	0 - 0	Everton	PREM
2007/2008	Sat 25 Aug	Everton	1 - 1	Blackburn R.	PREM

Recent respective form guides

Blackburn Rovers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 6 conceded.

The Toffees have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Toffees, and 5 goals against.



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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Blackburn R.	6	2	3	1	6	5	9
Everton	6	3	3	0	10	7	12

FootyMad's prediction ...

A creditable return from recent away games for Toffees could well see them head back from Ewood Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Blackburn R.	Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Everton	Undefeated in last 6 away games. 12 games since last defeat.