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Everton prepare to entertain Blackburn Rovers at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Blues are clearly on top, having won 42 and lost only 18 of the 75 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Goodison Park was less than a year ago, in March 2005, with Blackburn R. inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Blues in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 03 Dec | Blackburn R. | 0 - 2 | Everton | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 06 Mar | Everton | 0-1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Dec | Blackburn R. | 0 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Apr | Everton | 0 - 1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 10 Nov | Blackburn R. | 2 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Dec | Everton | 2 - 1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 17 Nov | Blackburn R. | 0 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Everton have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Blues in those games, with 5 conceded.
Blackburn R. have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Rovers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Everton see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 33 points from their 25 games played so far, Blackburn R.'s 37 points from 24 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Everton | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Blues are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Everton | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. |
| Blackburn R. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |