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Everton face a trip to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Wednesday evening, 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 earlier this season, the Rovers carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Everton | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 07 Jan | Everton | 1 - 4 | Blackburn R. | FAC |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 23 Aug | Blackburn R. | 1 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Blackburn Rovers have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 11 to 9.
Everton have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Toffees's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 4 goals for and 3 against.
Blackburn R. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 26 points from 26 matches. Everton find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 44 points they have accumulated from 27 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Everton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Everton are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackburn R. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Everton | Not won in previous 4 away matches. 6 games since last defeat. |