Blackburn v Cardiff Betting Preview
The big Championship kick off is here, as the first ball of the new season is kicked in anger at Ewood Park on Friday night. Blackburn missed out on the play offs last season in the Championship by just a couple of points, while Cardiff suffered relegation from the top flight. Who will get off to a strong start?
Blackburn v Cardiff Betting Tips
Rovers will be keen to turn around some poor form against the Bluebirds, as they have lost their last two league matches against Cardiff, having shipped seven goals in those two games too. Blackburn will be keen to get Jordan Rhodes up and running again from the outset, and he is priced up as an even money shot in the anytime goalscorer market at Boylepsorts. He was the first player for Blackburn since Alan Shearer to land back to back 20+ league goals in a single season with 27 and 25 in his two respective seasons so far at Ewood Park. A big feature of Blackburn’s season last term was high scoring games. They scored a lot and shipped a lot as well.
So it is worth looking over 2.5 goals for this one and Rovers have only managed just the one clean sheet in their last 11 opening matches to a new season. Just three of those last eleven have been won incidentally. Both Teams To Score should be a good option too, as both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in each of the last four meetings between them at Ewood Park. Blackburn have lost just one of the last five at home against Cardiff, winning three.
Cardiff have been solid on the opening day of new season in the second tier of English football, unbeaten in their last five, winning four. Another stat which is likely to push this game over 2.5 goals, is the fact that the Bluebirds have conceded in each of their last 13 trips to Blackburn, winning just three of matches. Last season in the Premier League, Cardiff struggled badly to score from open play and this could be a tough introduction back to life in the Championship. Adam Le Fondre at 2/1 is their shortest priced option in the anytime goalscorer market.
Blackburn v Cardiff Betting Odds
Blackburn 7/5, Cardiff 19/10, Draw 9/4
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Blackburn v Cardiff Predictions
Blackburn showed that they could muscle their way past teams last season, and were always a danger in the air. Cardiff haven’t added to their squad from last season apart from Javi Guerra on a freebie. There should be goals in this one and would back the home side, at decent value too, to get an opening three points on the board.
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