Football Betting Guide to Blackburn Rovers

Premier League Betting

A Football Betting Guide to Blackburn (Back to Football Betting Guide Intro)

Online Bookmaker Free Bet Promotion:
Online bookmaker William Hill, which is one of the biggest names in UK betting, offer up to £25 free bets when you sign up exclusively through online-betting.me.uk. Follow the William Hill link here and enter the promo code F25 to get your reward. One of the market leaders in football betting, you can follow the exploits of Big Sam Allardyce and Blackburn betting with William Hill, enjoying their nice welcome offer.

Football Betting Prediction: Mid Table

Premier League Start: Blackburn 1, Everton 0

The Strengths: Finished in a credible 10th spot last season, but were far too unpredictable to expect them to push for a top six finish. After a poor start to the season, it’s actually to the credit of Sam Allardyce, who was missing for some of the season because of heart troubles, that he turned them around. Allardyce is naturally a strength for the Lancashire club, because of his passion and knowledge for the game. Granted the flair of his style of management and tactics is not up there along with the likes of Arsene Wenger, but Allardyce usually gets the job done. He’s tough, hard working northerner, and that is what Blackburn are. His way is his way, and while it upsets other managers who like to think themselves advocates of the beautiful game, Allardyce builds a strong, physical team which usually has plenty of aerial power. Blackburn go with a more direct approach and that is what has worked for them. The club will have known what to expect from Allardyce when hiring him, so they can have no qualms. The problem is, can he take the club upwards if he gets his hands on transfer funds, or will he look to strengthen the chances of survival only, instead of being brave and trying to lure technically gifted, creative footballers. However, they are in the midst of takeover talks and there is promise of £100 million being put up for new players. By the time the deal would be done though, that wouldn’t be any good until the January transfer window for Big Sam to go shopping.

The Weaknesses: They couldn’t take their game on the road, as it just didn’t work for them, so take that into consideration in your Blackburn football betting strategy. Allardyce needs to find a way to give a better account of themselves when they travel, and that will back up their good home form very well. The trouble is, the way Blackburn play, is that they concede a lot of the ball, and when you do that at Stamford Bridge or The Emirates then you are going to be in trouble. Arsenal scored six at home against them, Chelsea five and Manchester City four. Away form is just not good enough to be anything more than a solid and dependable mid table scrapping team. They don’t look as if they really have enough goals in them either home or away, but their defence is solid enough to keep lower opposition at bay. As much as he is a strength, Allardyce could be a weakness, if Blackburn want progressive football to go forward with.

Blackburn Betting Home:
You can get behind Blackburn with some confidence, as teams don’t like going to Ewood Park because they know that they are going to be in for a physical battle. Glamour teams like Chelsea and Manchester United don’t like that, especially not on a cold midweek night, and that’s where the style of Allardyce pays off. They can bombard teams physically and make nuisances of themselves, and it helped them to suffer just three home defeats last season, for a decent 53% win percentage at home. Could carry a little more weight in the goal scoring department (averaging 1.47 home goals scored), but they make a decent enough home bet nonetheless.

Blackburn Betting Away: Not worth the risk in backing too often. Blackburn had a 16% win percentage away from home last year, with just three road victories. Eleven defeats away from Ewood Park is not good enough if the team really has ambitions, and not worth the punt in your football betting on the surface of things.

Blackburn Best Football Betting Stat: 0-0 Score Prediction. Yes, seven of their eleven drawn matches were actually scoreless draws. Their mediocrity in the stats, highlights why there are a mid-table team.

Blackburn Best Football Betting Odds

Season Points Over 45: 11/10 at Victor Chandler

Top Goalscorer:
Nikola Kalinic: Evens at Victor Chandler
David Dunn: 3/1 at Victor Chandler
Jason Roberts: 4/1 at Victor Chandler

More betting information:
Betting Site