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    Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers - Match Preview

    Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers - Match Preview
    03/30/2019 3236

    The international break may have come at just the wrong time for Aston Villa, but nevertheless, Dean Smith’s side seem to be finally gathering momentum as they seek to record a fifth straight win in the Championship when they welcome Blackburn Rovers to Villa Park this Saturday.

    Recent wins against Derby County 4-0, bitter local rivals Birmingham City 1-0, Nottingham Forest 3-1 and Middlesbrough 3-0 make for an impressive portfolio of victories, and the signs are ominous for Blackburn as their hosts have now moved up into 6th place and now sit in the play-off pack.

    Overall, Villa are unbeaten in their last five matches and with the return of their influential midfielder and skipper, Jack Grealish (4 goals, 5 assists), they now look like genuine play-off contenders. Fellow midfielders McGinn (5 goals, 8 assists) and Hourihane (6 goals, 10 assists) have also provided valuable contributions to the supply line for leading goalscorer, Abraham (21 goals).

    Aston Villa will now take some stopping, particularly at Villa Park where they’ve lost just once out of their last seven matches on home turf.

    Blackburn Rovers were handed a third defeat in four matches just before the international break when they suffered a 4-2 defeat away at Sheffield Wednesday which joined earlier losses to Rotherham United and Preston North End, and they face a very tough assignment in the west midlands this Saturday.

    With just one win from their last nine matches overall in the Championship, which was a 3-0 home win over Lancashire rivals, Wigan Athletic, Rovers are trending in a downward trajectory which sees the visitors in 16th place on the Championship ladder.

    Blackburn have collected 12 wins so far this season in their return to the second tier, but only four of them have been achieved away from home, and having now gone five matches without a win on their travels (losing four of these), it’s hard to see how they’ll cope with the creativity and firepower of Aston Villa on Saturday.

    Defeats at Brentford, Reading, Rotherham United and Sheffield Wednesday, three of whom sit in the bottom half of the Championship, underline the problems that Rovers have had in recent weeks on their travels.

    In addition, although Rovers have scored 2 goals in 5 of their last 6 away matches, their defence continues to ship goals on an even more regular basis and having conceded 42 goals already on the road, the visitors possess the worst defensive record away from home in the division.

    Anything other than a home win for Aston Villa would be a surprise here.

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    OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
    1
    		 Middlesbrough 25 12 7 4 1 10
    2
    		 Swansea City 23 12 7 2 3 3
    3
    		 West Ham 22 12 6 4 2 17
    4
    		 Wolverhampton 21 12 6 3 3 4
    5
    		 West Bromwich 21 12 6 3 3 3
    6
    		 Southampton 20 12 7 3 2 12
    7
    		 Birmingham City 20 12 5 5 2 8
    8
    		 QPR 20 12 5 5 2 8
    9
    		 Stoke City 20 12 6 2 4 2
    10
    		 Blackburn Rovers 18 12 5 3 4 3
    11
    		 Portsmouth 18 12 5 3 4 1
    12
    		 Sheffield United 16 12 4 4 4 1
    13
    		 Millwall 15 12 4 3 5 -1
    14
    		 Bristol City 15 12 4 3 5 -3
    15
    		 Lincoln City 15 12 4 3 5 -7
    16
    		 Cardiff City 14 12 3 5 4 2
    17
    		 Wrexham FC 14 12 3 5 4 -3
    18
    		 Bolton Wanderers 14 12 4 2 6 -7
    19
    		 Charlton Athletic 14 12 3 5 4 -7
    20
    		 Norwich City 12 12 4 0 8 -2
    21
    		 Watford 11 12 3 2 7 -10
    22
    		 Burnley 8 12 1 5 6 -8
    23
    		 Derby County 7 12 1 4 7 -11
    24
    		 Preston North End 5 12 1 2 9 -15
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    Southampton: -4 Points
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