FootyMAD's Blackburn Rovers match preview

History of the Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City fixture

Man. City face a trip to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 34 and win only 14 of the 59 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2008, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Premier League match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009	Sat 02 May	Man. City	3 - 1	Blackburn R.	PREM
2008/2009	Sun 28 Dec	Blackburn R.	2 - 2	Man. City	PREM
2007/2008	Thu 27 Dec	Man. City	2 - 2	Blackburn R.	PREM
2007/2008	Sun 02 Sep	Blackburn R.	1 - 0	Man. City	PREM
2006/2007	Sun 11 Mar	Blackburn R.	2 - 0	Man. City	FAC
2006/2007	Sat 20 Jan	Man. City	0 - 3	Blackburn R.	PREM
2006/2007	Sun 17 Sep	Blackburn R.	4 - 2	Man. City	PREM

Recent respective form guides

Blackburn Rovers are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These games have seen the Rovers score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 2.

The away form of Man. City is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Sky Blues have hit 4 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.



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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Blackburn R.	6	2	1	3	5	6	7
Man. City	6	4	0	2	11	8	12

FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Rovers, as the Sky Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Blackburn R.	Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Man. City	Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 18 outings ago.