{"id":1392061,"date":"2025-08-08T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=news&p=1392061"},"modified":"2025-08-08T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:00:22","slug":"west-brom-vs-blackburn-championship","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/west-brom-vs-blackburn-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"West Brom vs Blackburn prediction, odds, tips & team news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

West Bromwich Albion and Blackburn Rovers meet at the Hawthorns on the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Championship<\/a> season on Saturday 9th August at 3pm. Just two points separated the two teams in the table at the end of last season, with Rovers finishing seventh, one point outside the play-offs. Find our match preview and best bets below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Double Chance Blackburn (11\/10 with Sky Bet<\/a>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Blackburn finished last season strongly, and they can carry that good form into the new campaign under Valerien Ismael. Rovers were unbeaten in all of their previous six (W4 D2), and were incredibly unlucky to miss out on a spot in the playoffs. West Brom failed to score in both league matches against Blackburn in the 2024-25 season, with the East Lancashire side emerging 2-0 winners in the Midlands, while the pair played out a goalless draw at Ewood Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackburn to Win & Under 2.5 Goals (7\/1 with Sky Bet<\/a>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

West Brom were defeated in five of their last eight matches at the back end of last season, with home defeats against Sunderland and Derby in that period. Blackburn, on the other hand, have a knack of grinding out results away from home. Six of their last seven away victories have been by a 1-0 scoreline, while the only other victory in that sample was the 2-0 win at the Hawthorns in February.<\/p>\n\n\n

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