Blackburn Rovers
Bottom of the leagueTop
- League position 10th
- Goal difference +1
- Home Record
- Away Record
- Getting Away With It
- Holding Leads
- Comebacks
- Dark Arts Index
- Foul Magnet
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Getting Away With It
Well above average
+4.7 pts
avg −0.3 · 4th of 24 · This seasonavg
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Dark Arts Index
Well above average
2.55 cards/game
avg 2.01 · 3rd of 24 · This seasonavg
- Home & Away Home Above average Away Below average This season
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Comebacks
Above average
1.00 pts/game
avg 0.46 · 4th of 24 · This seasonavg
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Foul Magnet
Below average
10.6 fouls/game
avg 11.1 · 16th of 24 · This seasonavg
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Holding Leads
Average
2.25 pts/game
avg 2.32 · 11th of 24 · This seasonavg
This season's numbers
- Goals scored 17 =9th highest of 24
- Goals conceded 16 =11th lowest of 24
- Clean sheets 2 =12th highest of 24
- Shots 123 22nd highest of 24
- Shots on target 44 16th highest of 24
- Share of the shots in their games 40% 22nd highest of 24
- Corners won 68 4th highest of 24
- Fouls committed 117 15th highest of 24
- Fouls suffered 117 =16th highest of 24
- Yellow cards 27 =2nd highest of 24
- Red cards 1 =3rd highest of 24
- Points dropped from half-time leads 3 =9th highest of 24
Blackburn Rovers and each referee
League games since 2021-22, referees with 3 or more. Records like these are mostly chance: across five seasons, a club's record with a referee in one half of their games tells you nothing about the other half. Which refs are card-happy?
| Referee | P | W-D-L | Pts/g | Cards/g | Ref's usual | Fouls net/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Webb | 17 | 7-3-7 | 1.41 | 1.5 | 1.6 | +0.6 |
| J Smith | 14 | 8-0-6 | 1.71 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| M Donohue | 12 | 2-4-6 | 0.83 | 3.0 | 2.1 | +1.2 |
| O Langford | 12 | 2-6-4 | 1.00 | 1.6 | 1.8 | +0.5 |
| L Doughty | 11 | 2-3-6 | 0.82 | 2.2 | 2.2 | +0.3 |
| D Whitestone | 10 | 6-1-3 | 1.90 | 2.5 | 1.6 | −1.1 |
| G Ward | 9 | 6-0-3 | 2.00 | 2.0 | 1.9 | +1.1 |
| J Busby | 9 | 2-4-3 | 1.11 | 1.9 | 1.8 | +1.2 |
| J Linington | 9 | 2-2-5 | 0.89 | 1.8 | 2.0 | −0.7 |
| S Martin | 9 | 5-1-3 | 1.78 | 2.2 | 2.0 | +1.7 |
| J Simpson | 8 | 2-3-3 | 1.13 | 2.0 | 2.0 | −0.1 |
| A Kitchen | 7 | 3-1-3 | 1.43 | 2.3 | 1.5 | +1.4 |
| R Madley | 7 | 2-3-2 | 1.29 | 2.3 | 2.0 | +1.6 |
| T Robinson | 7 | 1-1-5 | 0.57 | 3.0 | 2.2 | +1.1 |
| J Bell | 6 | 4-2-0 | 2.33 | 2.0 | 1.9 | +2.8 |
| T Bramall | 6 | 3-0-3 | 1.50 | 2.2 | 1.9 | −1.2 |
| A Backhouse | 5 | 1-1-3 | 0.80 | 1.8 | 2.0 | −0.6 |
| A Davies | 5 | 2-1-2 | 1.40 | 1.6 | 1.7 | +2.6 |
| F Hallam | 5 | 2-2-1 | 1.60 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| K Stroud | 5 | 1-2-2 | 1.00 | 2.4 | 2.4 | −0.2 |
| A Herczeg | 4 | 0-1-3 | 0.25 | 1.5 | 1.8 | +4.8 |
| C Pawson | 4 | 3-1-0 | 2.50 | 2.3 | 2.0 | +4.8 |
| D England | 4 | 1-1-2 | 1.00 | 3.5 | 2.2 | +1.3 |
| J Brooks | 4 | 2-1-1 | 1.75 | 1.3 | 2.2 | +0.3 |
| L Smith | 4 | 3-1-0 | 2.50 | 2.0 | 1.9 | −2.0 |
| T Harrington | 4 | 2-1-1 | 1.75 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| T Kirk | 4 | 1-0-3 | 0.75 | 3.0 | 2.1 | +2.5 |
| T Nield | 4 | 3-1-0 | 2.50 | 1.8 | 1.8 | +2.3 |
| D Bond | 3 | 2-0-1 | 2.00 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| G Eltringham | 3 | 1-0-2 | 1.00 | 1.7 | 2.0 | −1.0 |
| R Jones | 3 | 0-2-1 | 0.67 | 3.0 | 2.0 | −1.3 |
| S Allison | 3 | 2-0-1 | 2.00 | 1.7 | 1.9 | −4.0 |
| W Finnie | 3 | 0-2-1 | 0.67 | 3.7 | 1.6 | −1.3 |
Manager changes
Points per game in the 10 league games before and after. If kept: what clubs on the same run of form averaged when they kept their manager. Does sacking the manager work?
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Valérien Ismaël out · Michael O'Neill in 2 Feb 2026 · 22nd at the time
- Before
- 0.70
- After
- 1.40
- If kept
- 1.19
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John Eustace out · Valérien Ismaël in 13 Feb 2025 · 5th at the time
- Before
- 1.00
- After
- 0.80
- If kept
- 1.35
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Jon Dahl Tomasson out · John Eustace in 9 Feb 2024 · 18th at the time
- Before
- 0.50
- After
- 0.90
- If kept
- 1.11