Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — AFC Bournemouth 2nd with 88 points, Blackburn Rovers 9th with 69, 19 apart. Blackburn Rovers ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Blackburn Rovers were scoring 1.28 and conceding 1.09, AFC Bournemouth 1.61 and 0.85, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
AFC Bournemouth's unbeaten run stood at 5.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Blackburn Rovers, 1 draw and 4 for AFC Bournemouth, at 3 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings.
Ewood Park in Blackburn, capacity 31,367, hosted the game. AFC Bournemouth led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.




