About Match
13 points for Stoke City (7th), 9 for Blackburn Rovers (16th): a 4-point gap. Stoke City rank 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 7th table position. Against a league average of 1.46 goals per team per game, Stoke City run at 1.63 scored and 1.5 conceded, Blackburn Rovers at 1.5 and 1.5. A win would lift Stoke City to 16 points and up to 2nd (other results unchanged).
Stoke City have not lost in 5 games, having scored in 14 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Stoke City 13/15, Blackburn Rovers 5/15.
Across 23 recorded meetings, Stoke City have 12 wins to Blackburn Rovers's 6, with 5 draws, at 2.26 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 35% of the wins in this fixture.
The match takes place at Bet365 Stadium in Stoke (capacity 30,089).




