Blackburn vs Wolverhampton Wanderers prediction and betting tips on February 9, 2025
Game Prediction
Blackburn and Wolverhampton Wanderers will play in the 1/16 finals of the FA Cup on February 9, 2025. Each club will prioritize their fight in their divisions, but the opponents, at the same time, expect to go further in this tournament.
Our prediction for the match Blackburn vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Last season, “the Wanderers” fought for survival in the Championship. As a result, they managed to break away by 1 win from the relegated participant, Birmingham, gaining 53 points, and take 19th place. As for “the Wolves”, they were able to do without nerves, although O'Neil had replaced Lopetegui a few days before the start of the 2023/2024 season. The club comfortably finished in 14th position in the Premier League with 46 points.
This season, Gary has not been doing well. The club management gave him time to improve the situation, but, the specialist was dismissed after a 1-2 failure in the struggle with Ipswich in December. Vitor Pereira, who had taken over the position, started optimistically with victories over Leicester and Manchester United and a draw in the battle against Tottenham, but then the losses began again. In this regard, the victory over Aston Villa was an important success – the team won with a 2-0 score in the previous round. John Eustace, who arrived at Ewood Park a year ago, was given the opportunity to spend the pre-season, and his footballers are no longer fighting for survival, but for promotion, in the new championship (although this club’s results have worsened in the previous rounds – QPR beat the team with a 1-2 score).
Still, “the Rovers” won the cup. Weimann’s goal in the middle of the second half was enough to beat Middlesbrough on the away field. At the same time, “the Wolves”, who had already started to lose again, dealt with Bristol City at the away arena – they scored both of their goals by the 21st minute of the confrontation.
Blackburn vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: key statistics and trends
- Blackburn has lost to 4 of 5 previous opponents.
- Wolverhampton has lost 3 of 4 previous matches.
- Wanderers scores 1.42 goals and concedes 2.17 goals on average per game.
Blackburn vs Wolverhampton Wanderers: possible starting line-ups
Blackburn (possible line-up): Toth – Beck, Batth, Hyam, Brittain – Tronstad, Buckley, Rankin-Costello, Cantwell, Weimann – Leonard.
Wolverhampton Wanderers (possible line-up): Johnstone – Agbadou, Bueno, Doherty - Ait Nouri, Gomes, Andre, Gomes – Hwang Hee-chan, Larsen, Guedes.
Previous head-to-head matches: Blackburn vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
All 3 previous head-to-head encounters have ended in draws. Still, they happened in 2016-2017, when “the Wolves” were in the Championship.
Free prediction for the match Blackburn vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
The guests are naturally the favourites of the following confrontation. It is reasonable to bet on their victory over the opponent experiencing a crisis (odd: 1.72).