FootyMAD's Arsenal match preview

Last updated : 24 August 2004 By Footymad Previewer
History of the Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers fixture

Blackburn R. face a trip to Arsenal at Highbury on Wednesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 28 and win only 8 of the 50 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2003, the Gunners carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004Sat 13 MarBlackburn R.0 - 2ArsenalPREM
2003/2004Sun 14 DecArsenal1 - 0Blackburn R.PREM
2002/2003Sat 15 MarBlackburn R.2 - 0ArsenalPREM
2002/2003Sat 26 OctArsenal1 - 2Blackburn R.PREM
2001/2002Wed 30 JanBlackburn R.2 - 3ArsenalPREM
2001/2002Tue 11 DecBlackburn R.4 - 0ArsenalLC
2001/2002Sat 20 OctArsenal3 - 3Blackburn R.PREM

Recent respective form guides

Arsenal are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Gunners have rattled up an impressive 19 goals, and conceded 7.

Blackburn R. have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Rovers's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.

Arsenal are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 6 points from the 2 games played. Blackburn R. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 1 points from their 2 games played so far,

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Arsenal651016716
Blackburn R.6222668

FootyMad's prediction ...

The Rovers are doing reasonably well on their travels in recent games, but FootyMad think this will not be enough to stop what should be a relatively comfortable home win for Arsenal. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Arsenal Won 3 successive home games.
4 games since last home draw.
Won their latest 5 matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 5 .
Blackburn R. Lost each of the previous 2 away matches.
Not won in previous 2 away matches.
No win in the 4 most recent games.