Blackburn face a trip to Leeds United at Elland Road on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Rovers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 21 and win only 8 of the 40 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2003, with Blackburn inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the The Whites in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Apr | Leeds Utd | 2 - 3 | Blackburn | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 22 Sep | Blackburn | 1 - 0 | Leeds Utd | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 17 Mar | Leeds Utd | 3 - 1 | Blackburn | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 09 Dec | Blackburn | 1 - 2 | Leeds Utd | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 09 Jan | Blackburn | 1 - 0 | Leeds Utd | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Mon 24 Aug | Leeds Utd | 1 - 0 | Blackburn | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 11 Mar | Leeds Utd | 4 - 0 | Blackburn | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Leeds United have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The The Whites's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
The away form of Blackburn however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the Rovers, and 10 goals against.
Leeds Utd are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclaycard Premiership with a return of just 5 points from their 7 games thus far. Blackburn see themselves just below half way in the Barclaycard Premiership, showing a record of 8 points from their 7 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leeds Utd | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
| Blackburn | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Leeds Utd, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leeds Utd | Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Blackburn | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |