West Brom v Blackburn

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West Brom were handed a disappointing 1-0 defeat away from home at Swansea City on New Years Day but The Baggies return to the more familiar surroundings of their Hawthorns ground for this upcoming clash against Blackburn Rovers with the hosts looking to chalk up a third home win on the trot, while Blackburn Rovers will be eager to halt a five-match winless run in the Championship.

Despite that loss away from home in Wales last time out in the Championship, West Brom will return home still in pretty confident mood that they can set the record straight here this Saturday as the west midlands club had previously registered back-to-back wins at home against the likes of Norwich City and Leeds United respectively.

Results overall have produced a bit of a mixed bag for Carlos Corberan's side following a run of three wins on the trot earlier in the season which brought victories for The Baggies against QPR, Coventry City and Hull City, as the hosts have picked up just five wins from their subsequent 11 games since.

However, West Brom have been tough to beat at The Hawthorns and this is underlined by the fact that Corberan's side have suffered just the one defeat in their last 10 home games, picking up six wins in the process.

Blackburn Rovers have suffered a dramatic decline in fortunes of late in recent times as the Lancashire club have managed to capture just one win from their last eight league matches overall in the Championship which came in the form of a 2-1 home win against Bristol City but six defeats within this period have resulted in the visitors dropping down the table to 17th place.

Whilst there's no immediate danger of being dragged into the relegation dogfight that is raging on below them, Blackburn will be keen to halt their steady slide down the Championship table with a result here at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon but this looks like being a tough task for Jon-Dahl Tomasson's side.

Four of Blackburn Rovers' six defeats in their last eight games have been inflicted upon the visitors on their travels by way of losses incurred on the road at Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Huddersfield Town and Hull City respectively which does not bode well for this upcoming trip to the west midlands on Saturday afternoon.

Indeed, Blackburn Rovers have lost seven of their 13 away games so far in this season's Championship campaign and the visitors will do well to avoid yet another defeat on Saturday.

West Brom v Blackburn Rovers Verdict

West Brom are unbeaten in their last five meetings at home against Blackburn Rovers and the hosts look the more likely to take the spoils in this one too.

Therefore, our main bet will be West Brom win @ 1.95

Other side bets worth considering:

West Brom win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.33

Correct Score: West Brom 2-0 @ 8.50