Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City: Best Bets
Blackburn – 11/8
Draw – 9/4
Blues – 39/20
Birmingham’s incredible run of 15 matches without defeat at St Andrew’s came to an end last weekend but Garry Monk’s men will try to get back to winning ways at the first possible opportunity.
A trip to Blackburn Rovers offers an ideal chance for a huge away win…
888sport customers can back the Blues at 39/20 to prevail at Ewood Park and the hosts are there for the taking.
Despite their strong home record, confidence is low after a difficult run of results and Birmingham will be quietly confident of a successful trip.
After back-to-back clean sheet victories, it was disappointing to see the Blues fall short at home to Bristol City.
Monk will have his side fired up for this encounter though as they look to edge closer to the coveted playoff spots – Birmingham are 6/1 to finish in the top six.
Three of the last five meetings between these two sides have ended in a draw and plenty of bettors will fancy the 9/4 for another share of the spoils.
Only Nottingham Forest (10) have drawn more games than Birmingham and Blackburn (both 9) in the 2018/19 campaign.
Lukas Jutkiewicz is due a goal and it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see the Blues star get his name on the scoreboard here.
At 11/5, he represents excellent value in the anytime goal scorer betting with 888sport. It won’t be long before he is back amongst the goals…
Both teams to score has landed in eight of Blackburn’s previous nine Championship games and 3/4 for more goals this weekend is a solid bet.
Rovers are strong on home turf but the Blues will see opportunities fall their way and this one is evenly poised ahead of Saturday.
39/20 for Birmingham to win at Ewood Park is tempting but opting for Monk’s side to avoid defeat at 11/25 in 888sport’s double chance market is the way to go.
Blackburn have saved their best efforts for home games and the Blues may need to survive an early Rovers onslaught.
Prediction: Blackburn 1-1 Birmingham (21/4)
Bet of the day: Both teams to score (3/4)
Outside punt: Lukas Jutkiewicz to score anytime (11/5)
*Odds subject to change - correct at time of writing*
