Blackburn vs West Ham preview: Five points between sides at Ewood Park

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Blackburn host West Ham in the Championship at Ewood Park on Saturday 7 November, with kick-off at 3pm. It is Matchweek 15, and Thomas Kirk is the referee.

Blackburn are 14th with 18 points from 14 games (five wins, three draws, six defeats), with 20 goals scored and 22 conceded. West Ham are eighth with 23 points from 14 games (six wins, five draws, three defeats), with 36 scored and 21 conceded. That is five points between the sides and a goal difference of +15 for West Ham against -2 for Blackburn.

Recent form

Blackburn have won three and lost three of their last six league games, scoring 8 goals and conceding 10. They beat Cardiff 2-1 and Bristol 1-0 away, lost 3-2 at West Brom, then beat Wrexham 2-0 at home. They have since lost 4-0 at Swansea and 2-1 at home to Stoke on Tuesday 3 November.

West Ham have won two, drawn two and lost two of their last six, scoring 14 and conceding 10. They drew 1-1 with QPR, won 6-0 at Lincoln and won 1-0 at Swansea. They then lost 3-2 to Southampton and 3-1 to West Brom, both at home, and drew 3-3 at Cardiff on Wednesday 4 November.

Team	Last six (oldest first)
Blackburn	WWLWLL WWLWLL
West Ham	DWWLLD DWWLLD

Blackburn: last six results

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
Tue 3 Nov	Home	Stoke	1-2	L
Sat 31 Oct	Away	Swansea	0-4	L
Sat 24 Oct	Home	Wrexham	2-0	W
Sat 17 Oct	Away	West Brom	2-3	L
Tue 13 Oct	Away	Bristol	1-0	W
Sat 10 Oct	Home	Cardiff	2-1	W

West Ham: last six results

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
Wed 4 Nov	Away	Cardiff	3-3	D
Sat 31 Oct	Home	West Brom	1-3	L
Sat 24 Oct	Home	Southampton	2-3	L
Sat 17 Oct	Away	Swansea	1-0	W
Wed 14 Oct	Away	Lincoln	6-0	W
Fri 9 Oct	Home	QPR	1-1	D

Team news

Blackburn have four players listed as absent: A. Forshaw (hip), L. Miller (Achilles tendon), M. Litherland (muscle) and R. Morishita (injury). West Ham have two: K. Mavropanos (knee) and K. Lamadrid (injury). No confirmed team news from either manager, Valérien Ismaël or Nuno Espírito Santo, was available at the time of writing.

Where Blackburn can hurt West Ham

ANALYSIS: West Ham have conceded three goals in each of their last three league games, nine in total, against Southampton, West Brom and Cardiff. Blackburn have scored two or more in three of their last six matches, so that record gives them a route to goals.

Blackburn won two of their three home games in the last six, beating Cardiff 2-1 and Wrexham 2-0 before losing 2-1 to Stoke. In each of those home games they scored at least once, which sets the platform for Ewood Park.

Where West Ham can hurt Blackburn

ANALYSIS: West Ham scored in all of their last six league games, 14 goals in total, including 6-0 at Lincoln and 3-3 at Cardiff. Their 36 league goals this season are 16 more than Blackburn’s 20.

Blackburn have conceded six goals in their last two league games, losing 4-0 at Swansea and 2-1 to Stoke. They have let in 22 in 14 league matches, and West Ham were unbeaten in their last three away games in that run, winning at Lincoln and Swansea and drawing at Cardiff.

How to watch

Blackburn vs West Ham is not shown live on UK television: Saturday 3pm kick-offs fall in the UK broadcast blackout.

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