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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: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Mar | Blackburn R. | 0 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 14 Dec | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Blackburn R. | 2 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Arsenal | 1 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 30 Jan | Blackburn R. | 2 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 11 Dec | Blackburn R. | 4 - 0 | Arsenal | LC |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Oct | Arsenal | 3 - 3 | Blackburn 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,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 16 |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
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. |