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History of the Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal fixture

Blackburn R. prepare to entertain Arsenal at Ewood Park at lunchtime on Saturday,

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ewood Park was just last season, in March 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-2 winners in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Wed 25 Aug	Arsenal	3 - 0	Blackburn R.	PREM
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

Recent respective form guides

Blackburn Rovers are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Rovers in those games, with 3 conceded.

Arsenal have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Blackburn R. find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 29 matches. Arsenal sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 61 points from their 29 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Blackburn R.	6	4	2	0	7	1	14
Arsenal	6	3	2	1	7	4	11

FootyMad's prediction ...

This is certainly an intriguing match for the Rovers, and one in which the FootyMad team are tentatively suggesting a drawn game. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Blackburn R.	Won 3 successive home games. 9 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 6 matches.
Arsenal	Undefeated in last 3 away games. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago.