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Blackburn R. prepare to entertain Arsenal at Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 20 of the 54 previous games, with the Rovers winning just 19.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ewood Park was less than a year ago, in December 2007, with Arsenal inflicting a narrow 2-3 defeat upon the Rovers in an League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Mon 11 Feb | Arsenal | 2 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 18 Dec | Blackburn R. | 2-3 | Arsenal | LGEC |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 19 Aug | Blackburn R. | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 28 Feb | Blackburn R. | 1 - 0 | Arsenal | FAC |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Feb | Arsenal | 0 - 0 | Blackburn R. | FAC |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 13 Jan | Blackburn R. | 0 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Dec | Arsenal | 6 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Blackburn Rovers are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 13 goals for the Rovers, with 6 goals against.
Arsenal have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Gunners, and 1 goals against.
Blackburn R.'s 4 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Arsenal sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 6 points from their 3 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers go into their game against Arsenal in confident mood, but FootyMad sees them coming down to earth, with the visitors narrowly taking all three points. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackburn R. | Unbeaten in the last 10 home games. |
| Arsenal | 9 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 12 outings ago. |