Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
The Blackburn v Bolton odds have a Rovers win as the most likely outcome, with Steve Kean’s side backed overnight.
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With both sides in the bottom three, an evening of sadistic TV viewing pleasure is in store for the nation.
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Blackburn Rovers: 11/10
Bolton Wanderers: 13/5
Draw: 23/10
Such is the level of twisted interest in this match, you wouldn’t be entirely surprised to see the losing manager marched out on to the pitch after full time and dispatched by firing squad.
Anyway, let’s get to the heart of the issue. Both teams, essentially are poor and short on confidence. Blackburn have shown sporadic bursts of competence, but succumb frequently to late goals, while Bolton’s defensive record is just eye wateringly bad at 38 goals conceded in 16 games. They are actually slightly better away.
Blackburn could have striker Junior Hoilett back but their defence is weakened even further in the absence of the burly Scott Dann and there’s also no Gael Givet. This leaves them with Christopher Samba as the lone standout physical presence, while they haven’t kept a clean sheet in 19 matches. What they do at least have is the odd player like Samba, or Morten Gaamst Pedersen, who could just produce a free-kick goal or something from long range to take the game away from the mundane.
As for Bolton, we’d like to know what Owen Coyle is going to do to change things, but no one seems to have the intelligence to ask him. He’s cited excuses about injured players, missing players (valid to a point) and is now resorting to the “stand up and be counted” cliches.
The same cast that lost to Fulham will be out tonight. They have a poor record against Blackburn in recent seasons and if you are a fan of in play markets, you might want to know that they have lost every time they have conceded first this season.
You can see why early money has been for Rovers, and we do like a 2-1 Blackburn win at 10/1 with Paddy Power – use our link and you could claim up to £50 in free bets!