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Wolves vs Blackburn — Championship 2025

Wolves
Wolves
Preview
19:00
Blackburn
Blackburn
8/14/2026ChampionshipChampionship · Round 1Molineux Stadium
42%
Wolves
model favours
42%26%32%

Wolves score first in only 15% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
52%
under 2.5 goals
52%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 6+ matches

Wolves42%
×Draw26%
Blackburn32%
✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Wolves
1.40
Blackburn
1.19

Wolves creates 18% more chances

Season form · 6 home / 24 away

creates per match

Wolves
1.50
Blackburn
1.04

allows per match

Wolves
1.33
Blackburn
1.29

finishing

Wolves+0.00on par
Blackburn+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Under
  • Under52
  • Over48

Close call

Both teams score

52%Yes
  • Yes52
  • No48

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Wolves ↓

Blackburn →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–08%
0–19%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–011%
1–113%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
92%8%1.5
73%27%2.5
48%52%3.5
26%74%4.5
12%88%

Double chance

Wolves or draw
68%
Wolves or Blackburn
74%
Draw or Blackburn
58%

Winning margin

Wolves wins by 2+
20%
Blackburn wins by 2+
13%

Team goals

Wolves 1+ goals
75%
Wolves 2+ goals
41%
Wolves 3+ goals
17%
Blackburn 1+ goals
70%
Blackburn 2+ goals
33%
Blackburn 3+ goals
12%

Draw no bet

Wolves (draw refunded)
57%
Blackburn (draw refunded)
43%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
40%
Both score & under 3
13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Wolves at home — creates 1.50, concedes 1.33 · 6 matches

Blackburn away — creates 1.04, concedes 1.29 · 24 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Wolves attack 1.50 + Blackburn defence 1.29 → ÷2 → 1.40

Blackburn attack 1.04 + Wolves defence 1.33 → ÷2 → 1.19

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 42%?"

Wolves scores more
42%
level
26%
Blackburn scores more
32%

Wolves at 42% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 42% does not mean "Wolves will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

  • 38% of Wolves’s goals come after the 75th minute
  • Wolves and Blackburn have never met before

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Form
Wolves
DDLDL
Blackburn
DLWDL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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