Everton v Blackburn 21st Jan 2012

Everton v Blackburn Rovers

Scene Setter

11^th placed Everton are at home to 17^th placed Blackburn Rovers with eight points between the two sides 

Blackburn matches this season have contained 76 goals, the most in the Pl whilst Everton’s have managed just 46, only Liverpool’s have included fewer 

Rovers with 32 goals have the sixth best scoring record in the Pl but they share that with the second worst defensive record with 44 

Only three teams have scored fewer than the 21 goals Everton have scored and it is 11 fewer than Rovers 

Everton have now gone three matches without a win

At Goodison Everton have only managed one clean sheet in 10 matches and have fallen behind in seven of their 10 home PL matches this season   

Everton have the seventh worst record at home in the PL this season with 11 points out of a possible 30 and with 14 have collected four more on the road 

Rovers have the fifth worst away record with eight points out of a possible but last time out on the road were winners at Old Trafford, their only away win of the season   

Rovers have conceded 22 goals on the road only Arsenal with 25 have conceded more 

Rovers have scored in all 10 of their away PL matches this season, the only team to do so

Everton with 25 have used more starters in the PL this season than anyone else and two more than Rovers 

Blackburn have used 10 players 21 or under, only Arsenal and Man Utd have used more and it is two more than the Toffees

Top scorer for either side is easily Aiyegbeni Yakubu with 12 goals which is nine more than any other Rovers player

It is also nine more than Everton’s leading scorers Leon Osman, Leighton Baines and Apostolos Vellios with Osman scoring all three of his at Goodison Park 

No one has started all 21 matches for Rovers this season with Steven N’zoni leading the way with 19, one more than Paul Robinson 

Everton have two ever presents in Tim Howard and Leighton Baines 

Louis Saha is Everton’s most subbed player coming off 10 times in 14 starts

Everton have only scored five goals in the first half of matches this season compared to 16 in the second 45 minutes 

Don’t expect to many goals in the opening 15 minutes, both teams have only managed one goal in this time period this season 

Attacking Stats

Defensive Stats

Fixture History 

Back in August Everton were 1-0 winners at Ewood Park

Rovers only have one win in the last six matches between the two with Everton winning four and one match drawn 

It is tight in the record between the two in the PL with Everton just leading 8/7 with two matches drawn 

Overall in the PL series between the two sees Everton again just edging it 15/13 with seven matches drawn

In 17 matches at Goodison there has only been one 0-0 draw

The most popular score line between the two at Goodison is 1-0 which has occurred six times

Rovers’ last win at Goodison was a 3-2 success back in August 2008 when Dutch International Andre Ooijer scored a 90^th minute winner

Everton have kept clean sheets in four of the last six home matches against Rovers    

The Toffees have only once scored more than two goals in 17 home matches against Rovers in the PL 

Louis Saha has five goals in 12 appearances against Rovers, only scoring more goals against Fulham and Chelsea 

Tim Cahill has just two goals in 11 appearances against Rovers and it is none in four at Goodison 

Check all the details of the PL matches between the two