Blackburn Rovers vs West Ham United Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Nov 7, 2026)

How the bets settled

Match report

Blackburn Rovers beat West Ham United 2-1, with A. Gudjohnsen opening the scoring in the 54th minute from J. Fevrier’s assist. O. Afolayan doubled the lead in the 71st minute after Y. Ohashi set him up, and J. Piroe pulled one back for West Ham in the 82nd minute from T. Castellanos’s assist.

The stats told a contrasting story. West Ham had 65% possession, 20 shots to Blackburn’s 5, five shots on target to three and a 1.33 to 0.97 xG edge, plus two big chances to one. Blackburn made their chances count, while the yellow cards finished 3-2.

Before the match, Blackburn’s form read LLWLW and West Ham’s DLLWW. Both teams had scored in 71% and over 2.5 goals had landed in 79%, and this match finished with both teams scoring and three goals. Gudjohnsen, Afolayan and Piroe were the key scorers, with Fevrier, Ohashi and Castellanos providing the assists.

How the props finished

5 of 9 cleared

Player	Line	Price	Result
Oladapo Joshua Afolayan	Over 0.5 shots on target	-105 DraftKings	1 Cleared
Jarrod Bowen	Over 1.5 shots on target	+160 BetMGM	0 Missed
Mohamadou Kanté	Over 0.5 shots on target	+155 BetMGM	0 Missed
Todd Owen Cantwell	Over 0.5 shots on target	-118 BetMGM	1 Cleared
Kristi Montgomery	Over 2.5 tackles	-125 DraftKings	0 Missed
Harry Leslie Pickering	Over 0.5 fouls	-175 DraftKings	1 Cleared
Maximilian William Kilman	Over 0.5 shots	-115 DraftKings	1 Cleared
Divine Mukasa	Over 1.5 tackles	-150 DraftKings	2 Cleared
Edvin Austbö	Over 0.5 shots on target	-180 DraftKings	0 Missed

Each player’s top line by recent hit rate before the match, graded against the box score. These are research lines, not posted picks.

Goals

• 54′ A. Gudjohnsen, assist J. Fevrier Blackburn Rovers
• 71′ O. Afolayan, assist Y. Ohashi Blackburn Rovers
• 82′ J. Piroe, assist T. Castellanos West Ham United

How the key matchups went

• Fevrier: 0 shots, 0 shots on target, 0 fouls won. Mayers: 1 foul committed, 7 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
• Afolayan: 1 shot, 1 shot on target, 3 fouls won. Veltman: 2 fouls committed, 1 tackle, 0 yellow cards.
• Gudjohnsen: 2 shots, 1 shot on target, 1 foul won. Mavropanos: 0 fouls committed, 4 tackles, 0 yellow cards. Kilman: 1 foul committed, 1 tackle, 1 yellow card.
• Bowen: 3 shots, 0 shots on target, 2 fouls won. Pickering: 1 foul committed, 6 tackles, 0 yellow cards.
• Austbo: 1 shot, 0 shots on target, 1 foul won. Beyuku: 2 fouls committed, 2 tackles, 1 yellow card.
• Piroe: 3 shots, 2 shots on target, 0 fouls won. Carter: 0 fouls committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards. McLoughlin: 0 fouls committed, 0 tackles, 0 yellow cards.

Box score

Blackburn

Player	MIN	G	A	SH	SOT	xG	KP	PAS	TKL	FC	FS	YC	SV	RAT
Pickering H.	90	0	0	1	0	0.09	0	26/32	6	1	0	0	0	7.7
Cantwell T.	90	0	0	1	1	0.11	0	31/39	1	0	1	0	0	7.0
Gudjohnsen A.	71	1	0	2	1	0.72	0	16/22	1	1	1	0	0	7.6
Afolayan O.	90	1	0	1	1	0.04	0	16/26	2	4	3	0	0	6.8
Carter H.	90	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	25/28	0	0	0	0	0	6.4
Montgomery K.	83	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	22/24	0	1	1	1	0	6.4
Beyuku G.	90	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	26/29	2	2	0	1	0	6.7
Toth B.	90	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	16/32	0	0	0	0	4	7.0
Fevrier J.	70	0	1	0	0	0.00	3	11/13	2	1	0	0	0	7.3
Morsy S.	90	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	26/35	2	1	1	0	0	6.4
McLoughlin S.	90	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	21/29	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Kargbo A.	20	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1/1	1	2	1	1	0	6.7
Baradji M.	7	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1/1	0	2	0	0	0	–
Ohashi Y.	19	0	1	0	0	0.00	2	5/7	1	1	0	0	0	7.1

West Ham

Player	MIN	G	A	SH	SOT	xG	KP	PAS	TKL	FC	FS	YC	SV	RAT
Kilman M.	90	0	0	1	0	0.01	1	86/105	1	1	3	1	0	7.5
Austbo E.	59	0	0	1	0	0.01	2	22/29	0	0	1	0	0	7.0
Veltman J.	78	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	30/34	1	2	1	0	0	5.7
Mavropanos K.	90	0	0	3	0	0.25	1	76/93	4	0	2	0	0	7.5
Piroe J.	90	1	0	3	2	0.19	0	13/18	2	1	0	0	0	6.6
Mukasa D.	78	0	0	2	1	0.09	1	43/52	2	1	0	0	0	6.0
Mayers E.	90	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	39/47	7	1	1	0	0	7.6
Engels A.	90	0	0	3	1	0.11	1	51/62	4	1	1	1	0	7.3
Kante M.	65	0	0	2	0	0.19	0	14/16	0	1	1	0	0	6.1
Hermansen M.	90	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	38/44	0	0	1	0	1	5.6
Bowen J.	90	0	0	3	0	0.29	4	23/31	1	0	2	0	0	7.3
Soucek T.	12	0	0	1	1	0.08	0	8/10	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Castellanos T.	25	0	1	2	0	0.14	1	3/5	2	0	0	0	0	7.5
Orford L.	12	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	25/27	0	0	1	0	0	6.7
Solomon M.	31	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	10/10	0	0	1	0	0	6.1

StatsBench picks

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Blackburn Rovers vs West Ham United pre-game preview

Blackburn Rovers host West Ham United in a Championship match on Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. West Ham are the moneyline favorite at -150, with the draw at +340 and Blackburn at +425, and the total is 2.5.

Blackburn sit 14th on 18 points with a 5-3-6 record, and their recent league form (most recent first) is LLWLW. West Ham are 8th on 23 points with a 6-5-3 record and recent form DLLWW. Blackburn’s confirmed XI lists Alebiosu, Forshaw, Jorgensen, Miller and Morishita as missing, while West Ham list Lamadrid and Walker-Peters as missing. Afolayan’s over 0.5 shots on target is priced -105 and has cleared in 7 of his last 10. Both teams scored in 71% of Blackburn matches and 71% of West Ham matches, with over 2.5 in 79% for each.

Confirmed lineups

The official starting XIs. The badge on each player: how often he cleared his strongest prop line (named under him) over his recent matches; green at 70% or better.

Blackburn Rovers 4-2-3-1West Ham United 4-1-4-1

22 Toth

27 Beyuku

17 Carter

15 McLoughlin

3 Pickering

8 Morsy

31 Montgomery

11 Fevrier

10 Cantwell (C)

21 Afolayan

9 Gudjohnsen

1 Hermansen

34 Veltman

15 Mavropanos

3 Kilman

63 Mayers

7 Engels

20 Bowen (C)

17 Kante

14 Mukasa

35 Austbo

9 Piroe

Blackburn Rovers missing: R. Alebiosu (injury), A. Forshaw (hip), M. Jorgensen (muscle), L. Miller (achilles tendon), R. Morishita (injury)

West Ham United missing: K. Lamadrid (injury), K. Walker-Peters (inactive)

Form and head to head

Blackburn Rovers14th in the tableLLWLW5W 3D 6L · 1.29 points a match

No recent meetings

West Ham United8th in the tableDLLWW6W 5D 3L · 1.64 points a match

Clean sheets and goal trends

Attack and defense

Attacking

Blackburn RoversWest Ham United

36%Win %43%

48%Possession %57%

71%Both teams scored %71%

50%Scored first %50%

• 1.4Scored per match2.6
• 9.7Shots per match14.5
• 3.8Shots on target per match6.7
• 0.0Big chances per match0.0

Defensive

Blackburn RoversWest Ham United

43%Loss %21%

14%Failed to score %0%

21%Clean sheet %29%

43%Conceded first %50%

• 1.6Conceded per match1.5
• 13.0Shots against per match9.5
• 16.0Tackles per match14.3
• 11.1Fouls per match10.7

Per-match rates this season. Each spoke of the charts is scaled to the higher of the two clubs.

Recent results

Last five EFL Championship results, most recent first.

Season numbers

This season, 14 and 14 matches.

Referee

Thomas Kirk averages 3.6 yellow cards and 21.0 fouls per match over 10 matches this season (league average 3.8 and 22.1).

Injury report

No injuries listed for either team in our data as of 2:35 PM ET.

Line movement chart