Blackburn v Ipswich: Back Tractor Boys at evens on Good Friday

• Blackburn have won twice since December

• Ipswich W23-D5-L2 against sides outside the top-six

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Blackburn 3.8514/5 boss John Eustace piled on the praise for his players following a goalless draw at Middlesbrough before the international break. Rovers drew their sixth match in eight Championship games at The Riverside Stadium, though it was an encouraging effort from the visitors, who restricted Boro to few clear-cut sights at Aynsley Pears' goal.

Eustace said: "I thought with and without the ball we were outstanding. We had a very good week on the training ground. We are really disappointed that we didn't win the game. We showed great character in difficult moments and got through that. We are disappointed not to win but I'm delighted we didn't lose. With a bit of luck, we could've won it."

After approaching recent weeks with a back-five, Eustace changed shape on Teesside with a four-man defence, while Sondre Tronstad returned in midfield. The Norwegian impressed in a holding role alongside John Buckley and the Blackburn chief admitted he's pleased to have options available again following a rough run with injuries at the club.

Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS	xGF	xGA	xGD	EXP	FCST
1 Coventry	46	28	11	7	97	45	95	0	0	0
2 Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80	47	84	0	0	0
3 Millwall	48	24	11	11	64	49	83	0	0	0
4 Southampton	48	22	14	10	82	56	80	0	0	0
5 Middlesbrough	49	22	14	10	72	47	80	0	0	0
6 Hull	49	21	10	15	70	66	73	0	0	0
7 Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	71	0	0	0
8 Derby	46	20	9	17	67	59	69	0	0	0
9 Norwich	46	19	8	19	63	56	65	0	0	0
10 Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57	56	64	0	0	0
11 Swansea	46	18	10	18	57	59	64	0	0	0
12 Bristol C	46	17	11	18	59	59	62	0	0	0
13 Sheff Utd	46	18	6	22	66	66	60	0	0	0
14 Preston	46	15	15	16	55	62	60	0	0	0
15 QPR	46	16	10	20	61	73	58	0	0	0
16 Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	57	0	0	0
17 Stoke	46	15	10	21	51	56	55	0	0	0
18 Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	55	0	0	0
19 Charlton	46	13	14	19	44	58	53	0	0	0
20 Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42	56	52	0	0	0
21 West Brom	46	13	14	19	48	58	51	0	0	0
22 Oxford	46	11	14	21	45	59	47	0	0	0
23 Leicester	46	12	16	18	58	68	46	0	0	0
24 Sheff Wed	46	2	12	32	29	89	0	0	0	0

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Ipswich 1.991/1 thrashed Sheffield Wednesday 6-0 at Portman Road in their last outing before the international break. Omari Hutchinson and Ali Al-Hamadi both bagged braces around goals from Cameron Burgess and Nathan Broadhead. The Blues registered their biggest win of the campaign to sit just a solitary point outside of the automatic promotion places.

Tractor Boys' boss Kieran McKenna made three changes to his team with Harry Clarke and Jeremy Sarmiento dropping to the bench, while Conor Chaplin was unavailable through injury. They were replaced in the side by Axel Tuanzebe, Broadhead and Hutchinson respectively with the latter catching the eye.

Speaking post-match, McKenna described his team's display as 'outstanding', saying: "I thought we were outstanding, pretty much from the first minute to the last. In all phases of the game, we showed our identity, our style, our culture in the group. The relentlessness of it was what I liked the most - there was real determination to deliver for the 90+ minutes."

Town attractive at evens

Despite signs of potential progress under Eustace, Blackburn remain mired in the Championship relegation scrap, sitting only three points above the drop-zone. Rovers have won twice since the start of December (W2-D8-L10), managing only two clean sheets in 21 league dates. The hosts have also returned W4-D4-L10 against top-half team this term.

Ipswich have picked up top honours in seven of their past eight encounters (W7-D0-L1), as well as securing W23-D5-L2 when facing-off against teams outside of the top-six - that includes W9-D4-L2 outside of Portman Road. The Blues have scored in every away day at sides outside the play-off positions, striking at least twice in nine of those 15 fixtures.

Ipswich were as short as 1.768/11 when travelling to Cardiff in their most recent road trip, so the opportunity to support the Tractor Boys at [1.99] shouldn't be dismissed. The aforementioned numbers make a persuasive case for supporting McKenna's men.

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