A look at some of the key facts and statistics ahead of the Championship meeting between Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers

Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Blackburn Rovers in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Playoff-chasing Blackburn Rovers will look to end a three-game winless run when they travel to the bet365 Stadium for Wednesday's Championship clash against Stoke City. Like their opponents, relegation-threatened Stoke will also be desperate to claim all three points after failing to win any of their last four matches.

Ali Al-Hamadi's return to scoring form against Blackburn Rovers could provide a huge boost to both loan side Stoke City, as they look to avoid Championship relegation this season, and parent club Ipswich Town, who may need to rely on him up-front in the second tier in 2025/26.

Millwall have lost only one of their past 12 league meetings with Stoke (W6 D5), a 2-0 away defeat in the 2021-22 season. Stoke have not won on any of their past six league visits to Millwall (D2 L4) since a 1-0 victory in August 2005 under then manager Johan Boskamp.