Pick of the stats: Blackburn Rovers v West Ham United

West Ham head to Blackburn on Saturday (15:00 GMT) seeking to shore-up their leaky defence and get back to winning ways. Tuesday night's 2-1 defeat at home to Stoke was a third defeat in four for Rovers, who have slipped to 14th, but Tony Mowbray's men have already beaten leaders Middlesbrough at home and drew at second-placed Wolves. The Hammers came from 3-0 down at half-time to draw at Cardiff on Wednesday in Scott Parker's first game in charge but have won just two of their past eight games in all competitions, have conceded three times in each of their past three games and could tumble out of the top-10 if results go against them. Each of the past five league games between Blackburn and West Ham have been draws, with this their first meeting since May 2011 in the Premier League (1-1). West Ham have lost just one of their past 15 league games against Blackburn (W8 D6), and are unbeaten in their past 10 (W5 D5). Blackburn have lost their past two league games, last losing more consecutively in March/April 2025 (5). New West Ham boss Scott Parker has won all three of his away league games against Blackburn – at no side has he won more on the road in his managerial career. Andri Gudjohnsen has scored in each of his past four home league games. The last Blackburn player to score in five in a row at Ewood Park was Ben Brereton in November/December 2021.