Blackpool favourites for feisty fight facing Derby County

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (12555 seats)

A total of 44 matches are played and Blackpool are 29 points on top of Derby County. What happens today?

Insights:
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Derby County have the fewest scored goals (13) away in Championship

Blackpool are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For County it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

These are active days for the home side, as they had a match only four days ago in the Championship. That game was an away game at Barnsley, so at least Blackpool are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Blackpool form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Blackpool at their home stadium (Bloomfield Road) is 11 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.

Blackpool enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Barnsley's place. The match ended 2-0 with Casey and Dale scoring. Ekpiteta, defender, was given a rating of 8.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Ekpiteta served one assist, hit two key passes and won 6 of 8 duels.

Before that, Blackpool played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Luton Town.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Blackpool have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost one.

Blackpool has scored 29 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. 24 goals have been conceded.

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Derby County form and stats

There's been little loot from Derby County's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 22 away games in the Championship. Derby County only have 2 wins to counter their 14 defeats and 6 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved County have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Stoke City game.

Derby County's previous game was their home loss versus Bristol City (1-3). Midfielder Ebiowei was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Ebiowei served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 9 of 13 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Queens Park Rangers's place.

We have checked recent matches where Derby County have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were two victories, four draws and seven defeats.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 22 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 31 goals have been conceded by County in these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled earlier this season: Derby County - Blackpool 1-0. Blackpool-Derby County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Blackpool two wins, Derby County eight wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Derby CountyT. Lawrence
T. Lawrence
11 goals
BlackpoolG. Madine
G. Madine
9 goals
BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
8 goals

Blackpool missing players

Derby County missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackpool Derby County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
16 11 6 Won W 1 2 13
12 3 0 Drew D 4 6 13
16 8 1 Lost L 2 14 18
54 29 18 Scored S 5 13 43
51 24 6 Conceded C 6 31 52
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 86% 89%
68% 59% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 59% 64%
41% 45% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 36% 41%
18% 23% 57% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 18%
11% 14% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 5%
57% 41% 57% BTTS BTTS 57% 45% 52%
25% 36% 29% Clean Sheets C S 29% 18% 30%
23% 32% 14% Failed to Score F T 43% 50% 30%
 
4.1 5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.3 4.4
4.8 4.7 4.1 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.1 5
1.6 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 5 7
 
10.5 11.5 11.1 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 8.8 9.9
3.4 3.9 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.3 2.9
36% 34% 49% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 26% 34%
 
12.1 12.4 11.9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 12.3 12.4
3.9 4 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 3.8 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blackpool have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Derby County have scored away.
  • Blackpool have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Derby County have the fewest scored goals (13) away in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 13 8 69 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 22 11 6 5 30 18 30 79
3 Nottingham Forest 43 22 10 11 67 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 21 10 6 5 29 16 30 76
4 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Middlesbrough 44 19 10 15 55 45 22 13 2 7 31 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 10 67
8 Blackburn Rovers 44 18 12 14 57 46 22 12 5 5 36 23 22 6 7 9 21 23 11 66
9 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 44 16 13 15 57 62 22 9 8 5 30 26 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 61
15 Blackpool 44 16 12 16 54 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 22 5 9 8 25 27 3 60
16 Preston North End 44 14 16 14 45 54 22 8 10 4 29 27 22 6 6 10 16 27 -9 58
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 44 14 7 23 48 67 22 7 3 12 21 28 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 44 6 12 26 32 66 22 5 7 10 17 26 22 1 5 16 15 40 -34 30

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 44 26 9 9 99 39 22 13 4 5 49 20 22 13 5 4 50 19 60 87
2 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 13 8 69 39 21 11 7 3 39 21 22 11 6 5 30 18 30 79
3 Nottingham Forest 43 22 10 11 67 37 22 12 4 6 38 21 21 10 6 5 29 16 30 76
4 Huddersfield Town 44 21 13 10 60 46 22 12 6 4 33 23 22 9 7 6 27 23 14 76
5 Luton Town 44 20 12 12 62 48 22 11 7 4 36 22 22 9 5 8 26 26 14 72
6 Sheffield United 44 19 12 13 56 44 22 12 5 5 34 15 22 7 7 8 22 29 12 69
7 Middlesbrough 44 19 10 15 55 45 22 13 2 7 31 20 22 6 8 8 24 25 10 67
8 Blackburn Rovers 44 18 12 14 57 46 22 12 5 5 36 23 22 6 7 9 21 23 11 66
9 Millwall 44 17 15 12 50 44 22 12 6 4 29 16 22 5 9 8 21 28 6 66
10 Coventry City 44 17 12 15 58 56 22 10 5 7 31 24 22 7 7 8 27 32 2 63
11 Queens Park Rangers 44 18 9 17 58 56 22 10 6 6 29 22 22 8 3 11 29 34 2 63
12 Stoke City 44 17 10 17 55 48 22 10 4 8 29 22 22 7 6 9 26 26 7 61
13 West Bromwich Albion 44 16 13 15 47 45 22 11 8 3 29 16 22 5 5 12 18 29 2 61
14 Swansea City 44 16 13 15 57 62 22 9 8 5 30 26 22 7 5 10 27 36 -5 61
15 Blackpool 44 16 12 16 54 51 22 11 3 8 29 24 22 5 9 8 25 27 3 60
16 Preston North End 44 14 16 14 45 54 22 8 10 4 29 27 22 6 6 10 16 27 -9 58
17 Bristol City 44 14 10 20 57 75 22 7 8 7 28 29 22 7 2 13 29 46 -18 52
18 Hull City 44 14 8 22 40 48 22 7 3 12 21 27 22 7 5 10 19 21 -8 50
19 Cardiff City 44 14 7 23 48 67 22 7 3 12 21 28 22 7 4 11 27 39 -19 49
20 Birmingham City 44 11 13 20 48 72 22 7 6 9 26 31 22 4 7 11 22 41 -24 46
21 Reading 44 13 8 23 54 85 22 7 5 10 33 43 22 6 3 13 21 42 -31 41
22 Peterborough United 44 8 10 26 38 84 22 5 7 10 22 33 22 3 3 16 16 51 -46 34
23 Derby County 44 13 13 18 43 52 22 11 7 4 30 21 22 2 6 14 13 31 -9 31
24 Barnsley 44 6 12 26 32 66 22 5 7 10 17 26 22 1 5 16 15 40 -34 30

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