Tempo is expected at Bloomfield Road when Blackpool meet Peterborough United in what could be a magnificent game. Here's all you need to know!
- Blackpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Peterborough United have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in League One
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Blackpool form and stats
Blackpool have performed here at Bloomfield Road this season with 5 wins from 8 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Two home wins in a row for Blackpool bring valid hopes of a third.
A nice win for Blackpool last time playing, versus Cheltenham Town. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Dembélé, Rhodes and Lavery scoring for the victors. The forward Rhodes outshone all the other footballers in that match and got a match rating of 8.71 out of 10. Rhodes scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Oxford United the opponent.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Blackpool have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Blackpool are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Fleetwood Town awaits in four days.
Blackpool have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bloomfield Road with 15 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Blackpool have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Peterborough United form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League One.
Peterborough United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Port Vale (placed 14th). Edwards, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.23. Edwards won 4 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Wycombe Wanderers.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tottenham U21 in just three days.
Peterborough United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Blackpool-Peterborough United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Blackpool five wins, Peterborough United three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Rhodes 9 goals |   J. Clarke-Harris 4 goals |  S. Lavery 3 goals |
Blackpool missing players
Peterborough United missing players
| Blackpool | Peterborough United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 79% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 71% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 29% | 29% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 5 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.3 | 6.6 | 5.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.3 | 14.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 20.3 | 16.6 | 15.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 33% | 38% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 21% | 27% |
| 9.3 | 7.9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 13 | 11.8 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3.5 |
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Blackpool have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Peterborough United have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in League One
- Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Stevenage | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Derby County | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 18 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Reading | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |
