Here's every little thing you should know, and a little bit more, going into the Blackpool - Birmingham City match!
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
Blackpool form and stats
Blackpool's results here at Bloomfield Road in the Championship have been very modest with 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. It's trouble wherever Blackpool are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Blackpool lost their last game at Wigan Athletic (placed 22nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. The striker Madine was declared "man of the match" for Blackpool with the rating of 7.44/10. Madine scored one goal.
Before that game, the home loss against Middlesbrough with the scoreline 0-3.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 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Blackpool has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
Birmingham City form and stats
Playing away, Birmingham City have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Sunderland with 1-2 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points. Deeney, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Deeney hit the woodwork once and hit four key passes.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Swansea City.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Birmingham City in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Birmingham City, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Birmingham City has scored 10 and conceded 10 goals from their travels in the league so far (10 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Blackpool won three games, four matches ended with a tie and Birmingham City managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Yates 9 goals |   S. Hogan 9 goals |  G. Madine 3 goals |
Blackpool missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Blackpool | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | 12 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 33 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 67% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 30% | 38% |
| 29% | 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 10% | 10% |
| 19% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 5% |
| 43% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 48% |
| 19% | 10% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 33% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 33% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 6.3 | 6.5 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 12.2 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 9.4 | 10.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 36% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 78% | 34% | 35% |
| 14.5 | 14.8 | 14.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 13.6 | 11.8 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 36 |
| 4 | Watford | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Millwall | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Reading | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -7 | 29 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 25 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -2 | 24 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 24 |
| 20 | Hull City | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 24 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
