Soccer match preview: Fulham confident before travelling to Blackpool

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (12555 seats)

Blackpool confront Fulham, who have the most scored goals (13) in Championship, for glory and success.

Insights:
  • Blackpool have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (13) in Championship

Blackpool and Fulham should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Blackpool form and stats

Blackpool are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Championship games here at Bloomfield Road. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Blackpool, their manager N. Critchley and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The fans are hoping that Blackpool will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Championship game against Millwall (placed 17th). The attacker Shayne Lavery was "man of the match" for Blackpool with a rating of 7.45/10. Lavery scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Blackpool lost 2-3 at home to Sunderland.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Blackpool, as the Championship home game vs Huddersfield Town is only three days away.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Blackpool at home in the league. 0 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Fulham form and stats

Fulham are yet to lose a point on their Championship travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. The fact that Fulham have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

The Fulham goalkeeper Paulo Dino Gazzaniga is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 183 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The supporters enjoyed Fulham's previous game versus Stoke City (placed 5th), a Championship 3-0 win played at home. Midfield player Harry Wilson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.2/10. Wilson scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).

Preceding that game was the away Carabao Cup victory against Birmingham City with the score of 2-0.

Fulham have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Championship match against Birmingham City. A hard fixture list for the visiting team!

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Fulham has managed 7 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Blackpool-Fulham H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Blackpool zero wins, Fulham three wins, three draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
4 goals
FulhamF. Carvalho
F. Carvalho
3 goals
BlackpoolS. Lavery
S. Lavery
2 goals

Blackpool missing players

Fulham missing players

Blackpool Fulham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
0 0 0 Won W 1 2 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
4 0 0 Scored S 2 7 13
8 3 1 Conceded C 1 2 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 20%
60% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 60%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
40% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6 6.6
7 7 11 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.5 3.4
2 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.6 10 14 Shots (avg) S ( 17 16 16
3.2 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 8 6.4
25% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 44% 41%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Fulham's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Blackpool have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Blackpool have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Blackpool have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Blackpool have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fulham have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Fulham have scored more than double the goals of Blackpool.
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (13) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+10) in Championship
  • Fulham have won all their away games so far.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Blackpool Last season Fulham
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
49 25   Played P   19 38
25 13   Won W   3 5
12 8   Drew D   9 13
12 4   Lost L   7 20
68 35   Scored S   18 27
41 22   Conceded C   25 53
92% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 87%
59% 56%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 68%
35% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 32%
20% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 13%
14% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 5%
37% 44%   BTTS BTTS   58% 42%
47% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
24% 20%   Failed to Score F T   32% 47%
 
4.8 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.3
4.7 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.1
1.3 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.8
4 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
11.9 11.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.6
4.3 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 3.6
32% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 20%

  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 5 4 1 0 13 3 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 7 2 10 13
2 West Bromwich Albion 5 4 1 0 12 5 2 2 0 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 5 3 7 13
3 Queens Park Rangers 5 3 2 0 11 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 11
4 Huddersfield Town 5 3 1 1 9 7 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 10
5 Stoke City 5 3 1 1 7 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 10
6 AFC Bournemouth 5 2 3 0 8 5 2 0 2 0 4 4 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 9
7 Coventry City 5 3 0 2 5 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 1 0 2 1 3 0 9
8 Birmingham City 5 2 2 1 7 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 0 7 1 4 8
9 Cardiff City 5 2 2 1 9 6 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 8
10 Blackburn Rovers 5 2 2 1 7 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 8
11 Bristol City 5 2 1 2 7 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 6 5 0 7
12 Luton Town 5 2 1 2 6 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 7
13 Middlesbrough 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 6
14 Barnsley 5 1 3 1 5 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 6
15 Derby County 5 1 3 1 4 4 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 6
16 Preston North End 5 2 0 3 6 8 3 2 0 1 5 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 6
17 Millwall 5 1 2 2 6 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 5
18 Hull City 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 -3 4
19 Peterborough United 5 1 1 3 4 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 4
20 Swansea City 5 1 1 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -4 4
21 Reading 5 1 0 4 7 13 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 0 0 3 3 9 -6 3
22 Blackpool 5 0 2 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 -4 2
23 Sheffield United 5 0 2 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 4 -6 2
24 Nottingham Forest 5 0 1 4 4 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -4 1

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.