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- Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Championship
Blackpool have less rest than Hull City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Middlesbrough, was also a home game here at Bloomfield Road. The away team is better rested.
Blackpool form and stats
5 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Blackpool have to build on here at Bloomfield Road in the Championship.
The Blackpool fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Bloomfield Road: A 1-2 defeat against Middlesbrough (placed 5th). The defeat against Middlesbrough was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Watmore). Midfielder Connolly was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.11 (out of ten) in that game. Connolly hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Huddersfield Town.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackpool handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.
Blackpool have scored 11 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. 15 goals have been conceded.
Hull City form and stats
Hull City have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Championship, after 3-2-7 (12 played).
Hull are travelling again after losing away to Nottingham Forest in their previous match (1-2). Defender McLoughlin was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. McLoughlin served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Bristol City.We have checked recent matches where Hull have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were one victory, two draws and five defeats.
The attacking power of Hull when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Hull City in these games.
Head 2 Head
Hull City - Blackpool 1-1 was the scoreline in these contenders' last head to head match, earlier this season. Blackpool-Hull City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Blackpool five wins, Hull City zero wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Yates 7 goals | S. Lavery 6 goals |   K. Lewis-Potter 5 goals |
Blackpool missing players
Hull City missing players
| Blackpool | Hull City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 26 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 32 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 91% |
| 68% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 70% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 17% | 30% |
| 16% | 8% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 8% | 13% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 4% |
| 52% | 31% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 35% |
| 20% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 32% | 46% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 58% | 48% |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.8 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 34% | 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 27% | 29% |
| 12.2 | 12.8 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.5 | 12.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
- Hull City have the most matches under the total-line (16) 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 | AFC Bournemouth | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 46 |
| 2 | Fulham | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 45 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 41 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Millwall | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | Sheffield United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 30 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | Hull City | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -14 | 22 |
| 21 | Reading | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 33 | -24 | 19 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 14 |
| 24 | Derby County | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 7 |
