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- Middlesbrough have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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
5 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Blackpool have to build on here at Bloomfield Road in the Championship.
In their previous game, the manager Critchley led his Blackpool to a defeat in the Championship match away at Huddersfield Town. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bloomfield Road. The attacker Madine was declared "man of the match" for Blackpool with a rating of 7.62/10. Madine scored one goal.
Ahead of that match, Blackpool won a home game hosting Peterborough United (3-1).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hull City are coming to town in three days.
Blackpool aren't scoring a lot here at Bloomfield Road in the league, with only 10 goals from 12 games. 13 goals have been conceded.
Middlesbrough form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Middlesbrough playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Middlesbrough goalkeeper Joe Lumley is eager to challenge this, with his 360 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Middlesbrough are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Championship against Nottingham Forest (placed 9th). Midfield player Jones was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Jones hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs AFC Bournemouth.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Middlesbrough manager Wilder as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sheffield United.
The attacking power of Middlesbrough when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Middlesbrough in these games.
Head 2 Head
Middlesbrough - Blackpool 1-2 was the output when this pair of participants last did battle, some time ago this season. Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Blackpool won four, Middlesbrough triumphed in three and we saw three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Yates 7 goals | S. Lavery 5 goals |   A. Šporar 5 goals |
Blackpool missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Blackpool | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 30 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 96% | 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 92% |
| 67% | 58% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 79% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 18% | 25% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 9% | 8% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 50% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 42% |
| 21% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 42% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 45% | 25% |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.7 | 12.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 21% | 26% |
| 12.4 | 13.2 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
- Middlesbrough have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Fulham | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 45 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 43 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 42 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 36 |
| 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 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 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 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Millwall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 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 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 14 |
| 24 | Derby County | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 4 |
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