Blackpool believe to have lots of fans in for this fixture despite that the season has been back-breaking up to now with 16 points and a 21st spot in the Championship table. Guests Preston North End hold 9th place with 22 pts.
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (9) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Blackpool and Preston North End.
Blackpool form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Blackpool have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Bloomfield Road.
The Blackpool regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Bloomfield Road: A 1-3 defeat against Hull City (placed 19th). The first loss after going unbeaten through three league games. Midfielder Corbeanu was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.03 (out of ten) in that game. Corbeanu served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.
3-3 away at Sheffield United before that.The Blackpool fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Blackpool have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Preston North End form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Two trips in a row for Preston, whose coach Lowe could celebrate last time after the win against Huddersfield Town. Cunningham, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.22. Cunningham scored one goal and won 6 of 9 duels.
A loss against Stoke City was the result prior to that, in a home game.A tale of few goals? 14 of this club's last 16 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
The attacking power of Preston North End when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Preston North End are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Blackpool three wins, three draws and Preston North End three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Yates 6 goals |   E. Riis Jakobsen 4 goals | T. Corbeanu 3 goals |
Blackpool missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Blackpool | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | 8 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 23 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 62% | 62% |
| 53% | 43% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 47% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 33% | 43% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 20% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 40% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 27% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 56% |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | 4.6 |
| 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 12.7 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.6 | 10.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 35% | 32% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | 16% |
| 14.1 | 14.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 15.9 | 14 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals (9) in Championship
- Preston North End have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (10) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most clean sheets (6) away in Championship
- Preston North End have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Championship
- Preston North End have the most points (15) away 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 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | Burnley | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Luton Town | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Norwich City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Millwall | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Preston North End | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Reading | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 22 |
| 11 | Rotherham United | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Bristol City | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 14 | Birmingham City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | Watford | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Stoke City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 19 | Hull City | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 17 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Coventry City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
