Championship: What this fixture might miss in glamour it should compensate in pace and dedication. Bring on Blackpool - Preston North End!
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Preston North End have yet to win a game away.
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
Blackpool have played 6 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Blackpool after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Blackpool enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Reading's place. The match ended 3-2 with Jerry Yates (2) and Owen Dale scoring. The game against Reading had lots of late drama as Blackpool came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Jerry Yates's goal in the 85th minute. Attacking player Jerry Yates outperformed all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.22 out of 10. Yates scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Nottingham Forest.This is expected to be a close game, with Blackpool perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Blackpool as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Blackpool has won five of these, drawn three and lost four.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Blackpool here at Bloomfield Road in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). Blackpool have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Preston North End form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Preston North End so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Patrick Bauer and Emil Riis scored in Preston's previous match, the home game against Coventry City that ended 2-1. Midfielder Benjamin Whiteman was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.33. Whiteman served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Derby County.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Preston in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Preston North End, five draws and five defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Preston North End are hosting Liverpool in the Carabao Cup only four days away.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Preston have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - three - two (Blackpool wins - draws - Preston North End wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Yates 5 goals | S. Lavery 5 goals |   E. Riis Jakobsen 5 goals |
Blackpool missing players
Preston North End missing players
| Blackpool | Preston North End | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 77% |
| 77% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 62% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 15% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 23% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 10.7 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.5 | 10.1 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| 35% | 22% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 32% |
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Preston North End have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Preston North End have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Fulham | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 26 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Reading | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Millwall | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 13 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -12 | 11 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 11 |
| 22 | Hull City | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 9 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |