Blackpool vs Queens Park Rangers match preview: Even contest expected at Bloomfield Road

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (12555 seats)

This has the potential to be an absorbing game as Blackpool have their presumed home advantage, while Queens Park Rangers have an edge of 1 point in the Championship standings.

Insights:
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Queens Park Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Blackpool have scored home.

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 Queens Park Rangers.

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Blackpool form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Blackpool have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 8 games.

Blackpool's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Stoke City (placed 6th). Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel, defender, was given a rating of 7.04/10 in that game, top of the team. Lawrence-Gabriel hit three key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Sheffield United.

Blackpool have scored 6 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Queens Park Rangers form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

It's the second away game in a row for QPR, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Cardiff City (placed 21st) in the Championship last time out. Jimmy Dunne, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. Dunne won 14 of 18 duels.

A draw for QPR before that, at their own venue hosting Nottingham Forest (1-1).

The travelling fans enjoy QPR's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. QPR's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Blackpool two wins, four draws and Queens Park Rangers three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Queens Park RangersI. Chair
I. Chair
6 goals
Queens Park RangersL. Dykes
L. Dykes
6 goals
BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
5 goals

Blackpool missing players

Queens Park Rangers missing players

Blackpool Queens Park Rangers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 1 8 16
7 4 1 Won W 1 3 7
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
6 4 3 Lost L 0 4 5
18 6 1 Scored S 3 14 27
19 8 5 Conceded C 2 15 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 50% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
44% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 62%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 31%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 38% 25%
50% 12% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 69%
25% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 31%
25% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.1 4.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.5 4.5
5.4 5.2 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.2 5.5
1.8 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.1 10.5 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.6 13.4
2.9 2.6 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.9 5.1
38% 29% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 33%
 
13.1 13.8 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13 12
4.1 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.8 3.9
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Queens Park Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queens Park Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals away as Blackpool have scored home.
  • Queens Park Rangers have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Queens Park Rangers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Queens Park Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 11 4 1 27 10 8 5 2 1 17 9 8 6 2 0 10 1 17 37
2 Fulham 16 11 2 3 43 14 8 6 1 1 19 5 8 5 1 2 24 9 29 35
3 West Bromwich Albion 16 9 4 3 26 14 8 6 2 0 15 4 8 3 2 3 11 10 12 31
4 Coventry City 16 8 3 5 22 19 8 6 1 1 16 6 8 2 2 4 6 13 3 27
5 Queens Park Rangers 16 7 4 5 27 23 8 4 3 1 13 8 8 3 1 4 14 15 4 25
6 Stoke City 16 7 4 5 21 19 8 5 2 1 13 8 8 2 2 4 8 11 2 25
7 Huddersfield Town 16 7 4 5 20 18 8 5 1 2 12 9 8 2 3 3 8 9 2 25
8 Luton Town 16 6 6 4 26 21 8 4 3 1 15 9 8 2 3 3 11 12 5 24
9 Millwall 16 6 6 4 16 16 8 4 2 2 9 8 8 2 4 2 7 8 0 24
10 Blackpool 16 7 3 6 18 19 8 4 0 4 6 8 8 3 3 2 12 11 -1 24
11 Swansea City 16 6 5 5 20 18 8 4 3 1 10 4 8 2 2 4 10 14 2 23
12 Blackburn Rovers 16 6 5 5 25 25 8 4 2 2 16 15 8 2 3 3 9 10 0 23
13 Birmingham City 16 6 4 6 17 17 8 3 2 3 8 10 8 3 2 3 9 7 0 22
14 Middlesbrough 16 6 3 7 18 18 8 4 1 3 12 9 8 2 2 4 6 9 0 21
15 Preston North End 16 5 6 5 18 19 8 4 3 1 11 8 8 1 3 4 7 11 -1 21
16 Sheffield United 16 5 4 7 21 23 8 3 1 4 13 11 8 2 3 3 8 12 -2 19
17 Nottingham Forest 16 5 4 7 20 22 8 1 2 5 7 15 8 4 2 2 13 7 -2 19
18 Reading 16 6 1 9 20 27 8 4 1 3 14 13 8 2 0 6 6 14 -7 19
19 Bristol City 16 5 4 7 17 24 8 1 4 3 6 9 8 4 0 4 11 15 -7 19
20 Peterborough United 16 4 3 9 17 31 8 3 3 2 12 9 8 1 0 7 5 22 -14 15
21 Cardiff City 16 3 3 10 15 30 8 1 1 6 5 13 8 2 2 4 10 17 -15 12
22 Barnsley 16 2 5 9 12 23 8 2 2 4 7 10 8 0 3 5 5 13 -11 11
23 Hull City 16 2 3 11 9 22 8 1 2 5 5 11 8 1 1 6 4 11 -13 9
24 Derby County 16 3 8 5 12 15 8 2 5 1 8 7 8 1 3 4 4 8 -3 5

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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.