Soccer betting preview: Blackpool welcomes Swansea City in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (12555 seats)

Getting nearer the top sides is the mission when these two mid-table sides duel. Both will be aiming to improve their league status, Blackpool in 14th and Swansea City in 16th spot.

Insights:
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship.

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Blackpool form and stats

9-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Blackpool so far this season.

A strong away win for Blackpool against Stoke City the last match, as Bowler were on target. Sterling, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Sterling won 3 of 4 duels.

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Reading.

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 eleven games. Blackpool has won six of these, drawn three and lost two.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Blackpool, as the Championship home game vs Sheffield United is only four days away.

Blackpool are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 18 games. Blackpool's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Swansea City form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Swansea City so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 4-4-9 (win-draw-lose).

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Fulham with 1-5 on the scoreboard. Attacker Piroe got a player rating of 7.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Piroe scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Coventry City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Swansea City in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Swansea City, three draws and four defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Swansea City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Peterborough United is waiting in only four days.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Swansea City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Swansea City - Blackpool 1-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Blackpool four wins, four draws and Swansea City one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
14 goals
Swansea CityJ. Paterson
J. Paterson
9 goals
BlackpoolS. Lavery
S. Lavery
8 goals

Blackpool missing players

Swansea City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackpool Swansea City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 18 5 Played P 4 17 34
13 9 2 Won W 2 4 12
9 2 1 Drew D 0 4 8
13 7 2 Lost L 2 9 14
41 21 3 Scored S 5 15 38
41 19 2 Conceded C 7 29 49
97% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 85%
69% 61% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 76% 68%
43% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 53%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 32%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
57% 39% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 41% 44%
23% 33% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 38%
23% 33% 60% Failed to Score F T 25% 41% 32%
 
3.8 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 4.1
4.9 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.1 4.4
1.7 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
9.9 11 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 10.3 10.4
3.4 3.8 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.2 3.4
34% 30% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 27% 33%
 
12.4 12.6 14.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 11.2 10.4
3.9 3.9 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blackpool have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Fulham 35 23 7 5 89 30 19 12 4 3 45 16 16 11 3 2 44 14 59 76
2 AFC Bournemouth 33 18 8 7 53 30 16 9 4 3 32 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 62
3 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
4 Blackburn Rovers 36 16 10 10 46 36 18 11 4 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 58
5 Sheffield United 35 16 9 10 49 36 17 9 4 4 29 13 18 7 5 6 20 23 13 57
6 Luton Town 35 16 9 10 48 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 18 7 4 7 21 22 9 57
7 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
8 Middlesbrough 35 16 7 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 17 4 5 8 17 24 6 55
9 Millwall 35 14 11 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 53
10 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
11 Coventry City 35 14 9 12 44 42 18 9 4 5 25 16 17 5 5 7 19 26 2 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 35 12 9 14 43 40 18 7 4 7 25 21 17 5 5 7 18 19 3 45
16 Swansea City 34 12 8 14 38 49 17 8 4 5 23 20 17 4 4 9 15 29 -11 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 35 5 9 21 25 51 17 4 5 8 13 20 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 24
24 Peterborough United 35 5 7 23 25 70 16 4 5 7 15 21 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 22

Swansea City:
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Table
  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 35 23 7 5 89 30 19 12 4 3 45 16 16 11 3 2 44 14 59 76
2 AFC Bournemouth 33 18 8 7 53 30 16 9 4 3 32 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 62
3 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
4 Blackburn Rovers 36 16 10 10 46 36 18 11 4 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 58
5 Sheffield United 35 16 9 10 49 36 17 9 4 4 29 13 18 7 5 6 20 23 13 57
6 Luton Town 35 16 9 10 48 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 18 7 4 7 21 22 9 57
7 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
8 Middlesbrough 35 16 7 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 17 4 5 8 17 24 6 55
9 Millwall 35 14 11 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 53
10 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
11 Coventry City 35 14 9 12 44 42 18 9 4 5 25 16 17 5 5 7 19 26 2 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 35 12 9 14 43 40 18 7 4 7 25 21 17 5 5 7 18 19 3 45
16 Swansea City 34 12 8 14 38 49 17 8 4 5 23 20 17 4 4 9 15 29 -11 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 35 5 9 21 25 51 17 4 5 8 13 20 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 24
24 Peterborough United 35 5 7 23 25 70 16 4 5 7 15 21 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 22

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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.