Championship: Blackpool are 5 points behind Watford, but are motivated to go all in. Get ready!
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
It's no vacation for neither Blackpool nor Watford as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Blackpool form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Blackpool have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Blackpool, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Patino was the last player to score a league goal for Blackpool and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Blackpool haven't scored in 237 minutes.
The Blackpool coach Appleton and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Sunderland (placed 8th). The goalie Maxwell was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.0 out of ten. Maxwell topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Blackpool lost 0-1 at home to Norwich City.It should be added that a glance at the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Blackpool have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Blackpool have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Watford form and stats
Playing away, Watford have won 1 game, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Championship this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Watford in their previous game as they lost hosting Swansea City, 1-2. Late heartbreak for Watford in the Swansea City match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime. Sarr got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Sarr scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stoke City at their stadium, the result 4-0.Watford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Blackpool victories, three draws and three Watford wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Sarr 4 goals |   T. Corbeanu 3 goals |  K. Sema 3 goals |
Blackpool missing players
Watford missing players
| Blackpool | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 42% | 20% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 33% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 17% | 42% |
| 17% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 25% |
| 17% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 25% | 20% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 58% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 6.5 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 13 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 28% | 27% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 33% | 38% |
| 14.2 | 15.6 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.5 | 11.8 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
- Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Sheffield United | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Reading | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Burnley | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Watford | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 7 |
