Championship match prediction: Little separates Rotherham United and Blackpool in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 14.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

We've seen boom and bust for these participants so far this campaign, holding positions near the middle of the Championship table. Here's the Rotherham United - Blackpool latest:

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Rotherham United form and stats

2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Rotherham United so far this season.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Rotherham United, who played 1-1 against Watford. That match was also played at this venue (AESSEAL New York Stadium). Peltier, defender, was given a rating of 7.65/10 in that game, top of the team. Peltier hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Sunderland.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rotherham United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rotherham United as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Rotherham United has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

From these home matches, Rotherham United have conceded only 2 goals.

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Blackpool form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Blackpool playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

It's the second away game in a row for Blackpool, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Huddersfield Town (placed 23rd) last time out. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league rounds without victory. Blackpool goalie Grimshaw was high and low in the Huddersfield Town game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Grimshaw (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.75. Grimshaw topped it up with a clean sheet.

A loss against Blackburn Rovers was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Blackpool playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 4 Blackpool wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Blackpool are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Blackpool have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches featuring these sides have all finished as Rotherham United wins. More of the same or streak broken?

Top Goalscorers

Rotherham UnitedR. Wood
R. Wood
4 goals
RotherhamC. Ogbene
C. Ogbene
3 goals
BlackpoolT. Corbeanu
T. Corbeanu
3 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Blackpool missing players

Rotherham United Blackpool
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 4 0 Played P 1 4 8
2 2 0 Won W 1 2 3
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
9 8 0 Scored S 1 5 9
6 2 0 Conceded C 0 5 10
86% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 38%
29% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 25%
14% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 25%
43% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
43% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 38%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 38%
 
3.9 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.2
6 5.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.2 5.6
2 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.1 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.2 10.2
3.9 5.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.2
33% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 35%
 
14.3 11.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.5 13.2
4 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Rotherham United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rotherham United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rotherham United have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Rotherham United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Rotherham United 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 8 5 2 1 16 5 4 4 0 0 11 1 4 1 2 1 5 4 11 17
2 Norwich City 8 5 1 2 12 6 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 2 0 2 4 4 6 16
3 Reading 8 5 0 3 9 11 4 4 0 0 8 2 4 1 0 3 1 9 -2 15
4 Bristol City 8 4 2 2 16 11 4 3 0 1 8 3 4 1 2 1 8 8 5 14
5 Burnley 8 3 4 1 14 8 4 1 3 0 7 5 4 2 1 1 7 3 6 13
6 Watford 8 3 4 1 9 7 4 3 0 1 6 4 4 0 4 0 3 3 2 13
7 Blackburn Rovers 8 4 0 4 9 11 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 2 0 2 4 6 -2 12
8 Sunderland 8 3 2 3 11 9 4 1 2 1 6 4 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 11
9 Queens Park Rangers 8 3 2 3 12 11 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 1 1 2 5 6 1 11
10 Preston North End 8 2 5 1 2 1 4 0 3 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 11
11 Blackpool 8 3 2 3 9 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 2 1 1 5 5 -1 11
12 Hull City 8 3 2 3 11 15 4 3 0 1 7 6 4 0 2 2 4 9 -4 11
13 Rotherham United 7 2 4 1 9 6 4 2 2 0 8 2 3 0 2 1 1 4 3 10
14 Millwall 8 3 1 4 9 11 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 0 1 3 2 8 -2 10
15 Wigan Athletic 7 2 4 1 7 9 4 0 3 1 3 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 -2 10
16 West Bromwich Albion 8 1 6 1 12 10 4 1 3 0 7 4 4 0 3 1 5 6 2 9
17 Middlesbrough 8 2 3 3 11 12 4 2 2 0 6 4 4 0 1 3 5 8 -1 9
18 Luton Town 8 2 3 3 7 8 4 0 2 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 -1 9
19 Swansea City 8 2 3 3 7 11 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 -4 9
20 Stoke City 8 2 2 4 8 11 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 1 0 3 3 7 -3 8
21 Birmingham City 8 2 2 4 5 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 1 3 -3 8
22 Cardiff City 8 2 2 4 4 8 4 2 1 1 3 2 4 0 1 3 1 6 -4 8
23 Huddersfield Town 7 1 1 5 7 11 4 1 1 2 5 5 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4 4
24 Coventry City 5 0 1 4 5 11 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 5 10 -6 1

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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.