Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Fleetwood Town & Blackpool face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Fleetwood Town nor Blackpool 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.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the EFL Trophy for Fleetwood Town, as the manager J. Barton led his troops to eliminate Aston Villa U21, Sunderland and Carlisle United, and reach the 2nd Round. Fleetwood was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the EFL Trophy.Fleetwood Town have collected 17 points from their League One home games so far after 5-2-2. On the other hand, in the EFL Trophy, Fleetwood Town has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
C. Connolly was the last player to score a league goal for Fleetwood Town and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Fleetwood Town haven't scored in 196 minutes.
Fleetwood Town's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Blackpool. Heartbreak before that as Fleetwood Town lost 0-1 at Northampton Town's place.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fleetwood as they are travelling to their away game against Swindon Town in the League One. That match is four days after this one.
The Fleetwood fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Fleetwood have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Blackpool form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Leeds United U21, Accrington Stanley and Barrow in order to reach 2nd Round of EFL Trophy. Blackpool's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the 2nd round.The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League One. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the EFL Trophy stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Blackpool have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jack Sims. It's been 194 minutes since they last conceded in League One.
Two travels in a row for Blackpool, whose manager N. Critchley could celebrate last time after the League One win against Fleetwood Town. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Portsmouth.
A quick return to home after this game, as Blackpool are hosting Oxford United in the League One only four days away.
Blackpool have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Blackpool in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Fleetwood Town won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Blackpool has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fiveTop Goalscorers
  C. Camps 8 goals | C. Evans 5 goals | P. Madden 4 goals |
Fleetwood Town missing players
Blackpool missing players
| Fleetwood Town | Blackpool | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 45 | 32 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 12.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 39% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
| 11 | Gillingham | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -9 | 16 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 16 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 11 |