Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Bloomfield Road clash with Accrington Stanley, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Blackpool form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Blackpool at their home stadium (Bloomfield Road) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The Blackpool fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at Bloomfield Road: A 0-1 defeat against Shrewsbury Town (placed 11th). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Sunderland the opponent.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Blackpool handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D3-L4.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Blackpool as they are travelling to their away game against Tranmere Rovers in the League One. That match is three days after this one.
Blackpool have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bloomfield Road with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Blackpool have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
Accrington Stanley have only collected 9 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-6-5 (12 played). Visiting Accrington Stanley has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Accrington Stanley has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Doncaster Rovers for a League One game that ended a draw (1-1). A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Portsmouth.
We have checked recent matches where Accrington Stanley have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W1-D4-L4.
A new game in only three days for Accrington Stanley, the League One home match versus Burton Albion. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 9 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Accrington Stanley have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Accrington Stanley - Blackpool 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Blackpool 3 wins, 4 draws and Accrington Stanley 1 victory. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gnanduillet 11 goals |   C. Bishop 10 goals |  D. Charles 5 goals |
Blackpool missing players
Accrington Stanley missing players
| Blackpool | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 30 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 24 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 31 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 95% |
| 76% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 81% |
| 48% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 43% |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 33% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 19% |
| 62% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| 29% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 14% |
| 24% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 42% | 29% |
| 5 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 5.8 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 225 | 126 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 45 | 156 | 307 |
| 77 | 41 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 43 | 99 |
| 39% | 44% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 21% | 30% |
- Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Wycombe Wanderers | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 43 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 21 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 33 |
| 7 | Blackpool | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 8 | Rotherham United | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 11 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 31 |
| 12 | Gillingham | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 28 |
| 13 | Sunderland | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 14 | Burton Albion | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 15 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 17 | Accrington Stanley | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -13 | 22 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 21 | -7 | 20 |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 17 |
| 22 | Southend United | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -38 | 7 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 27 | -27 | 5 |