Early betting lines indicate Blackpool advantage hosting AFC Wimbledon at Bloomfield Road

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 06.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Blackpool are in the 13th position while the guesting AFC Wimbledon worry at 21st.

Insights:
  • Blackpool have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in League One
  • AFC Wimbledon have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in League One

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Blackpool form and stats

7-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Blackpool so far this season.

The spoils were shared in Blackpool's previous game, also at home. Visiting Crewe Alexandra (placed 11th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Charlton Athletic.

The manager N. Critchley will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Milton Keynes Dons in only three days.

Blackpool are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. Blackpool have only conceded 11 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.

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AFC Wimbledon form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L7 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Shrewsbury Town (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 1-1. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Hull City.

As mentioned above, Wimbledon drew the match against Shrewsbury Town. Manager M. Robinson brought on Ayoub Assal to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Burton Albion in just three days.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Wimbledon struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

AFC Wimbledon - Blackpool 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - two - two (Blackpool wins - draws - AFC Wimbledon wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC WimbledonJ. Pigott
J. Pigott
13 goals
BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
11 goals
BlackpoolC. Hamilton
C. Hamilton
5 goals

Blackpool missing players

AFC Wimbledon missing players

Blackpool AFC Wimbledon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 12 4 Played P 6 17 30
13 7 4 Won W 1 4 7
5 2 0 Drew D 2 6 8
10 3 0 Lost L 3 7 15
34 15 6 Scored S 6 16 31
27 11 0 Conceded C 11 28 54
93% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
57% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 77%
32% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 35% 50%
18% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 24% 23%
18% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 13%
36% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 53% 53%
43% 58% 100% Clean Sheets C S 17% 18% 17%
29% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.3 1.1 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.9 11.8 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 10.2 10.1
4 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.5 3.5
31% 29% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 27% 30%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • AFC Wimbledon have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in League One
  • AFC Wimbledon haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Blackpool have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Peterborough United 31 19 5 7 51 26 15 12 2 1 34 11 16 7 3 6 17 15 25 62
2 Hull City 33 18 5 10 54 28 16 9 2 5 17 9 17 9 3 5 37 19 26 59
3 Lincoln City 31 17 6 8 48 31 16 7 3 6 24 21 15 10 3 2 24 10 17 57
4 Sunderland 31 14 12 5 47 26 16 7 5 4 21 16 15 7 7 1 26 10 21 54
5 Portsmouth 31 15 7 9 48 30 17 6 5 6 23 17 14 9 2 3 25 13 18 52
6 Doncaster Rovers 29 16 4 9 49 37 16 10 3 3 30 18 13 6 1 6 19 19 12 52
7 Ipswich Town 30 15 5 10 35 29 17 9 2 6 18 15 13 6 3 4 17 14 6 50
8 Accrington Stanley 30 13 8 9 41 33 15 7 4 4 19 12 15 6 4 5 22 21 8 47
9 Charlton Athletic 32 13 8 11 46 44 15 4 4 7 24 29 17 9 4 4 22 15 2 47
10 Oxford United 30 13 7 10 44 36 14 7 3 4 19 12 16 6 4 6 25 24 8 46
11 Crewe Alexandra 32 12 9 11 42 40 16 8 5 3 26 16 16 4 4 8 16 24 2 45
12 Plymouth Argyle 32 12 9 11 43 51 17 9 4 4 27 25 15 3 5 7 16 26 -8 45
13 Blackpool 28 13 5 10 34 27 12 7 2 3 15 11 16 6 3 7 19 16 7 44
14 Gillingham 32 13 5 14 42 44 17 7 2 8 22 25 15 6 3 6 20 19 -2 44
15 Milton Keynes Dons 32 11 9 12 47 44 15 5 7 3 24 19 17 6 2 9 23 25 3 42
16 Fleetwood Town 32 10 10 12 36 30 16 6 7 3 21 11 16 4 3 9 15 19 6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 29 9 11 9 33 34 14 4 6 4 20 18 15 5 5 5 13 16 -1 38
18 Burton Albion 30 8 7 15 37 55 15 4 2 9 19 31 15 4 5 6 18 24 -18 31
19 Swindon Town 32 9 4 19 38 58 17 7 1 9 19 25 15 2 3 10 19 33 -20 31
20 Bristol Rovers 31 8 6 17 30 50 15 5 1 9 17 24 16 3 5 8 13 26 -20 30
21 AFC Wimbledon 30 7 8 15 31 54 13 3 2 8 15 26 17 4 6 7 16 28 -23 29
22 Northampton Town 32 7 8 17 26 49 16 4 4 8 10 20 16 3 4 9 16 29 -23 29
23 Rochdale 32 6 10 16 41 59 16 1 7 8 17 33 16 5 3 8 24 26 -18 28
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 6 19 32 60 16 2 4 10 15 35 16 5 2 9 17 25 -28 27

Read more about League One

The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.