League One match preview and statistics: Blackpool fight Bristol Rovers

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (17625 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second League One game of the season. Blackpool look forward to welcoming Bristol Rovers in front of their home support.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Blackpool and Bristol Rovers.

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Blackpool form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Bloomfield Road, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Blackpool last season were 8 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses from 23 games.

Blackpool's last game was hosting Bristol Rovers and winning 2-0. Ahead of that match, Blackpool lost 0-3 at home to Gillingham.

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 W4-D7-L1.

Early season goal statistics from Blackpool's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.

Last season, Blackpool's league statistics were 15 wins, 17 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the League One. Over these 46 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 52. Playing at home last season Blackpool managed 8-8-7 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 26 conceded.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

Bristol Rovers have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats were 7 victories, 9 draws and 7 defeats from 23 fixtures.

Bristol Rovers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Blackpool. Before that, Bristol Rovers secured a home win against Barnsley with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Bristol Rovers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W1-D1-L4.

Bristol Rovers has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Let's have a look at how Bristol Rovers performed last season in the League One: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 15 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 9 and lost 7 with 23/22 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Blackpool - Bristol Rovers 2-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 1 Blackpool victory, 1 draw and 3 Bristol Rovers wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

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Blackpool Bristol Rovers
Total Home Home vs no_table Statistic Away vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 1 1
2 2 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 2 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 100%
 
6 6 0 Corners For (avg) 0 7 7
7 7 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6 6
1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Blackpool Last season Bristol Rovers
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
15 8   Won   7 13
17 8   Drew   9 15
14 7   Lost   7 18
50 28   Scored   23 47
52 26   Conceded   22 50
83% 91%   Over 0.5   78% 80%
65% 70%   Over 1.5   57% 61%
46% 48%   Over 2.5   39% 46%
22% 22%   Over 3.5   17% 20%
7% 4%   Over 4.5   4% 4%
41% 43%   BTTS   48% 48%
37% 30%   Clean Sheets   39% 33%
39% 35%   Failed To Score   35% 39%
 
4.5 4.8   Corners For (avg)   4.7 4.8
5.7 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   6.4 5.9
1.2 0.9   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 1.7
4 0   Red Cards   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Blackpool
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
16-07-19 CF Fylde 0 - 2 Blackpool
20-07-19 CF Barrow 0 - 3 Blackpool
20-07-19 CF Altrincham 2 - 1 Blackpool
27-07-19 CF Blackpool 0 - 2 Blackburn Rovers
03-08-19 LO Blackpool 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers
10-08-19 LO Southend United 14:00 Blackpool
13-08-19 CC Blackpool 18:45 Macclesfield Town
17-08-19 LO Blackpool 14:00 Oxford United
20-08-19 LO Gillingham 18:45 Blackpool
24-08-19 LO Rochdale 14:00 Blackpool
Bristol Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
13-07-19 CF Kidderminster Harriers 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers
16-07-19 CF Bath City 0 - 2 Bristol Rovers
20-07-19 CF Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Birmingham City
23-07-19 CF Bristol Rovers 0 - 3 Swansea City
03-08-19 LO Blackpool 2 - 0 Bristol Rovers
10-08-19 LO Bristol Rovers 14:00 Wycombe Wanderers
13-08-19 CC Bristol Rovers 18:45 Cheltenham Town
17-08-19 LO Coventry City 14:00 Bristol Rovers
20-08-19 LO Bristol Rovers 18:45 Tranmere Rovers
24-08-19 LO Bristol Rovers 14:00 Oxford United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Blackpool 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Fleetwood Town 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Lincoln City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Wycombe Wanderers 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Coventry City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Rochdale 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
8 Rotherham United 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
9 Shrewsbury Town 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
10 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Gillingham 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Oxford United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Sunderland 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 AFC Wimbledon 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Burton Albion 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Portsmouth 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Southend United 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
21 Accrington Stanley 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
22 Bolton Wanderers 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
23 Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
24 Peterborough United 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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