Football betting preview: Blackpool vs Gillingham

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 04.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (17625 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the League One table so far. Here's the Blackpool - Gillingham latest:

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Blackpool form and stats

When playing at home, Blackpool have managed 8 wins, 8 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 22 games.

In their previous game, the manager T. McPhillips led his Blackpool to a defeat in the League One match away at Barnsley. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bloomfield Road. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Fleetwood Town in a game that was won 2-1.

Blackpool are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 28 goals in 22 matches. On the other hand, Blackpool have conceded 23 goals.

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Gillingham form and stats

As the visiting team Gillingham have produced an overall stat of 7-6-9 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Charlton Athletic with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bradford City that ended 1-1.

Gillingham are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 31 away goals from 22 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gillingham have conceded 36 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Gillingham - Blackpool 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Blackpool won 3 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Gillingham has 2 wins.

Top Goalscorers

T. Eaves
19 goals / 1 assists
A. Gnanduillet
10 goals / 1 assists
B. Hanlan
8 goals / 1 assists

Blackpool missing players

Gillingham missing players

Blackpool Gillingham
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
45 22 6 Played 6 22 45
15 8 2 Won 3 7 14
17 8 2 Drew 1 6 10
13 6 2 Lost 2 9 21
50 28 8 Scored 8 31 58
49 23 8 Conceded 8 36 72
82% 91% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 98%
64% 68% 83% Over 1.5 83% 91% 82%
44% 45% 67% Over 2.5 50% 50% 49%
22% 23% 17% Over 3.5 17% 32% 36%
7% 5% 0% Over 4.5 17% 18% 16%
42% 45% 50% BTTS 50% 59% 51%
38% 32% 17% Clean Sheets 17% 18% 22%
38% 32% 33% Failed To Score 33% 23% 29%
 
4.5 4.8 5.3 Corners For (avg) 4.5 4.4 5.5
5.8 4.7 6.5 Corners Against (avg) 7 6.8 5.9
1.2 0.9 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.2 1.4 1.5
4 0 0 Red Cards 1 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Gillingham hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gillingham is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Blackpool is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Blackpool
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
12-03-19 LO Blackpool 1 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
16-03-19 LO Burton Albion 3 - 0 Blackpool
23-03-19 LO Bradford City 1 - 4 Blackpool
30-03-19 LO Blackpool 2 - 2 Plymouth Argyle
06-04-19 LO Luton Town 2 - 2 Blackpool
13-04-19 LO Blackpool 0 - 1 Peterborough United
19-04-19 LO Scunthorpe United 0 - 0 Blackpool
22-04-19 LO Blackpool 2 - 1 Fleetwood Town
27-04-19 LO Barnsley 2 - 1 Blackpool
04-05-19 LO Blackpool 16:30 Gillingham
Gillingham
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
12-03-19 LO Gillingham 0 - 1 Bristol Rovers
16-03-19 LO Luton Town 2 - 2 Gillingham
23-03-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 2 - 4 Gillingham
30-03-19 LO Gillingham 1 - 1 Rochdale
06-04-19 LO Peterborough United 2 - 0 Gillingham
13-04-19 LO Gillingham 0 - 2 Shrewsbury Town
19-04-19 LO Gillingham 3 - 1 Plymouth Argyle
22-04-19 LO Bradford City 1 - 1 Gillingham
27-04-19 LO Gillingham 0 - 2 Charlton Athletic
04-05-19 LO Blackpool 16:30 Gillingham

  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 Luton Town 45 26 13 6 87 41 22 15 7 0 54 18 23 11 6 6 33 23 46 91
2 Barnsley 45 26 13 6 79 37 23 15 8 0 40 16 22 11 5 6 39 21 42 91
3 Portsmouth 44 25 12 7 80 47 21 12 6 3 39 18 23 13 6 4 41 29 33 87
4 Sunderland 44 22 19 3 78 43 23 12 10 1 46 25 21 10 9 2 32 18 35 85
5 Charlton Athletic 45 25 10 10 69 40 22 15 5 2 37 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 29 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 45 19 13 13 74 58 22 12 7 3 43 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 16 70
7 Peterborough United 44 18 12 14 65 59 22 8 7 7 28 27 22 10 5 7 37 32 6 66
8 Coventry City 44 18 10 16 53 51 22 9 6 7 23 19 22 9 4 9 30 32 2 64
9 Burton Albion 45 17 12 16 65 54 23 11 5 7 35 23 22 6 7 9 30 31 11 63
10 Blackpool 45 15 17 13 50 49 22 8 8 6 28 23 23 7 9 7 22 26 1 62
11 Oxford United 45 15 15 15 57 61 23 11 4 8 34 27 22 4 11 7 23 34 -4 60
12 Fleetwood Town 44 15 13 16 56 50 22 8 9 5 31 26 22 7 4 11 25 24 6 58
13 Accrington Stanley 45 14 12 19 50 66 23 7 6 10 26 33 22 7 6 9 24 33 -16 54
14 Rochdale 45 15 9 21 54 83 23 8 4 11 25 37 22 7 5 10 29 46 -29 54
15 Gillingham 45 14 10 21 58 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 22 7 6 9 31 36 -14 52
16 Bristol Rovers 45 12 15 18 45 49 22 5 6 11 22 27 23 7 9 7 23 22 -4 51
17 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 50 58 22 8 8 6 25 25 22 4 6 12 25 33 -8 50
18 Wycombe Wanderers 45 13 11 21 54 67 22 9 5 8 27 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -13 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 45 13 10 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 22 7 5 10 18 26 -21 49
20 Southend United 45 13 8 24 53 67 22 7 2 13 30 33 23 6 6 11 23 34 -14 47
21 Plymouth Argyle 45 12 11 22 53 78 22 8 6 8 33 36 23 4 5 14 20 42 -25 47
22 Walsall 45 12 10 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 22 5 5 12 19 34 -22 46
23 Scunthorpe United 45 12 10 23 51 80 23 6 7 10 31 42 22 6 3 13 20 38 -29 46
24 Bradford City 45 11 7 27 49 77 22 7 3 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 40

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