Blackpool look to Bloomfield Road supporters for inspiration before Gillingham match

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Mon 05.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road

Blackpool and Gillingham are both riding high in the League One with their 6th and 8th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Blackpool have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in League One
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the League One. That game was an away game at Swindon Town, so at least Blackpool are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Blackpool form and stats

Blackpool have played 17 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-6-3 (wins-draws-losses). Blackpool has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Ipswich Town defeat 57 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Blackpool tasted defeat here at Bloomfield Road, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.

Happy days for Blackpool in their previous game, a League One match away at Swindon Town (placed 20th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. In the match before that, Blackpool hosted Plymouth Argyle and drew the game 2-2.

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 stats for these games are four wins, two draws and six defeats.

The Blackpool fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 17 matches. Blackpool are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bloomfield Road in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 17 matches.

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Gillingham form and stats

8 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Gillingham playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Impressive finishing from Vadaine Oliver secured the home win 1-0 against Wigan Athletic in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hull City that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Gillingham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were six victories, four draws and six defeats.

The visiting Gillingham have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 27 goals from 19 games. 22 goals have been conceded by Gillingham in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Gillingham - Blackpool 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Blackpool, three draws and four wins for Gillingham. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
16 goals
GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
14 goals
GillinghamJ. Graham
J. Graham
10 goals

Blackpool missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Blackpool Gillingham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 17 5 Played P 5 19 39
17 8 3 Won W 2 8 17
9 6 0 Drew D 3 4 7
10 3 2 Lost L 0 7 15
46 22 9 Scored S 10 27 55
32 16 7 Conceded C 6 22 50
92% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
61% 59% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 68% 79%
31% 29% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 42% 44%
19% 29% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 32% 33%
14% 18% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 16% 13%
39% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 53% 49%
44% 47% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 21%
25% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 26% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.4
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.5 11.2 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 10.1 10.5
3.8 3.9 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.7 3.9
33% 33% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 39% 36%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Blackpool have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in League One
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 39 22 7 10 65 32 19 11 3 5 22 10 20 11 4 5 43 22 33 73
2 Peterborough United 38 22 6 10 66 37 18 14 2 2 43 14 20 8 4 8 23 23 29 72
3 Sunderland 37 19 13 5 58 28 19 9 6 4 27 18 18 10 7 1 31 10 30 70
4 Lincoln City 37 18 8 11 55 40 19 8 3 8 28 26 18 10 5 3 27 14 15 62
5 Portsmouth 37 18 7 12 55 40 20 8 5 7 27 21 17 10 2 5 28 19 15 61
6 Blackpool 36 17 9 10 46 32 17 8 6 3 22 16 19 9 3 7 24 16 14 60
7 Charlton Athletic 38 16 11 11 55 50 18 6 5 7 30 33 20 10 6 4 25 17 5 59
8 Gillingham 39 17 7 15 55 50 20 9 3 8 28 28 19 8 4 7 27 22 5 58
9 Ipswich Town 37 17 7 13 41 38 20 11 3 6 22 17 17 6 4 7 19 21 3 58
10 Doncaster Rovers 36 17 6 13 53 46 19 11 4 4 32 20 17 6 2 9 21 26 7 57
11 Oxford United 38 16 8 14 52 46 18 9 4 5 24 15 20 7 4 9 28 31 6 56
12 Milton Keynes Dons 38 15 9 14 55 52 19 8 7 4 30 23 19 7 2 10 25 29 3 54
13 Accrington Stanley 37 15 9 13 49 51 19 9 5 5 24 16 18 6 4 8 25 35 -2 54
14 Plymouth Argyle 39 14 10 15 50 60 20 11 4 5 30 27 19 3 6 10 20 33 -10 52
15 Crewe Alexandra 37 14 9 14 45 48 19 9 5 5 28 21 18 5 4 9 17 27 -3 51
16 Fleetwood Town 38 13 11 14 41 33 20 8 7 5 24 14 18 5 4 9 17 19 8 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 11 13 12 40 42 17 4 7 6 22 23 19 7 6 6 18 19 -2 46
18 Burton Albion 37 11 9 17 46 61 18 5 2 11 23 36 19 6 7 6 23 25 -15 42
19 Northampton Town 39 10 9 20 33 54 20 7 4 9 16 22 19 3 5 11 17 32 -21 39
20 Swindon Town 38 11 4 23 44 67 20 7 1 12 21 32 18 4 3 11 23 35 -23 37
21 AFC Wimbledon 37 8 12 17 36 60 17 4 4 9 19 30 20 4 8 8 17 30 -24 36
22 Wigan Athletic 38 9 8 21 39 65 18 3 5 10 18 35 20 6 3 11 21 30 -26 35
23 Bristol Rovers 39 9 7 23 37 62 19 6 2 11 21 27 20 3 5 12 16 35 -25 34
24 Rochdale 37 7 11 19 47 69 18 1 8 9 20 38 19 6 3 10 27 31 -22 32

Table
  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 39 22 7 10 65 32 19 11 3 5 22 10 20 11 4 5 43 22 33 73
2 Peterborough United 38 22 6 10 66 37 18 14 2 2 43 14 20 8 4 8 23 23 29 72
3 Sunderland 37 19 13 5 58 28 19 9 6 4 27 18 18 10 7 1 31 10 30 70
4 Lincoln City 37 18 8 11 55 40 19 8 3 8 28 26 18 10 5 3 27 14 15 62
5 Portsmouth 37 18 7 12 55 40 20 8 5 7 27 21 17 10 2 5 28 19 15 61
6 Blackpool 36 17 9 10 46 32 17 8 6 3 22 16 19 9 3 7 24 16 14 60
7 Charlton Athletic 38 16 11 11 55 50 18 6 5 7 30 33 20 10 6 4 25 17 5 59
8 Gillingham 39 17 7 15 55 50 20 9 3 8 28 28 19 8 4 7 27 22 5 58
9 Ipswich Town 37 17 7 13 41 38 20 11 3 6 22 17 17 6 4 7 19 21 3 58
10 Doncaster Rovers 36 17 6 13 53 46 19 11 4 4 32 20 17 6 2 9 21 26 7 57
11 Oxford United 38 16 8 14 52 46 18 9 4 5 24 15 20 7 4 9 28 31 6 56
12 Milton Keynes Dons 38 15 9 14 55 52 19 8 7 4 30 23 19 7 2 10 25 29 3 54
13 Accrington Stanley 37 15 9 13 49 51 19 9 5 5 24 16 18 6 4 8 25 35 -2 54
14 Plymouth Argyle 39 14 10 15 50 60 20 11 4 5 30 27 19 3 6 10 20 33 -10 52
15 Crewe Alexandra 37 14 9 14 45 48 19 9 5 5 28 21 18 5 4 9 17 27 -3 51
16 Fleetwood Town 38 13 11 14 41 33 20 8 7 5 24 14 18 5 4 9 17 19 8 50
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 11 13 12 40 42 17 4 7 6 22 23 19 7 6 6 18 19 -2 46
18 Burton Albion 37 11 9 17 46 61 18 5 2 11 23 36 19 6 7 6 23 25 -15 42
19 Northampton Town 39 10 9 20 33 54 20 7 4 9 16 22 19 3 5 11 17 32 -21 39
20 Swindon Town 38 11 4 23 44 67 20 7 1 12 21 32 18 4 3 11 23 35 -23 37
21 AFC Wimbledon 37 8 12 17 36 60 17 4 4 9 19 30 20 4 8 8 17 30 -24 36
22 Wigan Athletic 38 9 8 21 39 65 18 3 5 10 18 35 20 6 3 11 21 30 -26 35
23 Bristol Rovers 39 9 7 23 37 62 19 6 2 11 21 27 20 3 5 12 16 35 -25 34
24 Rochdale 37 7 11 19 47 69 18 1 8 9 20 38 19 6 3 10 27 31 -22 32

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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.