Soccer betting preview: Blackpool welcomes Rotherham United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 12.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road (17625 seats)

It's advantage Blackpool so far with their 4th position in the League One table, welcoming Rotherham United who are placed 13th.

Rotherham United could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four sleeps ago.

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Blackpool form and stats

3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Blackpool so far this season.

Blackpool manager S. Grayson and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Bolton Wanderers (placed 23rd) in the League One. Ahead of that match, Blackpool won a home game hosting Lincoln City (2-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Blackpool perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Blackpool as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Blackpool has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

There will be little rest for Blackpool after this match as they are travelling to Carlisle United for a EFL Trophy game in only three days.

The Blackpool fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Rotherham United form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

The supporters enjoyed Rotherham United's previous game versus Doncaster Rovers (placed 10th), a EFL Trophy 3-2 win played at home. Before that, Rotherham United secured a home win against Coventry City with the score 4-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Rotherham United in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Rotherham United, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Rotherham United have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Rotherham United have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's 0 Blackpool victories, 3 draws and 5 Rotherham United wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Gnanduillet
5 goals
S. Kaikai
3 goals / 1 assists
F. Ladapo
3 goals / 1 assists

Blackpool missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Blackpool Rotherham United
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
12 5 3 Played P 1 5 10
5 3 3 Won W 0 2 4
5 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
2 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
16 7 6 Scored S 1 5 16
13 6 2 Conceded C 1 5 9
83% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 70%
50% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 40%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
58% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
33% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
25% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 30%
 
5.1 5.2 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.4 5.9
6.2 6 7.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.8 5.1
1.6 2.2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0.6 1.2
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Blackpool's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Blackpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Blackpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Blackpool
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 LO Blackpool 0 - 3 Milton Keynes Dons
17-09-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 0 - 1 Blackpool
21-09-19 LO Accrington Stanley 1 - 1 Blackpool
27-09-19 LO Blackpool 2 - 1 Lincoln City
07-10-19 LO Bolton Wanderers 0 - 0 Blackpool
12-10-19 LO Blackpool 14:00 Rotherham United
15-10-19 EFL Carlisle United 18:45 Blackpool
22-10-19 LO Blackpool 18:45 Wycombe Wanderers
26-10-19 LO Burton Albion 14:00 Blackpool
02-11-19 LO Blackpool 15:00 Peterborough United
Rotherham United
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-09-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Rotherham United
21-09-19 LO Rotherham United 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town
28-09-19 LO Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Rotherham United
05-10-19 LO Rotherham United 4 - 0 Coventry City
08-10-19 EFL Rotherham United 3 - 2 Doncaster Rovers
12-10-19 LO Blackpool 14:00 Rotherham United
19-10-19 LO Rotherham United 14:00 Oxford United
23-10-19 LO Ipswich Town 18:45 Rotherham United
26-10-19 LO Rotherham United 14:00 Wycombe Wanderers
02-11-19 LO Gillingham 15:00 Rotherham United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 11 8 3 0 21 5 5 3 2 0 10 3 6 5 1 0 11 2 16 27
2 Wycombe Wanderers 12 6 5 1 21 13 7 5 2 0 17 10 5 1 3 1 4 3 8 23
3 Fleetwood Town 11 6 2 3 20 14 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 2 1 2 11 9 6 20
4 Blackpool 12 5 5 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 7 6 7 2 4 1 9 7 3 20
5 Coventry City 11 5 5 1 16 14 6 5 1 0 10 4 5 0 4 1 6 10 2 20
6 Sunderland 11 5 4 2 16 14 5 3 2 0 9 5 6 2 2 2 7 9 2 19
7 Peterborough United 11 5 3 3 26 15 5 3 1 1 15 7 6 2 2 2 11 8 11 18
8 Bristol Rovers 11 5 3 3 14 12 6 3 3 0 10 5 5 2 0 3 4 7 2 18
9 Oxford United 12 4 4 4 24 17 5 3 1 1 12 7 7 1 3 3 12 10 7 16
10 Doncaster Rovers 10 4 4 2 13 10 7 4 1 2 11 8 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 16
11 Lincoln City 12 5 1 6 17 17 6 4 0 2 10 7 6 1 1 4 7 10 0 16
12 Shrewsbury Town 11 4 4 3 10 13 5 2 2 1 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 7 -3 16
13 Rotherham United 10 4 3 3 16 9 5 2 2 1 11 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 7 15
14 Burton Albion 10 4 3 3 14 9 4 1 1 2 2 2 6 3 2 1 12 7 5 15
15 Gillingham 11 3 4 4 17 14 6 3 1 2 13 6 5 0 3 2 4 8 3 13
16 Portsmouth 9 3 3 3 12 11 4 2 2 0 8 5 5 1 1 3 4 6 1 12
17 Milton Keynes Dons 11 4 0 7 12 18 7 3 0 4 5 11 4 1 0 3 7 7 -6 12
18 Accrington Stanley 11 2 5 4 14 19 5 1 2 2 8 10 6 1 3 2 6 9 -5 11
19 Rochdale 11 2 4 5 12 20 5 0 3 2 3 7 6 2 1 3 9 13 -8 10
20 Tranmere Rovers 11 2 3 6 15 21 6 2 2 2 13 9 5 0 1 4 2 12 -6 9
21 AFC Wimbledon 12 1 3 8 14 23 6 1 3 2 7 9 6 0 0 6 7 14 -9 6
22 Southend United 11 1 1 9 12 28 5 0 1 4 4 12 6 1 0 5 8 16 -16 4
23 Bolton Wanderers 10 0 4 6 2 25 5 0 4 1 1 6 5 0 0 5 1 19 -23 -8

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