Blackpool vs Sunderland: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bloomfield Road

Blackpool and Sunderland are both riding high in the League One with their 5th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in League One

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 Sunderland.

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Blackpool form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Blackpool are 9-7-3 (wins-draw-losses). The Blackpool fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Bloomfield Road and will expect new points from this game. Blackpool has played 15 games in a row here without a defeat. Blackpool haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Ipswich Town, 69 days ago.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Lincoln City the opponent.

Blackpool are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Rochdale awaits in three days.

The Blackpool fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 19 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 17 from 19 matches.

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Sunderland form and stats

10 wins, 8 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sunderland, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in League One, playing as the away team in the League One this season.

A loss against Charlton Athletic was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Hull City.

The travelling fans enjoy Sunderland's attacking play in away games, having scored 33 goals in 20 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sunderland are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 20 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Blackpool-Sunderland H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Blackpool one win, Sunderland two wins, two draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SunderlandC. Wyke
C. Wyke
24 goals
BlackpoolJ. Yates
J. Yates
18 goals
BlackpoolS. Kaikai
S. Kaikai
6 goals

Blackpool missing players

Sunderland missing players

Blackpool Sunderland
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 5 20 40
18 9 3 Won W 3 10 19
11 7 1 Drew D 2 8 14
10 3 2 Lost L 0 2 7
52 26 9 Scored S 9 33 61
35 17 7 Conceded C 1 13 33
90% 84% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 95%
62% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 78%
33% 32% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 40% 40%
23% 32% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 20%
15% 21% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 2%
41% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 40% 52%
44% 47% 33% Clean Sheets C S 80% 60% 45%
26% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 10% 8%
 
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 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.5 1.4
4 2 2 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.7 11.3 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 13.8 13.3
4 4.1 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.8 4.5
34% 34% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 34% 34%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in League One
  • Sunderland have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in League One
  • Sunderland have the most clean sheets (12) away 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 Hull City 41 24 7 10 71 32 20 12 3 5 25 10 21 12 4 5 46 22 39 79
2 Peterborough United 40 23 7 10 70 38 19 14 3 2 44 15 21 9 4 8 26 23 32 76
3 Sunderland 40 19 14 7 61 33 20 9 6 5 28 20 20 10 8 2 33 13 28 71
4 Lincoln City 39 19 9 11 61 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 18 10 5 3 27 14 19 66
5 Blackpool 39 18 11 10 52 35 19 9 7 3 26 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 17 65
6 Portsmouth 40 19 8 13 57 42 21 8 5 8 28 23 19 11 3 5 29 19 15 65
7 Oxford United 41 18 8 15 63 49 20 10 4 6 29 18 21 8 4 9 34 31 14 62
8 Charlton Athletic 39 17 11 11 57 51 18 6 5 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 62
9 Ipswich Town 40 17 9 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 19 6 5 8 19 24 0 60
10 Gillingham 41 17 8 16 56 54 21 9 4 8 28 28 20 8 4 8 28 26 2 59
11 Accrington Stanley 40 16 10 14 52 57 20 9 5 6 25 21 20 7 5 8 27 36 -5 58
12 Doncaster Rovers 39 17 6 16 55 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 18 6 2 10 22 28 0 57
13 Fleetwood Town 40 15 11 14 43 33 21 9 7 5 25 14 19 6 4 9 18 19 10 56
14 Milton Keynes Dons 41 15 10 16 55 58 20 8 7 5 30 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -3 55
15 Crewe Alexandra 40 15 10 15 47 54 21 9 6 6 28 27 19 6 4 9 19 27 -7 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 41 14 10 17 50 66 21 11 4 6 30 30 20 3 6 11 20 36 -16 52
17 Burton Albion 40 14 9 17 53 63 19 6 2 11 25 37 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 51
18 Shrewsbury Town 39 12 14 13 44 46 18 5 7 6 25 23 21 7 7 7 19 23 -2 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 40 10 12 18 44 62 19 5 4 10 22 31 21 5 8 8 22 31 -18 42
20 Wigan Athletic 41 11 8 22 45 68 20 4 5 11 20 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -23 41
21 Northampton Town 41 10 10 21 34 58 21 7 5 9 17 23 20 3 5 12 17 35 -24 40
22 Bristol Rovers 41 10 8 23 40 64 20 7 2 11 23 28 21 3 6 12 17 36 -24 38
23 Swindon Town 41 11 4 26 46 74 21 7 1 13 21 35 20 4 3 13 25 39 -28 37
24 Rochdale 40 8 12 20 49 71 20 2 9 9 22 39 20 6 3 11 27 32 -22 36

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.