League One match prediction: Little separates Gillingham and Blackpool in quality

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: MEMS Priestfield Stadium (11582 seats)

The League One league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Gillingham and Blackpool are placed 14th and 9th respectively.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gillingham form and stats

Gillingham's first League One home game here at MEMS Priestfield Stadium ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 17 matches.

A strong away win for Gillingham against Wigan Athletic the last match, as Jordan Graham (2) and Trae Coyle were on target. In the match before that, Gillingham hosted Coventry City (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) and drew the Carabao Cup game 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gillingham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Gillingham at home in the league. 0 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Blackpool form and stats

Blackpool have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League One were 2 victories, 10 draws and 6 defeats from 18 fixtures.

Impressive finishing from CJ Hamilton (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Swindon Town in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Plymouth Argyle's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Blackpool in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Blackpool, two draws and seven defeats.

Blackpool have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Gillingham won three, Blackpool won three and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Gillingham missing players

Blackpool missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gillingham Blackpool
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
3 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 6 0 Total Shots T S 0 19 34
6 1 0 Shots on Target S O 0 4 10
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 20%
Gillingham Last season Blackpool
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   18 35
12 9   Won W   2 11
15 3   Drew D   10 12
8 5   Lost L   6 12
42 27   Scored S   17 44
34 17   Conceded C   20 43
86% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   72% 86%
63% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 74%
40% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 54%
23% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 20%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
49% 53%   BTTS BTTS   61% 66%
37% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 23%
29% 12%   Failed to Score F T   33% 26%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
427 227   Total Shots T S   187 383
132 75   Shots on Target S O   64 132
32% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 33%

  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 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Lincoln City 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Hull City 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
4 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
5 Sunderland 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 4
7 Northampton Town 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Accrington Stanley 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
9 Blackpool 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
10 Burton Albion 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
11 Charlton Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
12 Fleetwood Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
14 Gillingham 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
15 Peterborough United 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
16 AFC Wimbledon 2 0 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Portsmouth 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
19 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
20 Bristol Rovers 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
21 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
22 Wigan Athletic 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
23 Crewe Alexandra 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
24 Oxford United 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14

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 Ipswich Town 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
2 Lincoln City 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Hull City 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
4 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
5 Sunderland 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 4
7 Northampton Town 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Accrington Stanley 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
9 Blackpool 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
10 Burton Albion 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
11 Charlton Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
12 Fleetwood Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
13 Swindon Town 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
14 Gillingham 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 -1 3
15 Peterborough United 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
16 AFC Wimbledon 2 0 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Portsmouth 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
19 Shrewsbury Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
20 Bristol Rovers 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
21 Rochdale 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
22 Wigan Athletic 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
23 Crewe Alexandra 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
24 Oxford United 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

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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.