Rotherham United favourites for feisty fight facing Blackpool

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Competition: England League One
Date: Wed 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

It's advantage Rotherham United so far with their 3rd position in the League One table, welcoming Blackpool who are placed 10th.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Overall League One stats at home this season for Rotherham United are 4-3-4 (wins-draw-losses).

The Rotherham United supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Peterborough United in League One and win 4-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Shrewsbury Town and winning 2-1.

As mentioned above, Rotherham United "killed" Peterborough United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Rotherham United handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the FA Cup game versus Hull City in only three days. This game is also played here at AESSEAL New York Stadium.

A decent goal production from Rotherham United in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Rotherham United have conceded only 10 goals.

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Blackpool form and stats

2-8-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Blackpool in their League One matches away. Blackpool are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Blackpool has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Tranmere Rovers for a League One game that ended a draw (1-1). A loss against Accrington Stanley was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Blackpool are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of four matches.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to Reading.

Blackpool find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Blackpool have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Blackpool - Rotherham United 1-2. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 6 - 3 - 0 (Rotherham United wins - draws - Blackpool wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BlackpoolA. Gnanduillet
A. Gnanduillet
11 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
9 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Crooks
M. Crooks
7 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Blackpool missing players

Rotherham United Blackpool
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 2 11 23
11 4 1 Won W 0 2 8
5 3 2 Drew D 1 8 10
7 4 0 Lost L 1 1 5
40 19 3 Scored S 4 13 31
24 10 2 Conceded C 5 11 26
96% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 87%
74% 64% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 74%
57% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 36% 43%
30% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 36% 26%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 9% 9%
52% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 61%
30% 36% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 26%
22% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 26%
 
6.7 7.5 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.9
5.4 6.1 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 9 7.4 5.7
2 2.2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2.1
2 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
309 158 40 Total Shots T S 14 113 249
112 55 13 Shots on Target S O 10 42 89
36% 35% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 31% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 23 12 7 4 31 21 12 9 2 1 23 14 11 3 5 3 8 7 10 43
2 Oxford United 22 11 6 5 41 21 10 7 2 1 20 7 12 4 4 4 21 14 20 39
3 Rotherham United 23 11 5 7 40 24 11 4 3 4 19 10 12 7 2 3 21 14 16 38
4 Ipswich Town 22 10 7 5 32 21 10 3 5 2 13 9 12 7 2 3 19 12 11 37
5 Coventry City 22 9 10 3 30 24 12 8 3 1 16 8 10 1 7 2 14 16 6 37
6 Peterborough United 23 10 6 7 43 32 11 7 2 2 25 12 12 3 4 5 18 20 11 36
7 Bristol Rovers 22 10 6 6 30 27 12 5 5 2 18 13 10 5 1 4 12 14 3 36
8 Fleetwood Town 21 10 5 6 36 28 11 7 3 1 17 8 10 3 2 5 19 20 8 35
9 Portsmouth 22 9 7 6 33 27 12 7 5 0 22 11 10 2 2 6 11 16 6 34
10 Blackpool 23 8 10 5 31 26 12 6 2 4 18 15 11 2 8 1 13 11 5 34
11 Gillingham 23 8 8 7 27 23 12 7 1 4 20 12 11 1 7 3 7 11 4 32
12 Shrewsbury Town 22 8 8 6 21 23 11 5 3 3 14 14 11 3 5 3 7 9 -2 32
13 Sunderland 21 8 7 6 27 22 11 5 5 1 18 9 10 3 2 5 9 13 5 31
14 Burton Albion 22 8 6 8 28 27 10 4 3 3 11 8 12 4 3 5 17 19 1 30
15 Accrington Stanley 23 7 8 8 33 31 10 5 2 3 23 13 13 2 6 5 10 18 2 29
16 Doncaster Rovers 20 7 7 6 31 23 12 5 4 3 18 14 8 2 3 3 13 9 8 28
17 Lincoln City 22 8 3 11 26 27 9 6 1 2 16 10 13 2 2 9 10 17 -1 27
18 AFC Wimbledon 23 6 5 12 28 35 11 4 4 3 13 13 12 2 1 9 15 22 -7 23
19 Rochdale 23 6 4 13 25 40 11 2 3 6 10 17 12 4 1 7 15 23 -15 22
20 Tranmere Rovers 22 5 6 11 26 39 11 3 5 3 17 14 11 2 1 8 9 25 -13 21
21 Milton Keynes Dons 23 6 3 14 23 36 12 5 1 6 12 18 11 1 2 8 11 18 -13 21
22 Southend United 23 1 5 17 26 64 11 0 3 8 11 34 12 1 2 9 15 30 -38 8
23 Bolton Wanderers 20 4 7 9 15 42 11 3 6 2 11 15 9 1 1 7 4 27 -27 7

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.