Ace Football previews the League One round 9 match between Blackpool and Barnsley and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Blackpool enjoy home advantage, when visitors Barnsley swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the League One. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Two places behind the league-leaders, Barnsley claimed 16 points from seven rounds, while Blackpool amassed four points. They now rank as number 23 in the League One standings.
Form: Blackpool vs Barnsley
Blackpool Form
A draw is the best Blackpool can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 1-0 defeat against Plymouth. A1-1 draw with Bolton followed before they were defeated 1-0 by Northampton. Blackpool managed to win two of their past six home matches in the League One. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored 11 and conceded 11 goals.
Barnsley Form
Barnsley look fabulous with three wins on the trot, starting off against Rotherham, who were defeated by 2-1. Then, Huddersfield got outclassed in a 3-1 win, before beating Reading by 3-2. Barnsley won half their previous six away matches in the League One, as well as seeing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored 13 goals whilst conceding 15.
Betting stats for Blackpool and Barnsley
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Blackpool and Barnsley. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 8 of the last 10 Blackpool home matches in the League One, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 4 Blackpool matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 4 Blackpool matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Blackpool have lost 5 of the last 7 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Blackpool have lost 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- Barnsley have won the last 3 matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barnsley have won the last 3 matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In the last 3 Barnsley matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Players in form: Blackpool vs Barnsley
Niall Ennis is the most prolific League One marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Barnsley look to Davis Keillor-Dunn, hoping he can add to his current total of four League One goals in his latest games.
Popular betting markets: Blackpool vs Barnsley
Full-time result
Blackpool claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing four. Barnsley won four of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost five of the games in this run.
Both teams to score
Blackpool scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Barnsley scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive home games Blackpool played. Blackpool probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Saturday, as Barnsley managed only one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed one clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Blackpool have scored in 8 consecutive league meetings with Barnsley.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Blackpool, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Barnsley, who scored 2.2 times on average in these matches. Astonishingly, Blackpool failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 13 matches.
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