Blackpool v Blackburn Rovers - Match Stats

History of the Blackpool v Blackburn Rovers fixture

Blackpool play host to Blackburn Rovers at Bloomfield Road on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 15 of the 22 contests.

The last time the two teams met at Blackpool was way back in the black-and-white days of September 1979, the Seasiders carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Third Division match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1979/1980	Sat 09 Feb	Blackburn R.	2 - 0	Blackpool	LGE1
1979/1980	Sat 22 Sep	Blackpool	2-1	Blackburn R.	LGE1
1977/1978	Sat 04 Feb	Blackpool	5 - 2	Blackburn R.	CHMP
1977/1978	Thu 01 Sep	Blackburn R.	1 - 2	Blackpool	CHMP
1976/1977	Sat 12 Feb	Blackpool	1 - 1	Blackburn R.	CHMP
1976/1977	Sat 04 Sep	Blackburn R.	0 - 1	Blackpool	CHMP
1975/1976	Tue 24 Feb	Blackpool	1 - 1	Blackburn R.	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Blackpool are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Seasiders, with 6 goals against.

Blackburn R. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.

Blackpool lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 7 points from their 5 games so far. Blackburn R. find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 5 points from their 5 matches.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Blackpool	6	2	1	3	11	16	7
Blackburn R.	6	1	2	3	8	10	5

Sequence statistics:
Blackpool	Unbeaten in the last 11 home games.
Blackburn R.	Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games.