Championship

Championship | Gameweek 14

Oct 8, 2022 at 3pm UK

Bloomfield Road

Blackpool
3 - 1
Watford

Madine (10'), Yates (81', 85')
Thompson (51')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Louza (29')
Louza (88')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Blackpool and Watford, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackpool

All competitions

Last Game: Sunderland 0-0 Blackpool
Tuesday, October 4 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Watford

All competitions

Last Game: Watford 1-2 Swansea
Wednesday, October 5 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Blackpool 1-2 Watford

On the back of the defeat to Swansea, Bilic will be eager to record a bounce-back win. While we do not think that the visitors will have it all their own way in the North West, we are backing the Hornets to edge this contest by the odd goal in three. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Watford win with a probability of 39.44%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 34.18% and a draw had a probability of 26.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.49%) and 0-2 (6.84%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 1-0 (9.28%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.54%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 3.2% likelihood.

Result
Blackpool	Draw	Watford
34.18% ( 0.05)	26.38%	39.44% ( -0.05)

Both teams to score 52.7% (

0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.99% (

0.02)

52.01% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

26.25% (

0.01)

73.75% (

-0.01)

Blackpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.08% (

0.04)

28.92% (

-0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.2% (

0.05)

64.8% (

-0.05)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.15% (

-0.02)

25.85% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.17% (

-0.03)

60.83% (

0.03)

Score Analysis

Blackpool 34.18%

Watford 39.43%

Draw 26.37%

Blackpool	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 9.28% ( 0) 2-1 @ 7.78% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 5.75% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 3.22% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 2.38% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 2.18% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1% ( 0) Other @ 2.59% Total : 34.18%	1-1 @ 12.54% 0-0 @ 7.48% ( -0) 2-2 @ 5.27% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.98% ( 0) Other @ 0.11% Total : 26.37%	0-1 @ 10.11% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 8.49% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 6.84% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 3.83% ( -0) 0-3 @ 3.09% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 2.37% 1-4 @ 1.29% ( -0) 0-4 @ 1.04% ( -0) Other @ 2.37% Total : 39.43%