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EFL Cup | Second Round
Aug 27, 2024 at 7.45pm UK
Ewood Park
Blackpool

Blackburn
1 - 2
Blackpool

Gueye (21' pen.)
Vale (40')
FT(HT: 1-0)
Beesley (72'), Coulson (78')
Casey (20'), Apter (75')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's EFL Cup clash between Blackburn Rovers and Blackpool, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Blackburn 2-1 Oxford Utd
Saturday, August 24 at 3pm in Championship
Last Game: Cambridge 4-4 Blackpool
Saturday, August 24 at 3pm in League One

We said: Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Blackpool

Blackburn have made an impressive start to the new season, and we think that they will showcase their Championship quality to dispatch a Blackpool side who may be low on confidence after failing to win any of their opening three league games. 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 Blackpool win with a probability of 40.44%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 33.68% and a draw had a probability of 25.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackpool win was 0-1 with a probability of 9.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.67%) and 0-2 (6.86%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 (8.72%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.29%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Blackpool would win this match.

Result
Blackburn RoversDrawBlackpool
33.68% (0.0010000000000048 0) 25.88%40.44%
Both teams to score 54.22%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
49.99%50.01% (0.0010000000000048 0)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
28.01%71.99% (0.0010000000000048 0)
Blackburn Rovers Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
71.74% (0.0019999999999953 0)28.26%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
36.02% (0.00099999999999767 0)63.97%
Blackpool Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
75.58%24.42% (0.0010000000000012 0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
41.16%58.84% (0.00099999999999767 0)
Score Analysis
    Blackburn Rovers 33.68%
    Blackpool 40.44%
    Draw 25.88%
Blackburn RoversDrawBlackpool
1-0 @ 8.72%
2-1 @ 7.77%
2-0 @ 5.51% (0.00099999999999945 0)
3-1 @ 3.27%
3-0 @ 2.32%
3-2 @ 2.31%
4-1 @ 1.03%
Other @ 2.74%
Total : 33.68%
1-1 @ 12.29%
0-0 @ 6.9%
2-2 @ 5.48%
3-3 @ 1.08%
Other @ 0.13%
Total : 25.88%
0-1 @ 9.73%
1-2 @ 8.67%
0-2 @ 6.86%
1-3 @ 4.07%
0-3 @ 3.22%
2-3 @ 2.57%
1-4 @ 1.44%
0-4 @ 1.14%
2-4 @ 0.91%
Other @ 1.83%
Total : 40.44%

How you voted: Blackburn vs Blackpool

Blackburn Rovers
88.5%
Draw
4.6%
Blackpool
6.9%
87
Head to Head
Feb 21, 2023 7.45pm
Aug 31, 2022 8pm
Apr 9, 2022 3pm
Gameweek 41
Blackburn
1-1
Blackpool
Gallagher (10')
Gallagher (63'), Pickering (80')
Ekpiteta (48')
Dougall (44'), Madine (85'), Bowler (90+2'), Connolly (90+6')
Oct 2, 2021 3pm
Gameweek 11
Blackpool
2-1
Blackburn
Lavery (4'), Yates (24')
Ekpiteta (46'), Wintle (88'), Bowler (90+5')
Brereton Diaz (50')
Ayala (25')
Jul 27, 2019 3pm
Pre-season Friendlies
Blackpool
0-2
Blackburn
Armstrong (3'), Brereton (77')
rhs 2.0
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