FA Cup

FA Cup | Second Round

Dec 19, 2023 at 7.45pm UK

Bloomfield Road

Blackpool
3 - 0
Forest Green

Dale (18'), Gabriel (75'), Ekpiteta (84')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Welch (82')

Preview

Data Analysis

Lineups

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's FA Cup clash between Blackpool and Forest Green Rovers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackpool

All competitions

FA Cup

Last Game: Cambridge 2-1 Blackpool
Saturday, December 16 at 3pm in League One

Goals
for

Top scorers

Forest Green Rovers

All competitions

FA Cup

Last Game: MK Dons 2-0 Forest Green
Saturday, December 16 at 3pm in League Two

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Blackpool 3-1 Forest Green Rovers

Despite suffering a defeat in midweek, Blackpool will be favourites to progress from this cup tie, and after winning five of their last seven competitive home games, we think that they will claim a relatively comfortable victory over Forest Green Rovers. 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 51.97%. A win for Forest Green Rovers had a probability of 24.99% and a draw had a probability of 23%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackpool win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.71%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9%) and 2-0 (8.16%). The likeliest Forest Green Rovers win was 1-2 (6.37%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.71%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 4.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Blackpool would win this match.

Result
Blackpool	Draw	Forest Green Rovers
51.97% ( -0)	23.04%	24.99% ( 0)

Both teams to score 58.21% (

-0)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

57.74% (

-0)

42.26% (

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

35.33% (

-0)

64.66% (

Blackpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.67% (

-0)

16.32% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.09% (

-0)

45.9% (

Forest Green Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.57%

30.43% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.37%

66.63% (

-0)

Score Analysis

Blackpool 51.97%

Forest Green Rovers 24.99%

Draw 23.04%

Blackpool	Draw	Forest Green Rovers
2-1 @ 9.71% 1-0 @ 9% 2-0 @ 8.16% 3-1 @ 5.87% ( -0) 3-0 @ 4.93% ( -0) 3-2 @ 3.49% 4-1 @ 2.66% 4-0 @ 2.23% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.58% 5-1 @ 0.96% Other @ 3.37% Total : 51.97%	1-1 @ 10.71% 2-2 @ 5.78% 0-0 @ 4.97% 3-3 @ 1.38% Other @ 0.2% Total : 23.04%	1-2 @ 6.37% 0-1 @ 5.91% ( 0) 0-2 @ 3.52% 1-3 @ 2.53% 2-3 @ 2.29% 0-3 @ 1.39% Other @ 2.98% Total : 24.99%