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Championship | Gameweek 25
Dec 29, 2021 at 7.45pm UK
Bloomfield Road
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Blackpool
1 - 2
Middlesbrough

Lavery (90+1')
Connolly (32'), Husband (44')
FT(HT: 0-0)
Sporar (60'), Watmore (90+2')
Fry (40'), Sporar (61'), Crooks (71'), Peltier (89')

The Match

Preview

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

We said: Blackpool 1-2 Middlesbrough

There have been signs in the last two matches that Blackpool are starting to get back on track. Nevertheless, we cannot ignore Boro's recent form, leading us to predict a narrow victory for Wilder's team on the North-West coast. 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 Middlesbrough win with a probability of 37.08%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 33.8% and a draw had a probability of 29.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a Middlesbrough win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.55%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.58%) and 0-2 (7.11%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 1-0 (11.83%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.39%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-2 win for Middlesbrough in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Middlesbrough.

Result
BlackpoolDrawMiddlesbrough
33.8%29.12%37.08%
Both teams to score 44.44%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
37.69%62.31%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
18.04%81.96%
Blackpool Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
65.59%34.41%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
28.88%71.12%
Middlesbrough Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
67.76%32.25%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
31.26%68.74%
Score Analysis
    Blackpool 33.8%
    Middlesbrough 37.07%
    Draw 29.11%
BlackpoolDrawMiddlesbrough
1-0 @ 11.83%
2-1 @ 7.15%
2-0 @ 6.31%
3-1 @ 2.54%
3-0 @ 2.25%
3-2 @ 1.44%
Other @ 2.28%
Total : 33.8%
1-1 @ 13.39%
0-0 @ 11.09%
2-2 @ 4.04%
Other @ 0.59%
Total : 29.11%
0-1 @ 12.55%
1-2 @ 7.58%
0-2 @ 7.11%
1-3 @ 2.86%
0-3 @ 2.68%
2-3 @ 1.53%
Other @ 2.76%
Total : 37.07%

How you voted: Blackpool vs Middlesbrough

Blackpool
31.3%
Draw
6.3%
Middlesbrough
62.5%
16
Head to Head
Sep 18, 2021 3pm
Gameweek 8
Middlesbrough
1-2
Blackpool
Tavernier (8')
Fry (12'), Crooks (35')
Ekpiteta (63'), Hall (78' og.)
Gabriel (90+3')
Aug 11, 2021 7.45pm
First Round
Blackpool
3-0
Middlesbrough
Connolly (31'), Lavery (77'), Anderson (78')
Ekpiteta (19'), Casey (33')

Morsy (31'), Payero (36')
rhs 2.0
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