Championship

Championship | Gameweek 25

Dec 29, 2021 at 7.45pm UK

Bloomfield Road

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.

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
Blackpool	Draw	Middlesbrough
33.8%	29.12%	37.08%

Both teams to score 44.44%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

37.69%

62.31%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.04%

81.96%

Blackpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

65.59%

34.41%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

28.88%

71.12%

Middlesbrough Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.76%

32.25%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.26%

68.74%

Score Analysis

Blackpool 33.8%

Middlesbrough 37.07%

Draw 29.11%

Blackpool	Draw	Middlesbrough
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%