Championship

Championship | Gameweek 38

Mar 18, 2023 at 3pm UK

Bloomfield Road

Blackpool
1 - 4
Coventry

Yates (35' pen.)

FT(HT: 1-2)

Sheaf (20'), Nelson (45+2' og.), McFadzean (50'), Godden (73')
Gyokeres (14'), McFadzean (34'), Hamer (83')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackpool

All competitions

Last Game: Blackpool 6-1 QPR
Tuesday, March 14 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Coventry City

All competitions

Last Game: Wigan 1-1 Coventry
Tuesday, March 14 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Blackpool 1-2 Coventry City

Blackpool will be full of confidence following their trashing of QPR on Tuesday, but it is often difficult to go again so quickly after an adrenaline-filled night. Coventry know it is now or never for their playoff dreams this season, and we reckon they will keep them alive heading into the international break by collecting three points this weekend. 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 Coventry City win with a probability of 46.76%. A draw had a probability of 27.5% and a win for Blackpool had a probability of 25.75%.

The most likely scoreline for a Coventry City win was 0-1 with a probability of 13.62%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.32%) and 1-2 (8.75%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.78%), while for a Blackpool win it was 1-0 (9.35%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 1.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Coventry City would win this match.

Result
Blackpool	Draw	Coventry City
25.75% ( -0.03)	27.49% ( -0.01)	46.76% ( 0.04)

Both teams to score 45.39%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

40.58% (

0.01)

59.42% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

20.21% (

0.01)

79.79% (

-0.01)

Blackpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.89% (

-0.02)

39.11% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.17% (

-0.02)

75.83% (

0.02)

Coventry City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.55% (

0.03)

25.45% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.72% (

0.03)

60.28% (

-0.03)

Score Analysis

Blackpool 25.75%

Coventry City 46.76%

Draw 27.48%

Blackpool	Draw	Coventry City
1-0 @ 9.35% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 6% ( -0) 2-0 @ 4.39% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 1.88% ( -0) 3-0 @ 1.37% ( -0) 3-2 @ 1.29% ( -0) Other @ 1.48% Total : 25.75%	1-1 @ 12.78% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 9.96% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.11% Other @ 0.64% Total : 27.48%	0-1 @ 13.62% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 9.32% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 8.75% ( 0) 0-3 @ 4.25% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 3.99% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.87% ( 0) 0-4 @ 1.45% ( 0) 1-4 @ 1.37% ( 0) Other @ 2.14% Total : 46.76%