Blackpool vs Huddersfield Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Blackpool

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Blackpool will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 3-0 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Middlesbrough.

In that game, Blackpool had 23% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. At the other end, Middlesbrough had 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Chuba Akpom (32', 59') and Paddy McNair (70') scored for Middlesbrough.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Blackpool have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Blackpool have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 11 goals on the way.

Heading into this contest, Blackpool are without a win at home for the past 5 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Huddersfield Town

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Last time out, Huddersfield drew 1-1 in the Championship match with Queens Park Rangers.

In that game, Huddersfield Town had 53% possession and 6 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Huddersfield Town was Martyn Waghorn (39'). Queens Park Rangers got 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Jamal Lowe (13') scored for Queens Park Rangers.

The stats tell the story, and Huddersfield have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals in total. Defensively, Huddersfield Town have not been doing too well. Putting that to one side, it remains to be seen whether the trend might be sustained in this match or not.

Their prior results show that Huddersfield Town:

• haven't been defeated by Blackpool when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 22/03/2014 shows us that Blackpool have won 2 of these games & Huddersfield 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 of them from The Seasiders and 10 netted by The Terriers. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The last league clash featuring the two was Championship match day 8 on 04/09/2022 which ended up with the score at Huddersfield Town 0-1 Blackpool.

That time, Huddersfield Town managed 64% possession and 15 shots on goal with 6 on target.

On the other side, Blackpool got 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Theo Corbeanu (38') was the scorer.

The referee was John Busby.

ℹ️ Team News: Blackpool

Keshi Anderson (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury) and Lewis Fiorini (Achilles tendon problems) are unavailable for Blackpool boss Mick McCarthy.

📋 Team News: Huddersfield

Huddersfield boss Mark Fotheringham has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Lee Nicholls (Shoulder Injury) and Yuta Nakayama (Achilles tendon rupture) are not able to play.

💡 Prediction

Our thinking is that Huddersfield Town are likely to breach the defence of this Blackpool outfit, although it probably shouldn’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Blackpool at full-time. Could easily see this go either way.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 01:58 04/02/2023