Southampton vs Blackpool Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 0-1 EFL Cup defeat last time out to Newcastle United.

In that match, Southampton had 44% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 on target. Newcastle United got 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Joelinton (73') was the scorer for Newcastle United.

It’s not been often in recent times where Southampton haven’t conceded. The facts show that Southampton have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 5 goals during that time.

Blackpool

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Since being beaten in their last game against Watford in Championship competition, Blackpool and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Blackpool had 48% possession and 6 shots on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Watford had 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Tobi Adeyemo (72') and Ismaïla Sarr (87') scored for Watford.

Looking at their form, and Blackpool have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals overall. At the back, Blackpool have some weaknesses to address. Regardless, time will tell whether the trend will persist in this next game or not.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes going back to 08/03/2008 shows that Southampton have won 1 of them & Blackpool 2, with the tally of drawn results being 3.

An aggregate of 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 of them from The Saints and 9 for The Seasiders. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was Championship match day 40 on 31/03/2012 which finished with the scoreline of Blackpool 3-0 Southampton.

The match was refereed by Dean Whitestone.

📰 Team News: Southampton

Theo Walcott (Calf Strain), Tino Livramento (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Stuart Armstrong (groin strain) and Armel Bella-Kotchap (Knee Problems) won’t be playing for Southampton manager Nathan Jones.

🗞️ Team News: Blackpool

Blackpool manager Mick McCarthy has some current player fitness concerns. Keshi Anderson (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury) and Lewis Fiorini (Achilles tendon problems) won’t be making appearances.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Southampton certainly have the ability to create the chances to score more than once when they face Blackpool, who may well find it hard scoring a goal of their own.

We can therefore see a fairly comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Southampton at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 01:58 24/01/2023