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Blackpool vs West Bromwich Albion Live Stream, Predictions
Saturday’s FA Cup schedule will see Blackpool fighting it out with West Bromwich Albion.
View all Blackpool v West Bromwich Albion tips, stats and our pre-match poll below - plus the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
Blackpool
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Blackpool will be wanting a better result here after the 2-1 League One loss in their previous game against Bristol Rovers.
The only scorer from Blackpool was Gary Madine (9'). Brandon Hanlan (34') and Sam Nicholson (36') scored for Bristol Rovers.
Blackpool have been quite ineffective in attack of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 against opponents over their last six matches. In those meetings, The Seasiders have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 5.
West Bromwich Albion
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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Arsenal in Premier League action, West Bromwich Albion will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, West Bromwich Albion managed 38% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Arsenal had 21 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. Kieran Tierney (23'), Bukayo Saka (28') and Alexandre Lacazette (60', 64') scored for Arsenal.
The forward players for West Bromwich Albion have had real problems scoring goals over their previous 6 encounters, recording the poor return of only 3. In those matches, The Baggies have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 16. That trend won’t necessarily be carried forward here, though.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A review of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 23/10/2007 tells us that Blackpool have won 1 of them & West Bromwich Albion 5, with the number of draws being 0.
Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 25 overall which averages out at 4.17 goals per match.
The last league game between the two was Premier League match day 23 on 15/01/2011 when the final score was West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Blackpool.
The match was refereed by Stuart Attwell.
ℹ️ Team News: Blackpool
Blackpool boss Neil Critchley has no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash owing to a fully healthy group to choose from.
ℹ️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion
Thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from, West Bromwich Albion boss Sam Allardyce doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game.
🧠 Prediction
Our assessment here is that Blackpool will have to perform well to register a score against this West Bromwich Albion side who we think will score & stay on top.
That’s why we have predicted a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 winning margin for West Bromwich Albion when the referee blows for full-time.
Hopefully it’s a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 00:09 05/01/2021

🏟️ Team Focus:
Blackpool
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Bloomfield Road Stadium (17,338)
Captain: Chris Maxwell
Chairman: Simon Sadler
Manager: Neil Critchley
Competitions: League One position 13, FA Cup (Third Round)
🔑 Star Player: CJ Hamilton

Mostly taking to the field in the Left Wing position, CJ Hamilton was born in Harrow, England. After making a first senior appearance for Halifax in the 2015 - 2016 season, the goalscoring Forward has scored 5 league goals in the League One 2020 - 2021 season so far in 18 appearances.
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21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 42 | LWWWD |
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19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 37 | DLLLW |
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19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 35 | LWWDW |
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18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 33 | WWWWL |
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19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 33 | LLWDD |
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17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 33 | WLWDW |
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20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 32 | WDDLL |
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18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 32 | LDWLW |
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20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 30 | DWWWD |
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20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | LWDDD |
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18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 29 | DLWDD |
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20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 28 | DWWWW |
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20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 27 | DWDLL |
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20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 26 | LLWLL |
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21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 26 | LWDLW |
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21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 25 | DDLWW |
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20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | -4 | 24 | WWWDW |
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18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 22 | LWWLW |
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21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -17 | 22 | LLLWD |
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20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 21 | LDLLL |
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18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 19 | WLLWL |
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20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -14 | 19 | WLDDW |
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20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -16 | 17 | LLLDL |
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22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -22 | 13 | LLLLL |
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17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 33 | WWDDL |
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16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 33 | WWDWW |
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17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 32 | LWDDW |
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16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 29 | DLLDW |
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15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 29 | DDWWW |
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17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 29 | DLDDW |
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16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 29 | WWWWL |
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15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 26 | DWWDL |
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17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | LWLDL |
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17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 26 | DLDDW |
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17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 23 | DLWWW |
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17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 23 | WLWWL |
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17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 22 | WLDLD |
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17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 22 | DLLDW |
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16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 19 | LDLDL |
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15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 16 | WDWLW |
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17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -7 | 14 | DDDLD |
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15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 11 | LDDDD |
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17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | -28 | 8 | DLDLL |
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17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | -21 | 2 | LDLLL |
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