League One

League One | Gameweek 42

Apr 30, 2025 at 7.45pm UK

Bloomfield Road (Blackpool, Lancashire)

Blackpool
0 - 2
Birmingham

Morgan (57')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Laird (39'), May (51')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's League One clash between Blackpool and Birmingham City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackpool

All competitions

Last Game: Wigan 1-1 Blackpool
Saturday, April 26 at 3pm in League One

Goals
for

Birmingham City

All competitions

League One

Last Game: Birmingham 4-0 Mansfield
Sunday, April 27 at 3pm in League One

Goals
for

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 Birmingham City win with a probability of 53.89%. A draw had a probability of 23.9% and a win for Blackpool had a probability of 22.24%.

The most likely scoreline for a Birmingham City win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.21%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.74%) and 0-2 (9.63%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.35%), while for a Blackpool win it was 1-0 (6.62%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Birmingham City would win this match.

Result
Blackpool	Draw	Birmingham City
22.24% ( 2.97)	23.87% ( 1.09)	53.89% ( -4.06)

Both teams to score 52.19% (

0.99)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.3% (

-0.88)

48.69% (

0.88)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.19% (

-0.81)

70.8% (

0.8)

Blackpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.64% (

2.52)

36.36% (

-2.53)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.85% (

2.47)

73.15% (

-2.47)

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.02% (

-1.77)

17.98% (

1.77)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.16% (

-3.13)

48.83% (

3.12)

Score Analysis

Blackpool 22.24%

Birmingham City 53.88%

Draw 23.87%

Blackpool	Draw	Birmingham City
1-0 @ 6.62% ( 0.66) 2-1 @ 5.74% ( 0.63) 2-0 @ 3.35% ( 0.53) 3-1 @ 1.94% ( 0.33) 3-2 @ 1.66% ( 0.2) 3-0 @ 1.13% ( 0.24) Other @ 1.81% Total : 22.24%	1-1 @ 11.35% ( 0.52) 0-0 @ 6.54% ( 0.23) 2-2 @ 4.93% ( 0.27) 3-3 @ 0.95% ( 0.06) Other @ 0.11% Total : 23.87%	0-1 @ 11.21% ( -0.26) 1-2 @ 9.74% ( -0.12) 0-2 @ 9.63% ( -0.81) 1-3 @ 5.57% ( -0.41) 0-3 @ 5.51% ( -0.82) 2-3 @ 2.82% ( -0) 1-4 @ 2.39% ( -0.33) 0-4 @ 2.36% ( -0.52) 2-4 @ 1.21% ( -0.08) Other @ 3.46% Total : 53.88%

How you voted: Blackpool vs Birmingham

Blackpool

16.2%

Draw

19.1%

Birmingham City

64.7%

Head to Head

Dec 29, 2024 3pm

Gameweek 23

Birmingham

0-0

Blackpool

Bielik (20')

Pennington (71')

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Dec 1, 2024 1pm

Second Round

Blackpool

1-2

Birmingham

Rhodes (55')
Husband (6'), Gabriel (82')

Dykes (6'), Jutkiewicz (24')
Sanderson (29'), Harris (33'), Leonard (45'), Dykes (54')

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Apr 22, 2023 3pm

Gameweek 44

Birmingham

0-1

Blackpool

Poveda (74')

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Dec 10, 2022 3pm

Gameweek 22

Blackpool

0-0

Birmingham

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Apr 18, 2022 3pm

Gameweek 43

Blackpool

6-1

Birmingham

Beesley (3', 56'), Hamilton (14'), Dougall (40'), Yates (85' pen.), Connolly (90+4')

Sunjic (63')
Pedersen (75')

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Form Guide

Wigan 1-1 Blackpool

Blackpool 1-2 Wrexham

Stevenage 1-3 Blackpool

Rotherham 2-1 Blackpool

Blackpool 3-0 Reading

Blackpool 2-1 Bolton

Birmingham 4-0 Mansfield

Stevenage 0-1 Birmingham

Burton Albion 1-2 Birmingham

Birmingham 0-0 Crawley

Birmingham 0-2 Peterborough

Peterborough 1-2 Birmingham

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Singapore

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World Cup Qualifying - Asia

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COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Birmingham City Birmingham	46	34	9	3	84	31	53	111
P	Wrexham	46	27	11	8	67	34	33	92
3	Stockport County Stockport	46	25	12	9	72	42	30	87
P	Charlton Athletic Charlton	46	25	10	11	67	43	24	85
5	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe	46	24	12	10	70	45	25	84
6	Leyton Orient	46	24	6	16	72	48	24	78
7	Reading	46	21	12	13	68	57	11	75
8	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	46	20	8	18	67	70	-3	68
9	Blackpool	46	17	16	13	72	60	12	67
10	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	46	19	7	20	58	55	3	64
11	Lincoln City Lincoln	46	16	13	17	64	56	8	61
12	Barnsley	46	17	10	19	69	73	-4	61
13	Rotherham United Rotherham	46	16	11	19	54	59	-5	59
14	Stevenage	46	15	12	19	42	50	-8	57
15	Wigan Athletic Wigan	46	13	17	16	40	42	-2	56
16	Exeter City Exeter	46	15	11	20	49	65	-16	56
17	Mansfield Town Mansfield	46	15	9	22	60	73	-13	54
18	Peterborough United Peterborough	46	13	12	21	68	81	-13	51
19	Northampton Town Northampton	46	12	15	19	48	66	-18	51
20	Burton Albion	46	11	14	21	49	66	-17	47
R	Crawley Town Crawley	46	12	10	24	57	83	-26	46
R	Bristol Rovers	46	12	7	27	44	76	-32	43
R	Cambridge United Cambridge	46	9	11	26	45	73	-28	38
R	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury	46	8	9	29	41	79	-38	33
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