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Blackpool v Birmingham City : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 30th Apr, 19:45 BST, Bloomfield Road (Blackpool, Lancashire),

the Bloomfield Road (Blackpool, Lancashire) masses welcome Birmingham City's travelling contingent on Wednesday evening, as Steve Bruce's Blackpool go head to head with Chris Davies's team in the League One. All of the important statistics for the clash, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds across seventeen major markets are covered in this preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Blackpool 36%	-	-
Draw 27%	-	-
Birmingham 37%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Birmingham 1-0 10%	-	-
Blackpool 1-0 10%	-	-
Birmingham 2-1 8%	-	-
Blackpool 2-1 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Birmingham 2-0 6%	-	-
Blackpool 2-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Birmingham 3-1 4%	-	-
Blackpool 3-1 3%	-	-
Birmingham 3-0 3%	-	-
Blackpool 3-0 3%	-	-
Birmingham 3-2 2%	-	-
Blackpool 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	-	-
BTTS - No 48%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 17%	-	-
Home/draw 63%	-	-
Away/draw 64%	-	-
Home/away 73%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 55%	-	-
Away DNB 56%	-	-
Blackpool win to nil 20%	-	-
Birmingham win to nil 20%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Blackpool have played 42 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Blackpool have conceded 23 goals, scored 23, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 4 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Blackpool have played 20 games at home, winning 6, drawing 11 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 24 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 1st place on 96 points in the League One league table having played 41 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 41 games against teams below them in the table, winning 29, drawing 9 and losing 3 games. They have scored 73 goals and kept 19 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 29 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 19 away games, winning 11, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Blackpool Birmingham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Birmingham Away	41	29	9	3	44	96	Apr 30	d 0-00-0	-	-
2	Wycombe	43	24	12	7	32	84	d 2-2A	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	w 2-3A
3	Wrexham	43	24	11	8	27	83	Apr 21	l 2-1F	w 3-1A	d 1-1A
4	Charlton	43	23	10	10	21	79	d 2-2A	w 1-2F	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
5	Stockport	43	22	12	9	26	78	l 0-3A	l 2-1F	w 2-0F	d 1-1F
6	L Orient	43	21	6	16	19	69	l 1-2A	l 3-0A	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
7	Reading	43	19	12	12	7	69	w 3-0F	w 0-3F	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0
8	Bolton	43	20	6	17	-1	66	w 2-1F	l 2-1F	w 2-0F	l 3-1F
9	Huddersfield	43	19	7	17	9	64	d 2-2F	w 0-2F	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
10	Blackpool Home	42	16	15	11	12	63	-	-	d 0-00-0	Apr 30
11	Lincoln	43	15	13	15	9	58	d 1-1F	w 0-2F	w 1-0F	w 1-3A
12	Barnsley	43	16	9	18	-5	57	l 1-2A	w 0-3F	w 6-2F	w 1-2A
13	Rotherham	43	15	10	18	-5	55	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	w 0-2F
14	Exeter	43	14	11	18	-13	53	w 2-1F	w 1-3F	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
15	Stevenage	42	14	10	18	-8	52	d 0-00-0	w 1-3F	w 2-1F	Apr 24
16	Wigan	42	12	14	16	-3	50	d 2-2A	Apr 26	w 2-1F	w 0-3F
17	Peterborough	42	13	10	19	-10	49	d 0-00-0	l 5-1A	w 3-2A	w 1-2F
18	Mansfield	42	13	9	20	-10	48	d 3-3F	l 2-0A	Apr 27	d 1-1F
19	Northampton	43	11	14	18	-18	47	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
20	Burton	42	10	13	19	-15	43	w 3-0F	d 1-1A	w 2-0F	Apr 21
21	Bristol R	43	12	7	24	-26	43	May 3	w 0-2F	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
22	Cambridge	43	9	11	23	-25	38	w 2-1A	d 4-4F	w 4-0F	May 3
23	Crawley	43	9	10	24	-32	37	w 3-1F	l 2-1A	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F
24	Shrewsbury	43	7	9	27	-35	30	d 1-1F	w 1-2A	w 4-1F	l 3-2A

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackpool	3 - 0	Reading
Blackpool	2 - 1	Bolton
Blackpool	1 - 2	L Orient
Blackpool	2 - 1	Cambridge
Blackpool	0 - 0	Peterborough
Blackpool	3 - 1	Crawley
Blackpool	3 - 3	Mansfield
Blackpool	0 - 0	Rotherham
Blackpool	2 - 2	Charlton
Blackpool	2 - 2	Huddersfield
Blackpool	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
Blackpool	0 - 0	Stevenage
Blackpool	0 - 0	Northampton
Blackpool	2 - 2	Wigan
Blackpool	1 - 2	Barnsley
Blackpool	1 - 1	Lincoln
Blackpool	3 - 0	Burton
Blackpool	2 - 1	Exeter
Blackpool	2 - 2	Wycombe
Blackpool	0 - 3	Stockport

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Blackpool	1 - 2	Rotherham
H	Blackpool	3 - 0	Reading
H	Blackpool	2 - 1	Bolton
A	Blackpool	2 - 0	Northampton
H	Blackpool	1 - 2	L Orient
H	Blackpool	2 - 1	Cambridge
A	Blackpool	3 - 0	Barnsley
H	Blackpool	0 - 0	Peterborough
A	Blackpool	1 - 2	Stockport
H	Blackpool	3 - 1	Crawley
H	Blackpool	3 - 3	Mansfield
H	Blackpool	0 - 0	Rotherham
A	Blackpool	1 - 1	Burton
H	Blackpool	2 - 2	Charlton
A	Blackpool	2 - 0	Lincoln
A	Blackpool	3 - 1	Exeter
H	Blackpool	2 - 2	Huddersfield
A	Blackpool	1 - 1	Wycombe
H	Blackpool	1 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Blackpool	0 - 0	Birmingham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Peterborough	1 - 2	Birmingham
Bristol R	1 - 2	Birmingham
Northampton	1 - 1	Birmingham
Bolton	3 - 1	Birmingham
Reading	0 - 0	Birmingham
Huddersfield	0 - 1	Birmingham
Wrexham	1 - 1	Birmingham
Wigan	0 - 3	Birmingham
Stockport	1 - 1	Birmingham
Crawley	0 - 1	Birmingham
Barnsley	1 - 2	Birmingham
Exeter	0 - 2	Birmingham
Shrewsbury	3 - 2	Birmingham
Mansfield	1 - 1	Birmingham
Lincoln	1 - 3	Birmingham
Charlton	1 - 0	Birmingham
Rotherham	0 - 2	Birmingham
L Orient	1 - 2	Birmingham
Wycombe	2 - 3	Birmingham
Huddersfield	1 - 1	Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Peterborough
H	Birmingham	6 - 2	Barnsley
A	Birmingham	2 - 1	Bristol R
H	Birmingham	4 - 1	Shrewsbury
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Northampton
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Stevenage
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Lincoln
A	Birmingham	1 - 3	Bolton
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Wycombe
H	Birmingham	2 - 0	L Orient
A	Birmingham	0 - 0	Reading
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Charlton
H	Birmingham	4 - 0	Cambridge
H	Birmingham	2 - 1	Rotherham
A	Birmingham	1 - 0	Huddersfield
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Wrexham
H	Birmingham	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Birmingham	3 - 0	Wigan
A	Birmingham	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Birmingham	0 - 0	Blackpool

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Blackpool have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with Birmingham

Blackpool

Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

5 / 9

Clean sheets

4 / 9

1 / 9

BLP

BIR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackpool
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Blackpool	6 - 1
Blackpool	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Birmingham
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Blackpool	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Birmingham
Blackpool	2 - 0

Birmingham

Blackpool

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

5 / 10

Clean sheets

5 / 10

3 / 10

BLP

BIR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Blackpool
Birmingham	1 - 0
Birmingham	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Birmingham	3 - 0
Birmingham	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Blackpool

Goal Statistics

	Blackpool 10th	Birmingham 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Blackpool will score no more than 1 goal	0 27% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 63% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-10 Blackpool’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-2 Birmingham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.5 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season

BLP

BIR

21%

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Games scored	33		37
Failed to score	8		3
Scored first	21		27
Goals scored	63		73
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.8
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	16		20
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.6
KickOff rating		+21%

BLP

BIR

27%

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Games conceded	28		22
Clean sheets	13		18
Conceded first	15		11
Goals conceded	53		29
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		0.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.2		0.8
KickOff rating		+27%

Blackpool v Birmingham League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackpool League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	11	8	11
O Casey	A Fletcher	A Morgan	L Evans

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Apter FWD	40	4	3	-
O Casey DEF	38	3	1	5 -
L Evans MID	37	3	6	11 -
O Offiah DEF	36	1	1	4 -
A Fletcher FWD	36	11	5	1
H Tyrer GLK	33			6 -
J Husband DEF	32	3	1	9 -
S Carey MID	32	8		3 -
H Coulson DEF	31		1	4 -
A Morgan MID	31	4	8	2 -
C Hamilton FWD	29	3	4	1 -
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	27		3	2 -
M Pennington DEF	20		1	3 -
J Beesley FWD	19	1	1	3 1
N Ennis FWD	14	6	1	-
E Baggott DEF	13		1	2 -
J Onomah MID	13	1		-
S Silvera FWD	13	1	1	2 -
T Bloxham FWD	9	1	3	-
R Finnigan MID	7			-
R O'Donnell GLK	6			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	28	8	56
A Fletcher	S Carey	A Morgan	L Evans

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Fletcher FWD	11	23	5	15
S Carey MID	8	28		6
N Ennis FWD	6	12	1	2
R Apter FWD	4	19	3	26
A Morgan MID	4	12	8	22
O Casey DEF	3	8	1	1
C Hamilton FWD	3	8	4	16
J Husband DEF	3	4	1	8
L Evans MID	3	10	6	56
O Offiah DEF	1	3	1	11
J Beesley FWD	1	2	1	3
J Onomah MID	1	2		3
S Silvera FWD	1	1	1
T Bloxham FWD	1	7	3	6
H Coulson DEF		2	1	10
H Tyrer GLK				1
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF		4	3	5
M Pennington DEF		1	1	2
E Baggott DEF		1	1	1
R Finnigan MID		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2199	92	266
L Evans	O Offiah	O Casey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Evans MID	2199	72	194
O Casey DEF	1575	74	266
A Morgan MID	1462	55	132
O Offiah DEF	1395	92	209
J Husband DEF	1241	42	169
H Tyrer GLK	1204		18
M Pennington DEF	850	24	95
S Carey MID	823	31	106
H Coulson DEF	818	53	177
R Apter FWD	748	48	135
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	565	22	107
A Fletcher FWD	550	32	138
C Hamilton FWD	484	32	97
E Baggott DEF	395	11	62
R O'Donnell GLK	210		2
N Ennis FWD	124	7	41
S Silvera FWD	118	9	31
J Beesley FWD	107	6	51
J Onomah MID	100	16	24
R Finnigan MID	84	9	17
T Bloxham FWD	78	3	30

Birmingham League One squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	18	8	10
C Klarer	J Stansfield	A May	C Klarer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A May FWD	38	14	8	3 -
C Klarer DEF	37		3	10 -
A Cochrane DEF	36		2	5 -
W Willumsson MID	34	5	5	-
S Paik MID	34	1	2	1 -
T Iwata MID	33	5	1	6 -
R Allsop GLK	31		1	5 -
B Davies DEF	31	1		2 -
K Bielik DEF	30	1		5 1
J Stansfield FWD	30	18	2	6 -
K Anderson FWD	30	6	4	5 -
E Laird DEF	29	3	3	5 -
M Leonard MID	28		2	2 -
T Gardner-Hickman MID	26	2	1	6 -
L Dykes FWD	25	1		2 -
L Harris MID	22	3	1	3 -
E Hansson FWD	20	1	2	-
A Sampsted DEF	15			-
K Dowell MID	14	4	2	1 -
S Wright FWD	13	1		-
L Jutkiewicz FWD	12	1		-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	9			-
G Hanley DEF	9			1 -
L Buchanan DEF	3	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
18	34	8	26
J Stansfield	J Stansfield	A May	W Willumsson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Stansfield FWD	18	34	2	8
A May FWD	14	28	8	14
K Anderson FWD	6	9	4	19
W Willumsson MID	5	16	5	26
T Iwata MID	5	13	1	18
K Dowell MID	4	11	2	6
L Harris MID	3	6	1	2
E Laird DEF	3	6	3	12
T Gardner-Hickman MID	2	6	1	3
L Jutkiewicz FWD	1	3		1
S Wright FWD	1	2		7
E Hansson FWD	1	9	2	4
L Dykes FWD	1	9		11
L Buchanan DEF	1	1
K Bielik DEF	1	5		5
B Davies DEF	1	1		3
S Paik MID	1	9	2	17
C Klarer DEF		2	3	6
A Sampsted DEF				2
R Allsop GLK			1	2
A Cochrane DEF		1	2	20
M Leonard MID		2	2	15

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2788	62	264
C Klarer	C Klarer	C Klarer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Klarer DEF	2788	62	264
B Davies DEF	2308	34	193
A Cochrane DEF	2282	53	174
T Iwata MID	1882	44	102
S Paik MID	1882	46	163
K Bielik DEF	1772	35	176
R Allsop GLK	1314		19
W Willumsson MID	1145	45	134
E Laird DEF	982	41	199
M Leonard MID	852	36	69
K Anderson FWD	756	36	143
T Gardner-Hickman MID	753	31	90
A May FWD	516	12	53
K Dowell MID	469	23	48
J Stansfield FWD	371	40	85
B Peacock-Farrell GLK	342		10
E Hansson FWD	329	16	27
L Dykes FWD	277	11	108
L Harris MID	237	20	40
A Sampsted DEF	219	13	30
S Wright FWD	171	3	22
L Buchanan DEF	73	3	8
L Jutkiewicz FWD	62	3	27
G Hanley DEF	45	1	6