Blackpool will welcome Swansea City to Bloomfield Road for their mid-table Championship contest with kickoff at 6 pm on Saturday.
Neil Critchley’s Blackpool side have secured back-to-back victories, with a narrow 1-0 win away at Stoke City last weekend. Midfielder Josh Bowler scored the game’s only goal in the 86th minute, giving his side their 13th league win of the season and moving them up to 14th in the table.
Despite the Tangerines’ strong recent form—with 11 games left to play—their hopes of a late playoff push are questionable as they sit 11 points behind sixth-placed Luton Town.
Blackpool will be confident of success on Saturday as they are unbeaten in eight games against Swansea. They have also won nine of their 13 home games at Bloomfield Road this season – they last won 10 in the second tier under Ian Holloway (13) in 2011-12.
Last weekend, Swansea City suffered a heavy 5-1 defeat against Fulham at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea held their own in the first half, but Aleksandar Mitrovic scored Fulham’s second after Ryan Manning was sent off due to a late challenge on Harry Wilson.
Soon after, Ben Cabango put the ball into his net, and Bobby Decordova-Reid added a third before Joel Piroe pulled one back for the Swans. However, Neco Williams scored twice late to make it 5-1.
Blackpool vs Swansea Head to Head
Both sides have 5 games against each other, with hosts taking two wins while visitors winless. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- Stoke City 0-1 Blackpool
- Blackpool 4-1 Reading
- QPR 2-1 Blackpool
- Cardiff 1-1 Blackpool
- Blackpool 2-1 Bournemouth
Away
- Swansea 1-5 Fulham
- Swansea 3-1 Coventry City
- West Brom 0-2 Swansea
- Sheffield United 4-0 Swansea
- Swansea 3-1 Bristol City
Blackpool Team News
Hosts still have a lengthy injury list, with Richard Keogh, Luke Garbutt, Keshi Anderson, Grant Ward, James Husband, Sonny Carey, Matty Virtue and Chris Maxwell all sidelined. Striker Jerry Yates will hope to regain his starting spot ahead of Gary Madine or Shayne Lavery. At the same time, Jordan Thorniley is set to continue at centre-back alongside Marvin Ekpiteta.
Swansea City Team News
With Cyrus Christie on the opposite flank, defender Joel Latibeaudiere may start at left-back. Hannas Wolf has missed the last two games due to personal reasons, and it remains to be seen whether he will be available to play on Saturday.
Prediction and Odds
Given Blackpool’s decent home record in their last few games and Swansea’s poor form on the road, we’re predicting the hosts to win.
- Blackpool Win
- Goals Over 1.5
- No Score: Away
