England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Blackpool and Watford, taking place on Saturday, 08 October 2022, at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool.
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Blackpool, Recent FormGrabbing a valuable league point from their recent 0-0 draw against Sunderland will have been seen as a reasonably decent result for Blackpool. They came away from that fixture with a possession stat of 39% and clocked up 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target, in comparison to Sunderland, who managed 15 attempts on goal, 4 of which were on target.
Having conceded 7 goals and scored just 2 in their last 6 games, they have been very fortunate to pick up 4 points. Consistency in front of goal has been a problem for them at home recently, having failed to score in 4 of their last 6 games. It's clear that with only 1 clean sheet from the last 6 matches at home, Michael Appleton will have some concerns regarding his squad's defensive abilities of late.
Results have been poor for Blackpool recently, with 4 losses and only 1 win from their last 6 league games their current form is not going to help them move up the table.
Watford, Recent FormThe Watford players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Swansea City recently, that ended in a 2-1 defeat. In that game they had 49% possession and managed 9 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Swansea City who had 12 attempts and 4 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Slaven Bilić will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 10 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 8 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. With goals notched up in 5 of their past 6 matches, they are certainly showing some goal-scoring consistency of late. They are in some turmoil defensively at the moment and have been unable to record a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
Whilst they have only lost 1 of their last 6 away games there will be concern over the amount of points dropped with 4 draws from those games.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Watford, Ismaïla Sarr will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
A defeat for Blackpool in their last match against Watford was not completely unexpected, but they will have been disappointed to lose by 5 goals.
In their previous 3 encounters with The Hornets, Blackpool have shipped at least one goal in those matches. When it comes to breaching the opposition defence, Watford know how to do it against The Seasiders, having clocked up 13 goals against them in their previous 5 meetings.
In the last 3 league meetings between the teams, Watford has taken all 3 points and has not lost to Blackpool in 3 games.
Blackpool manager Michael Appleton has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Keshi Anderson (Medial Collateral Ligament), Jake Beesley (Broken ankle), Lewis Fiorini (Hamstring), Kevin Stewart (Broken foot) and Rhys Williams (Shin) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Watford manager Slaven Bilić has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Tom Cleverley (Leg), Tom Dele-Bashiru (Knee), Rey Manaj (Leg), Jeremy Ngakia (Hamstring) and João Pedro (Calf) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Blackpool Playing at home | Watford Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.8 | Goals scored | 1.2 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 0.8 |
| 8' | Time first goal scored | 30' |
| 42' | Time first goal conceded | 26' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 1.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.6 | Subs used | 3.5 |
| 1-0 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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