England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Blackpool, taking place on Saturday, 22 April 2023, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormBirmingham City will be very happy having secured 3 points in their last match with a significant 1-0 away win against Millwall. They came away from that fixture with 33% of the possession and clocked up 7 attempts on goal with 4 on target. By comparison, Millwall managed 21 attempts on goal, with 7 on target.
5 goals in 6 matches haven't proved quite enough for them in terms of a return in points, and that's despite having only conceded 3 goals in those 6 games, which shows a pretty solid defensive line. Having found the net in 5 of their last 6 matches, they will be pleased that their forward line have found some good and consistent form of late. They are showing that they are not easy to beat with a defensive record of 4 clean sheets in their last 6 matches.
Their form has to be regarded as good of late with 5 matches unbeaten from their last 6 and 3 wins bagged along the way.
Blackpool, Recent FormBlackpool will not be too troubled by their 2-0 home defeat against West Bromwich Albion, given the latter currently sit 14 places further up the league table than they do. Their share of possession in that meeting was 58%, while racking up 13 shots along the way, 3 of which were on target. West Bromwich Albion had 10 shots on goal with 3 on target.
Despite scoring 5 goals in their last 6 matches, they have failed to pick up many points, mainly because their back line have shipped 15 goals in that same period. 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.
Blackpool will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form on the road. They've lost their last 8 league games in a row away from home and not recorded a win on their travels in 12 games.
On an individual basis, Jerry Yates will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 4 goals in Blackpool's last 6 league games.
Blackpool will be feeling reasonably buoyed up after gaining a point in their previous 0-0 draw against Birmingham City.
Birmingham have managed to keep a clean sheet against The Seasiders in each of their previous 2 meetings at St. Andrew's Stadium. The Seasiders defence has struggled at St. Andrew's Stadium, having conceded 1 or more goals in each of their last 6 visits.
Blackpool have lost the last 2 times they've have visited Birmingham in the league and have failed to win any of their last 6 encounters at St. Andrew's Stadium.
Birmingham manager John Eustace has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Tate Campbell (Hamstring), Harlee Dean (Muscle), Troy Deeney (Hamstring), Gary Gardner (Groin), George Hall (Hamstring) and Dion Sanderson (Back) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Mick McCarthy has a number of injury concerns in his Blackpool squad to contend with: Liam Bridcutt (Leg), Marvin Ekpiteta (Hamstring), Charlie Goode (Hamstring), Shayne Lavery (Hamstring), Gary Madine (Knee), Kevin Stewart (Broken foot) and Tom Trybull (Hamstring)
Birmingham City Playing at home | Blackpool Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 35' | Time first goal scored | 49' |
| 58' | Time first goal conceded | 37' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2.2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 3.9 | Subs used | 3.2 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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