Championship

Championship | Gameweek 36

Mar 11, 2023 at 12.30pm UK

Ashton Gate Stadium

Bristol City
2 - 0
Blackpool

Weimann (58'), Scott (81')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Rogers (75')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Bristol City and Blackpool, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Bristol City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Huddersfield 0-0 Bristol City
Tuesday, March 7 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Blackpool

All competitions

Last Game: Blackpool 0-0 Burnley
Saturday, March 4 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Bristol City 2-1 Blackpool

With Blackpool encouraged by holding the runaway leaders, this should prove to be a closer match than many may anticipate. Nevertheless, Bristol City have generally performed well since the turn of the year, and we see the home side edging this contest by the odd goal in three. Read more.

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 Bristol City win with a probability of 43.19%. A win for Blackpool had a probability of 30.44% and a draw had a probability of 26.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Bristol City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.97%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.86%) and 2-0 (7.76%). The likeliest Blackpool win was 0-1 (8.87%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.53%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Bristol City would win this match.

Result
Bristol City	Draw	Blackpool
43.19% ( -0)	26.37% ( -0)	30.44% ( 0.01)

Both teams to score 51.51% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

47.02% (

0.01)

52.97% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.43% (

0.01)

74.57% (

-0.01)

Bristol City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.66% (

24.34% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.26% (

0.01)

58.74% (

-0)

Blackpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.09% (

0.01)

31.91% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.63% (

0.01)

68.36% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Bristol City 43.18%

Blackpool 30.44%

Draw 26.36%

Bristol City	Draw	Blackpool
1-0 @ 10.97% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 8.86% 2-0 @ 7.76% ( -0) 3-1 @ 4.17% ( 0) 3-0 @ 3.65% 3-2 @ 2.38% 4-1 @ 1.47% 4-0 @ 1.29% Other @ 2.63% Total : 43.18%	1-1 @ 12.53% 0-0 @ 7.77% ( -0) 2-2 @ 5.06% ( 0) 3-3 @ 0.91% ( 0) Other @ 0.1% Total : 26.36%	0-1 @ 8.87% ( -0) 1-2 @ 7.16% ( 0) 0-2 @ 5.07% 1-3 @ 2.73% ( 0) 0-3 @ 1.93% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.93% ( 0) Other @ 2.77% Total : 30.44%