Blackpool vs Reading: result 1-0 and analysis
ChampionshipRegular Season - 4Kick-off on August 24, 2013 at 02:00 PM (UTC)Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, Lancashire
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What was the result of Blackpool vs Reading?
Blackpool won 1-0 on August 24, 2013.
Goalscorers
- 75′T. BarkhuizenBlackpool
Official lineup for Blackpool vs Reading
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Blackpool
- 10Bobby Grant
- 14N. Delfouneso
- 19R. Fuller
- 12Neal Bishop
- 31Ángel Martínez
- 3J. Robinson
- 5Gary MacKenzie
- 6K. Broadfoot
- 16Barry Ferguson
- 17C. Basham
- 1Matthew Gilks
Reading
- 19Thomas Henry Alex Robson-Kanu
- 22Nick Blackman
- 4Jem Karacan
- 12G. McCleary
- 20Danny Sean Guthrie
- 2C. Gunter
- 5A. Pearce
- 15S. Morrison
- 18W. Bridge
- 10R. Drenthe
- 21A. McCarthy
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Blackpool have 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats; Reading have 2, 4 and 9.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2013 | Middlesbrough(away) | 1-1 | Championship |
| Aug 10, 2013 | Barnsley(home) | 1-0 | Championship |
| Aug 5, 2013 | Preston(away) | 0-1 | League Cup |
| Aug 3, 2013 | Doncaster(away) | 3-1 | Championship |
| May 4, 2013 | Bolton(away) | 2-2 | Championship |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2013 | Watford(home) | 3-3 | Championship |
| Aug 10, 2013 | Bolton(away) | 1-1 | Championship |
| Aug 3, 2013 | Ipswich(home) | 2-1 | Championship |
| May 19, 2013 | West Ham(away) | 2-4 | Premier League |
| May 14, 2013 | Manchester City(home) | 0-2 | Premier League |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 2 meetings: 1 Blackpool win, 0 draws, 1 Reading win.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2012 | Reading 3-1 Blackpool | Championship |
| Dec 3, 2011 | Blackpool 1-0 Reading | Championship |
How many goals should we expect?
Blackpool score 1.1 and concede 1.1 goals per match over their last 15; Reading score 1.1 and concede 2.0.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | 1.1 | 1.1 | 4 | 9/15 | 5/15 |
| Reading | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2 | 9/15 | 9/15 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
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The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy