Fulham vs Blackpool Preview

Fulham vs Blackpool Intro

We head into the second half of this Championship campaign with Fulham well amongst the league leaders. They’ll be looking to continue their good form at home to Blackpool at Craven Cottage. Blackpool have struggled to find consistency at any point this season and will be looking to improve quickly before we get to the final rounds. Kick off is on Saturday January 29, 2022 at 3:00 PM.

In preparation for round 29, Marco Silva will be happy with his Fulham, currently sitting atop the Championship table. They face Neil Critchley’s Blackpool side, who are 14th, after picking up 36 points from their 28 fixtures. We’re into the latter stages of the season with Fulham and Blackpool in contrasting form. The two sides are divided by a huge 13 places and 21 points gap.

Fulham vs Blackpool Form

Four wins in a row for Fulham after the beating of Stoke helped them to 12 points from the last five games. That being said, Blackpool, after winning just 9 points in three games, have now won back to back fixtures – including beating Millwall in the previous round. Considering home and away form, Fulham have been in decent form at their Craven Cottage recently, winning 8 points in their last five matches. Blackpool have not really done that well away from home lately, picking up just 4 points from 5 games.

Fulham vs Blackpool H2H

There is not a lot of history between Fulham and Blackpool – in that they have only met 7 times. Will the home side win once again? Blackpool has been victorious on 1 occasions, compared to Fulham’s 3 wins.

Fulham vs Blackpool Analysis

In their last game, Fulham got the win and earned three points. Stoke was the opponent of Marco Silva’s men. After 90 minutes, the score was 3-2. This week Fulham will be thinking about one thing only, Blackpool. While facing Stoke, Fulham had 52% of ball possession. Many punters rely on shots on goal data for a given team. In their last game, Fulham had 10 shots in attack and 4 shots conceded. Meanwhile, Blackpool won its previous game. Neil Critchley’s team played Millwall. The fulltime scoreline for that match was 1-0. In their match against Millwall, Blackpool had the following ball possession : 49%. Often punters look to shots on goal as a true guide of how a team performed. For Blackpool, a total of 8 shots were taken in attack with 5 shots conceded in the last game.

Fulham vs Blackpool Odds

If we take a look at the odds for this match between Fulham and Blackpool we see that the bookmakers have Fulham as favourites to get the win.