Any Previous? Latics v Blackpool

Latics and Blackpool have met 49 times down the years with the Latics having slightly the better of things with 21 wins to Blackpool’s 18.

 

Our first meeting came on the 24^th November 1979, an FA Cup 1^st round tie away at Bloomfield Road, Colin Methven scoring for the Latics in a 1:1 draw.

The replay came at Springfield Park four days later, a crowd of 14,589 witnessed a Latics 2:0 win under the lights, Frank Corrigan and Tommy Gore on the score sheet

The last meeting was one to forget from our point of view, 26^th January 2021, deep in administration, the club was in a very precarious position, Blackpool taking full advantage of our misfortunes to win 0:5 at the DW Stadium.

Classic Encounter

07^th March 2000, Latics in 4^th spot in League Division 2 entertained a Blackpool side fighting for survival at the wrong end of the table, an entertaining game finished 5:1 to the Latics despite an early scare.

Liddell, Griffiths, Haworth, Barlow and Sheridan all on the score sheet.

Latics – Carroll, Green, Griffiths, De Zeeuw, Bradshaw; Sheridan, Nicholls, Cooke, Liddell; Howarth, Roberts (Barlow 45)

Att – 6,451

Highlights – Latics 5:1 Blackpool

 

Blackpool Current Form

Blackpool currently sit 21^st in the Championship with 22pts from 20 games, their recent form, 4 defeats in their last 6 games and not having scored a goal in any of their 3 games in November. 

Blackpool's last 6 results LWWLLL.

Blackpool’s 10 away games so far this season in the league have brought 12 points, 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats, scoring 11 goals and conceding 15.

In contrast the Latics home form at the moment is 10 games, 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats, scoring 6 goals whilst conceding 17.

Player To Watch – Jerry Yates

 

Jerry Yates

26 year old forward, Jerry Yates is the current leading scorer at Blackpool.

Yates joined the Seasiders in the summer of 2020 from Rotherham having spent the previous season on loan at Swindon Town.

With 9 goals and 2 assists from 20 games, Yates is the main man in the Blackpool attack.

The Last Six Meetings

Date	Competition	Result
26 Jan 2021	League One	Latics 0:5 Blackpool
03 Nov 2020	League One	Blackpool 1:0 Latics
13 Feb 2018	League One	Latics 0:2 Blackpool
21 Oct 2017	League One	Blackpool 1:3 Latics
29 Aug 2017	EFL Trophy	Blackpool 1:1Latics
08 Aug 2017	League Cup	Latics 2:1 Blackpool

  

Full Record v Blackpool

Played – 49

Won – 21

Drawn – 10

Lost – 18

 

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