Blackpool vs Reading

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🕒 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:45 Europe/London 📍 Bloomfield Road 🧑‍⚖️ Aaron Bannister 🔁 Regular Season - 40 🏁 match finished
Season
2024-2025 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 40
Regular Season Table
Blackpool 9 · Reading 7
Referee Stats
6 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 67%
Draws 0%
Away wins 33%
How the match was won
  • Blackpool outshot their opponent (16-11).
  • Reading controlled possession (63%).
  • Blackpool had the sharper finishing (10-0 shots on target).

Team Overview

Blackpool (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 7-11-5

Goals For / Against

35 / 29
Avg: 1.52 / 1.26

Points

32
Avg: 1.39

Clean Sheets

6

Failed to Score

6
Reading (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 7-8-8

Goals For / Against

31 / 36
Avg: 1.35 / 1.57

Points

29
Avg: 1.26

Clean Sheets

4

Failed to Score

7

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this League One fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.39
PPG
1.26
1.52
GF
1.35
1.26
GA
1.57
70%
O2.5
57%
65%
BTTS
65%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Blackpool rank9th
Reading rank7th
Blackpool points67
Reading points75
Blackpool: #9 · 67 pts · GD +12
25 pts off the top 2. 1 pts off the play-off line. 21 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Reading: #7 · 75 pts · GD +11
17 pts off the top 2. 8 pts above the play-off edge. 29 pts clear of the relegation zone.
8-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Blackpool last 5 home

W L L W W
Points9/15
Weighted index53
Goals10-6
Record3-0-2
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Reading last 5 away

W W D W L
Points10/15
Weighted index80
Goals10-5
Record3-1-1
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Blackpool trend breakdown

Over 2.570%
BTTS65%
BTTS + O2.557%
1H Over 0.557%
Also: Over 0.5 83% · Over 1.5 83% · Over 3.5 30% · 1H BTTS 30%

Reading trend breakdown

Over 2.557%
BTTS65%
BTTS + O2.548%
1H Over 0.574%
Also: Over 0.5 87% · Over 1.5 87% · Over 3.5 30% · 1H BTTS 13%

Scoring reliability

Blackpool score at home74%
Blackpool clean sheet at home26%
Reading score away70%
Reading clean sheet away17%

First-goal patterns

Blackpool score first0%
Blackpool win after scoring first0%
Reading score first0%
Reading win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Blackpool 0% · Reading 0%

Vs league average

Blackpool score at home1.52 vs 1.40
Blackpool concede at home1.26 vs 1.18
Reading score away1.35 vs 1.18
Reading concede away1.57 vs 1.40
Blackpool score 8% above league average, while Reading score 14% above league average.
Defensive side: Blackpool are 7% above league average at home, and Reading are 11% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals2.80
BTTS20%
Over 2.580%
At this venue setup: 3.67 goals on average across the last 3.

Blackpool goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Reading goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
10
0
Total Shots
16
11
Shots off Goal
3
5
Blocked Shots
3
6
Shots Inside Box
12
5
Shots Outside Box
4
6
Ball Possession
37%
63%
Corner Kicks
3
5
Fouls
8
6
Offsides
6
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
—
—
Goalkeeper Saves
0
7
Total Passes
328
562
Passes Accurate
251
468
Passes %
77%
83%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games7
Home Wins4
Draws0
Away Wins3
Over 2.5 Goals6 (85.7%)
BTTS3 (42.9%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games3
Home Wins2
Draws0
Away Wins1
Over 2.5 Goals3 (100.0%)
BTTS1 (33.3%)

Blackpool vs Reading Head-to-Head History by Season