On Mar 12th, Blackpool will play host to Swansea City in a meeting of these two Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Blackpool is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Stoke City. Josh Bowler struck first for Blackpool in the 86th minute on a feed from Jerry Yates, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Stoke City couldn’t muster any offence and Blackpool ran away with the shutout win. Blackpool should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Swansea City recorded a 1-5 loss against Fulham. Aleksandar Mitrović struck first for Fulham in the 46th minute, then Ben Cabango added another on an own goal in the 52nd minute. Swansea City is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Nov 20th, Swansea City and Blackpool battled to a 1-1 draw. Joel Piroe struck first for Swansea City in the 35th minute on a feed from Olivier Ntcham, but Keshi Anderson got the equalizer for Blackpool in the 86th minute earning them at least the one point.
Both Michael Obafemi and Joel Piroe have been the hottest scorers for Swansea City in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Josh Bowler has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Blackpool.