In this 5th week match, on Sat Aug 20th, Burnley will play host to Blackpool in a meeting of these two Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 11th placed Burnley, recorded a 1-1 draw against Hull City. Ozan Tufan struck first for Hull City in the 25th minute on a feed from Oscar Estupiñan, then in the 34th minute, Ian Maatsen sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jay Rodriguez squeezing out at least the one point for Burnley. Burnley is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Blackpool, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Queens Park Rangers. Josh Bowler struck first for Blackpool in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Queens Park Rangers couldn’t muster any offence and Blackpool ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Blackpool’s most prolific scorer has been Callumm Connolly. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. B. Thomas and Samuel Bastien are the top scorers for Burnley in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.