In this week 41 match on the 9th of April, Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers will play a match in Blackburn in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Blackburn Rovers sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Coventry City. Harry Pickering scored the first goal for Coventry City on an own goal in the 8th minute, then in the 46th minute, John Buckley sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Bradley Dack . Blackburn Rovers looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, Blackpool recorded a 0-1 loss against Preston North End. Cameron Archer scored the first goal for Preston North End in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Blackpool couldn’t manage to score, and Preston North End took the shutout win. Blackpool is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Saturday Oct 2nd, Blackpool won by a score of 2 to 1. Shayne Lavery scored the first goal for Blackpool in the 4th minute, then Jerry Yates added another in the 24th minute.
Blackpool hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Josh Bowler and Gary Madine, and they each have 1 goal. Blackburn Rovers’s most prolific scorer has been Scott Wharton. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.