Blackpool vs Bristol City Prediction: Blackpool to win at their home

Blackpool is set to host Bristol City at Bloomfield on Sunday. Bristol is back on track after two consecutive wins against Luton and Cardiff City. Whereas Blackpool is going through a tough time. After losing two consecutive games against Stoke City and Swansea, Blackpool played a draw against Burnley in the last game. Would Blackpool be able to survive Bristol’s challenge?

Blackpool Form

Blackpool (1-0) started its championship campaign with a win against Reading in the opening game. They soon lost their momentum and lost two games in a row against Stoke City (2-0) and Swansea (1-0). Blackpool struggled a lot to secure their 2nd win against QPR in the 4th game where they won by (1-0).

They somehow survived in the last game against Burnley because they were two goals behind in the 2nd half. Blackpool not only defended well but covered up the gap of two goals too. Blackpool scored 5 goals so far and conceded 6 in return which shows that they need to make their defence better.

Blackpool’s possible starting lineup

Grimshaw; Gabriel, Ekpiteta, Williams, Thompson; Dougall, Connolly; Avery, Cobeanu, Bowler.

Bristol City Form

Bristol's confidence is back as they won two games in a row against Luton Town and Cardiff City by the same margin of (2-0). Tommy Conway put Bristol ahead in the first half and Robert Atkinson doubled their lead later in the second half.

After scoring two goals in two consecutive matches, Conway became the second top scorer for his team after Weimann. Bristol have scored 8 goals so far and conceded 6 in return. If they keep the same momentum, then they could beat Blackpool in the upcoming match.

Bristol City’s possible starting lineup

Bentley; Vyner, Naismith, Atkinson; Scott, Massengo, Williams, Dasilva; Weimann; Conway, Wells.

Blackpool vs Bristol expert tips

Both teams have won two games out of five and secured 7 points. In the last 5 head-to-head championship meetings, Blackpool win on 2 occasions whereas Bristol didn't win a single game. Bristol is yet to beat Blackpool in the championship as they didn't win a single game since 2010. It would be an exciting contest to watch for. The recent fixtures support Bristol but in head to head matches Blackpool have the upper hand. After going through all the past performances, we are anticipating Blackpool to win the match.