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Sheff. Utd. face a trip to Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 34 games played, The Blades have recorded 12 wins, and Blackpool have come away with 14 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in September 2007, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 26 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 1 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 18 Sep | Blackpool | 2 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 05 Oct | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 0 | Blackpool | LGEC |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 21 Sep | Blackpool | 3 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | LGEC |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 25 Feb | Sheff. Utd. | 4 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 15 Oct | Blackpool | 1 - 2 | Sheff. Utd. | LGE1 |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 20 Mar | Blackpool | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Seasiders's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Sheff. Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The The Blades's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Blackpool find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 1 points from their 2 matches. Sheff. Utd.'s 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sheff. Utd. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Sheff. Utd. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |