Match Info

League One - Round 25

Date: 4 January 2026, Sunday

Location: Bloomfield Road (Blackpool)

Referee: Mather S. (Eng)


	Blackpool		Bradford City

	1	X	2
	2.5	3.25	2.57
	2.7	3.25	2.5
	2.52	3.25	2.72
	2.6	3.33	2.65	Watch
	2.45	3.2	2.63
	2.58	3.29	2.66	Watch
	2.57	3.25	2.71
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.56 ↓ (2.84)	3.26 ↑ (3.25)	2.63 ↑ (2.33)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

The best margin for this event is 6.2%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Blackpool
36.3%

Draw
28.5%

Bradford City
35.2%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

32.4%

28.2%

39.4%

Our Initial ML Estimation

32.6%

28%

39.2%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Blackpool has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+3.9%)

Bradford City has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-4.2%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Blackpool than the current prediction. (-3.7%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Bradford City than the current prediction. (+4%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
60%	13.3%	26.7%

Blackpool - Bradford City Predictions

Users Predictions: 15 users predict this event. Blackpool will win (votes: 9 - 60%). Bradford will win (votes: 4 - 26.7%). It will Tie (votes: 2 - 13.3%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Blackpool: 35.2% – 84.8%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 2 Selected Experts predict this event. Blackpool (votes: 1 - 50%). Bradford (votes: 1 - 50%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Peacock-Farrell B. (G) 2. Lyons A. 4. Casey O. 26. Ashworth Z. 30. Imray D. 10. Honeyman G. (C) 8. Morgan A. 23. Banks S. 19. Bowler J. 11. Fletcher A. 14. Bloxham T.	1. Walker S. (G) 15. Baldwin A. 26. Tilt C. 3. Touray I. 7. Neufville J. 6. Power M. (C) 21. Metcalfe J. 17. Wright T. 10. Sarcevic A. 8. Kavanagh C. 24. Swan W.
Substitutes
41. Bondo T. 6. Brown J. 7. Evans L. 22. Hamilton C. 46. Nwankwo O. 25. Ravizzoli F. (G) 40. Upton T.	2. Halliday B. 25. Hilton J. (G) 11. Humphrys S. 20. Leigh T. 14. McIntyre T. 40. Sibley L. 4. Wright J.
Coaches
Evatt I.	Alexander G.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 1)
25', 0 - 1, Baldwin A. ⚽,
45+3', Swan W. 🟨,
2nd Half (1 - 1)
56', 1 - 1, Fletcher A. ⚽, Lyons A. (A),
62', Kavanagh C. ↓, Sibley L. ↑,
66', Banks S. ↓, Hamilton C. ↑,
66', Bowler J. ↓, Brown J. ↑,
67', 1 - 2, Swan W. ⚽,
71', Sarcevic A. ↓, Leigh T. ↑,
77', Swan W. ↓, Humphrys S. ↑,
90+1', Leigh T. 🟨,

Preview

Watch a clash between a mid-table side and a current leader (ranked 17 and 3 in the zone Promotion ~ League One (Play Offs: )).

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Blackpool won 3.

Blackpool is showing really good form (last 5 games: 3 wins).

Bradford has been playing with ups and downs recently (in the last 5 games, wins – 3).

In this match, both teams are almost equally likely to win.

There will not play in Blackpool: Coulson H. (Inactive) Ennis N. (Calf Injury) Husband J. (Red Card) Taylor D. (Inactive)

There will not play in Bradford: Pennington M. (Injury) Powell N. (Inactive) Richards L. (Injury)

There are questionable in Blackpool: Ihiekwe M. (Inactive)

There are questionable in Bradford: Cook A. (Inactive) Pattison A. (Inactive) Pointon B. (Inactive)

In the last 7 head-to-head matches, Blackpool won 3 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 4 matches, and goals 13:8. (average 1.9:1.1).

Including home matches between the teams, Blackpool won 2 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 8:3. (average 2.7:1).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
2	Bradford City	9	5	2	2	8:5	3	17
18	Blackpool	8	2	2	4	13:14	-1	8

Last Results with these Odds

Bradford City - the odds 2.33 are the expected chance of winning is 39.39%, but this team recently wins 56% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Blackpool
English League One
01.01.26	Port Vale - Blackpool	5:1 ✺
29.12.25	Blackpool - Rotherham United	4:0 ✺
26.12.25	Blackpool - Doncaster Rovers	1:0 ✺
20.12.25	Wigan Athletic - Blackpool	0:2 ✺
13.12.25	Blackpool - Lincoln City	2:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 16.5 LWWWT
- Bradford City
English League One
01.01.26	Mansfield Town - Bradford City	3:0 ✺
29.12.25	Bradford City - Port Vale	1:0 ✺
26.12.25	Bradford City - Wigan Athletic	2:1 ✺
20.12.25	Leyton Orient - Bradford City	2:1 ✺
13.12.25	Bradford City - Reading	2:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 5.6 LWWLW

Latest Head to Head

English League One
27.09.25	Bradford City - Blackpool	1:0
23.03.19	Bradford City - Blackpool	1:4
08.09.18	Blackpool - Bradford City	3:2
07.04.18	Blackpool - Bradford City	5:0
05.08.17	Bradford City - Blackpool	2:1
27.02.16	Blackpool - Bradford City	0:1
03.11.15	Bradford City - Blackpool	1:0

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