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Bristol City face a trip to Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 43 games played, Robins have recorded 12 wins, and Blackpool have come away with 21 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2007, with Bristol City inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Seasiders in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Feb | Blackpool | 0 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Bristol City | 2 - 4 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 21 Jan | Blackpool | 1 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Sep | Bristol City | 1 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 26 Feb | Bristol City | 1 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Dec | Blackpool | 1 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 May | Bristol City | 2 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the Seasiders, with 6 goals against.
Bristol City's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Robins, and 7 goals against.
Blackpool lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 3 points from their 1 games so far. Bristol City's 1 points from 1 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 18 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Blackpool is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Won 6 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Won their latest 12 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 15 . |
| Bristol City | 11 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |