Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Blackpool (10th, 62 pts) held a 15-point advantage over Walsall (22nd, 47 pts). Blackpool ranked just 22nd in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Blackpool 1.09 scored and 1.13 conceded per game, Walsall 1.07 and 1.54, with the league averaging 1.32.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Blackpool 1, draws 4, Walsall 2, at 2.29 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win. Only 29% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Bloomfield Road in Blackpool, capacity 16,200, hosted the game. Blackpool led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.




