Blackpool vs Bromley - prediction, team news, lineups

Hoping to flight the League One relegation zone, Bromley volition question to look Blackpool astatine Bloomfield Road connected Saturday.

The Seasiders are looking to bounce backmost aft consecutive defeats, portion the Ravens are aiming to debar a 4th nonaccomplishment successful a row.

Match preview

Ian Evatt's Blackpool kicked disconnected their 2026-27 run successful beardown fashion, but aft hitting a dire stretch, the nine request to stabilise this weekend.

The Seasiders endured a hard 2025-26 season, though manager Evatt was capable to usher the nine to a 13th-place decorativeness aft Steve Bruce was replaced.

Blackpool collected 7 points from their archetypal 3 League One matches this term, a spell that included a 4-0 thrashing of Peterborough United connected August 29.

However, the Tangerines followed up their 2-1 nonaccomplishment against Barnsley 4 days aboriginal with a 3-1 beating by Reading past Saturday, marking the club's 3rd decision successful 4 matches crossed each competitions.

That mediocre signifier has not yet inflicted terrible harm connected Blackpool's chances of promotion, considering they stay conscionable 1 constituent shy of the playoffs, but losing yet again this play could marque that spread much troubling.

Meanwhile, Andy Woodman's Bromley earned promotion to the 3rd tier by lifting the League Two rubric past season, and they look acceptable for a superior combat for survival.

The Ravens would person been afloat of assurance aft beating Barnsley 1-0 successful their opening league fixture, but their morale has taken a deed aft suffering done a four-game winless tally up of Saturday's travel to Blackpool.

Woodman's broadside were downed 2-0 by AFC Wimbledon past clip out, failing to find the backmost of the nett for the 2nd consecutive lucifer aft their 5-0 demolition by Leyton Orient connected September 1.

To marque matters worse, Bromley closed retired August with a 7-2 hammering astatine the hands of Sheffield Wednesday, meaning that the nine person conceded 14 goals crossed their past 3 matches.

Fans searching for a affirmative volition beryllium hard-pressed to find one, particularly considering that the visitors person travel retired connected apical successful conscionable 1 of their past six competitory distant games, losing four.

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Team News

Blackpool volition beryllium without centre-backs Fraser Horsfall and Michael Ihiekwe erstwhile again, portion the brace adjacent successful connected returns from respective ankle and toed injuries.

In their absence, Oliver Casey and Josh Earl look acceptable to commencement astatine the bosom of Evatt's defence, flanked by full-backs Jordan Williams and Finley Munroe.

Elsewhere, striker Dale Taylor remains sidelined owed to a superior hamstring injury, though Dion Charles and Tom Bloxham should beryllium connected manus to run up top.

As for Bromley, they are missing goalkeeper Grant Smith, truthful Bailey Peacock-Farrell volition commencement down centre-backs Omar Sowunmi and Kamarl Grant this weekend.

In midfield, Ashley Charles suffered a cruciate ligament wounded against Reading successful August, and is apt to beryllium retired of enactment for the bulk of the season.

With that successful mind, expect to see George Saville commencement successful the centre of the park, with Kamil Conteh and William Hondermarck conscionable successful beforehand of him.

Blackpool imaginable starting lineup:

Peacock-Farrell; Williams, Casey, Earl, Munroe; Morgan; Bowler, Anderson, Clarkson; Charles, Bloxham

Bromley imaginable starting lineup:

George; Ifill, Sowunmi, Grant, Mendy; Saville; Whitely, Conteh, Hondermarck, Pinnock; Cheek

We say: Blackpool 2-1 Bromley

Blackpool whitethorn person struggled successful caller weeks, but they volition spot this clash arsenic a aureate accidental to get backmost connected track.

Bromley volition beryllium hopeless to halt the rot connected Saturday, though their shocking antiaircraft grounds suggests they are heading for different defeat.

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