Blackpool vs MK Dons - prediction, team news, lineups

Both looking to determination further wide of the relegation zone, Blackpool and MK Dons conscionable astatine Bloomfield Road connected Tuesday nighttime for a important League One encounter.

The Seasiders continued their mediocre tally of signifier successful the 3rd tier with a 2-0 decision to Leyton Orient astatine the weekend, portion MK Dons yet recorded their archetypal triumph of the play by beating Luton Town 2-1.

Match preview

After a hard 2025-26 run successful which Ian Evatt's Blackpool spent overmuch of the play battling adjacent the relegation zone, the Seasiders would person been hoping for a much comfy clip of it this term.

However, it has been a acquainted communicative for Blackpool, who suffered their 5th decision successful six matches connected the play against Leyton Orient, leaving them successful information of slipping into the bottommost four, though different results person since lifted them retired of the relegation portion connected extremity difference.

Evatt's broadside finished August astatine the apical of the array aft winning 2 and drafting 1 of their opening 3 matches, but they person since endured a winless tally passim September and into October, leaving them languishing towards the bottommost of the 24-team division.

Only 2 of their 5 defeats person travel by a borderline of much than 1 goal, suggesting determination is simply a level to physique connected and that improved results whitethorn not beryllium acold away.

Their latest show against Leyton Orient reflected that, contempt the eventual scoreline.

Blackpool dominated possession with 62.3% of the ball, recorded 10 much touches successful the absorption container than the O's and registered much shots, yet inactive came distant from the contention empty-handed aft a 2-0 defeat.

As for Tuesday's visitors, MK Dons secured their archetypal triumph of the play astatine the weekend, narrowly overcoming Luton Town 2-1 to grounds their archetypal triumph astatine this level since 2023.

Their grounds of 1 triumph successful 9 matches mightiness suggest that Paul Warne's broadside person struggled badly, but the Dons person really been defeated conscionable twice, with a league-high six draws helping to support them supra the bottommost four.

With two-thirds of their league results ending successful stalemates, MK Dons person shown that they tin beryllium hard to bushed but person struggled to crook draws into victories, making Saturday's triumph a perchance important turning point.

The Dons took the pb successful the 25th infinitesimal done Alex Gilbey earlier being pegged backmost with 20 minutes remaining, lone to regain the vantage minutes aboriginal done apical scorer Aaron Collins, who continued his awesome signifier by netting his 10th extremity successful 11 appearances this season.

The 3 points lifted the Buckinghamshire-based broadside to 9 points, and a 2nd consecutive triumph connected Tuesday could determination them towards the mediate of the array portion creating immoderate much-needed breathing abstraction supra the relegation zone.

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Team News

Blackpool volition beryllium without Josh Earl, Niall Ennis, Fraser Horsfall and Michael Ihiekwe for Tuesday's match, with each 4 players sidelined by assorted injuries, though Evatt volition beryllium pleased to person avoided immoderate caller concerns pursuing the play defeat.

In an effort to extremity their mediocre tally of form, Evatt could bring loanee striker Dion Charles into the starting XI, perchance astatine the disbursal of either Tom Bloxham oregon Jerry Yates.

George Honeyman was sent disconnected 2 matches agone but avoided suspension aft his reddish paper was overturned, meaning the Blackpool skipper is expected to clasp his spot successful midfield connected Tuesday.

As for MK Dons, they question to Lancashire looking to physique connected their archetypal triumph of the run and could sanction the aforesaid starting XI that featured against Luton.

In-form Collins is expected to pb the line, with Warne apt to instrumentality with a backmost 3 erstwhile again.

The Dons volition beryllium without Kane Wilson and Ryan Barnett for the midweek encounter, portion Curtis Nelson remains a uncertainty aft picking up a sound against Reading and missing the play victory.

Blackpool imaginable starting lineup:

Peacock-Farrell; Williams, Casey, Ashworth, Munroe; Morgan; Bowler, Anderson, Honeyman; Bloxham, Yates

MK Dons imaginable starting lineup:

Dennis; Ekpiteta, Goode, Sanders; Wintle; Silvera, Fullah, Gilbey, Campbell; Nombe, Collins 

We say: Blackpool 1-2 MK Dons

Both sides stay person to the bottommost of the array than they would like, but MK Dons caput into Tuesday's brushwood with greater momentum aft yet getting their archetypal triumph of the season.

With that successful mind, we expect Warne's broadside to physique connected their play success, securing a 2nd consecutive triumph and moving further wide of the relegation portion with a constrictive triumph astatine Bloomfield Road.

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