Blackpool vs Plymouth Argyle - prediction, team news, lineups

Bloomfield Road volition play big to different League One encounter this play erstwhile Blackpool welcome Plymouth Argyle to Lancashire connected Saturday afternoon.

The Seasiders participate their seventh league clash of the play without a triumph successful 3 matches aft being held to a 2-2 gully by recently promoted Bromley connected Saturday, portion the Pilgrims' inconsistent commencement showed signs of betterment aft they bushed Barnsley 3-0 astatine home.

Match preview

After starting the 2026-27 play unbeaten crossed their opening 3 League One matches, Ian Evatt's broadside caput into the play without a triumph successful their past three, pursuing defeats to Barnsley and Reading connected the roadworthy and a gully against Bromley past clip out.

While they were knocked retired of the League Cup successful the 2nd round by Championship newcomers Lincoln City, they had antecedently secured awesome wins implicit Stockport County and Peterborough United, suggesting that they could bask a much accordant play than their last.

However, aft sitting apical of the array with the champion defence successful the league astatine the extremity of August, the Seasiders person seen their momentum gaffe successful September, though a 3rd League One triumph of the run would beryllium capable to assistance Blackpool backmost into the playoff spots.

While wins and cleanable sheets person been harder to travel by successful caller weeks, Blackpool person inactive maintained their grounds of scoring successful each lucifer this season.

They present instrumentality to Bloomfield Road for the 2nd clip successful a week to instrumentality connected a broadside they person not beaten since September 2018.

As for Tom Cleverley's Plymouth Argyle side, they look a 320-mile travel to Blackpool sitting sixth successful the league, knowing that a 3rd consecutive triumph could beryllium capable to determination them level connected points with league leaders Sheffield Wednesday.

After narrowly missing retired connected a playoff spot past season, the Pilgrims are determined to spell 1 measurement further this clip astir and person made a promising commencement contempt opening the run with a shaky tally of form.

Cleverley's broadside began their caller play with a decision astatine location to Stockport County and a gully against Wycombe Wanderers earlier securing their archetypal triumph astatine Home Park astatine the extremity of August, beating Bradford City 2-0.

They were, however, incapable to travel that up with different affirmative effect and became the archetypal squad to suffer to Russell Martin's Leicester City earlier yet uncovering immoderate consistency with wins implicit Doncaster Rovers and Barnsley.

The latest triumph moved them backmost into the apical six and was their astir objective triumph of the season, with the Pilgrims racing into a 2-0 pb aft 22 minutes acknowledgment to goals from on-loan Tottenham winger Oli Irow, who struck wrong the archetypal 60 seconds, and Ronan Curtis.

The triumph was past sealed with a 3rd extremity conscionable aft the interruption done Aribim Pepple.

Saturday's triumph means they person present mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful their past 5 League One outings and are uncovering their feet arsenic they look to physique towards a beardown season, with their purpose of promotion backmost to the Championship for the archetypal clip since 2024-25 remaining clear.

As antecedently mentioned, it has been implicit 8 years since Blackpool past bushed the Pilgrims, portion this nonstop fixture finished 4-0 to the Devon-based broadside backmost successful February.

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Team News

Blackpool person the luxury of naming the aforesaid XI that drew past play but volition inactive beryllium without cardinal players successful defence and attack.

The Seasiders volition beryllium incapable to prime antiaircraft duo Fraser Horsfall and Michael Ihiekwe, with ankle and toed injuries keeping them out, portion striker Dale Taylor remains successful the attraction country with a superior hamstring injury.

Expect centre-back duo Oliver Casey and Josh Earl to stay successful the backmost four, with Tom Bloxham and Dion Charles starring the enactment for Evatt's side.

As for the visitors, they are besides capable to sanction the aforesaid lineup from their past outing and could beryllium tempted to bash truthful successful bid to support their winning formula.

The Pilgrims will, however, beryllium without Malachi Boateng and Michael Baidoo, who person not featured since August owed to ongoing wounded concerns.

Pepple and Will Evans person 2 league goals each and volition apt commencement unneurotic up apical erstwhile again, with Irish winger Curtis keeping his spot aft scoring against Barnsley.

Blackpool imaginable starting lineup:

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

Plymouth Argyle imaginable starting lineup:

Cooper; Harding, Mitchell, Pleguezuelo, Sorinola; Curtis, Bakinson, White, Irow; Evans, Pepple

We say: Blackpool 1-2 Plymouth Argyle

While Blackpool are yet to suffer astatine location this season, we expect that tally to travel to an extremity this play arsenic they look a broadside searching for a 4th triumph successful 5 matches.

We spot the Pilgrims having capable attacking prime to borderline a intimately fought contention and determination to 13 points from 7 matches with a 2-1 triumph successful Lancashire.

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