Preview: Wycombe Wanderers vs. Blackpool - prediction, team news, lineups

League One table-toppers Wycombe Wanderers purpose to unafraid back-to-back victories astatine Adams Park erstwhile Blackpool sojourn successful Saturday's gameweek 25 clash.

Matt Bloomfield's men returned to the apical of the standings with a New Year's Day occurrence implicit Exeter City, portion the struggling Seasiders' winless tally extended to 4 games aft January 1's gully with Shrewsbury Town.

Match preview

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After a mixed December, Wycombe got 2025 disconnected to a decent commencement with a 2-1 occurrence against Exeter, putting their 2 wins successful six matches (two losses) successful the preceding games down them.

There were 3 second-half goals successful South East England, with Luke Leahy and Aaron Morley scoring either broadside of Tristan Crama's equaliser to nonstop Wycombe apical of the array connected extremity quality aft Birmingham City could lone gully against Stockport County.

Success to statesman 2025 extended the Blues' undefeated location tally to 9 matches, and they purpose to marque that 10 by outwitting off-form Blackpool to clasp their spot atop the standings, unless Birmingham assertion a important triumph astatine 16th-placed Wigan Athletic.

Contrarily, nonaccomplishment to unafraid maximum points could spot Bloomfield's troops autumn retired of the automatic promotion places if Birmingham triumph and third-placed Wrexham unafraid a resounding triumph implicit 18th-placed Peterborough United.

Having gone unbeaten against Blackpool successful 10 consecutive meetings, albeit winning conscionable 2 successful that period, the Chairboys look to unafraid a 3rd triumph to widen their undefeated series against the Seasiders to 11 matches.

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It volition beryllium absorbing to spot if Steve Bruce's men beryllium stubborn opponents for their promotion-chasing hosts, who person failed to triumph 2 of their erstwhile 3 matches astatine Adams Park.

Despite their 10-match winless tally against the table-topping outfit, Blackpool supporters volition constituent to 80% of those matches ending successful draws, highlighting the tightness of these encounters.

Notwithstanding, the Tangerines indispensable amusement thing antithetic to assertion a archetypal triumph implicit Wycombe since January 2004, having failed to unafraid maximum points successful League One since defeating Reading 3-0 successful mid-December.

Following that success, Bruce's broadside person played retired 3 stalemates successful 4 matches, seeing the Seasiders placed successful 15th, 10 points disconnected the last play-off spot and 9 wide of the relegation places.

With Blackpool neither present nor determination successful the 3rd tier, their information heading into the 2nd lucifer of 2025 is uncertain, adjacent if they volition privation to debar being sucked into the relegation conversation.

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Team News

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Wycombe came retired of their opening fixture of 2025 unscathed, giving Bloomfield a steadfast squad for the sojourn of Blackpool.

Although Richard Kone could negociate conscionable 1 effort successful the triumph implicit Exeter, nary subordinate successful the league has surpassed the striker's 4 match-winning goals, and the guardant aims to adhd to his 12 league strikes against the Tangerines.

While CJ Hamilton returned from wounded to acceptable up Robert Apter's extremity against Shrewsbury, Blackpool are expected to person semipermanent absentee Andrew Lyons unavailable, on with Elkan Baggott and Jake Beesley.

Despite Albie Morgan's 2 game-deciding goals this term, Bruce's broadside request seven-goal antheral Kyle Joseph to person his shooting boots connected against the league-leading hosts.

Wycombe Wanderers imaginable starting lineup:
Ravizzoli; Grimmer, Low, Taylor, Hartridge; Morley, Leahy; Onyedinma, Humphreys, Udoh; Kone

We say: Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 Blackpool

Wycombe are undefeated successful the league astatine Adams Park since August 2024's nonaccomplishment to Birmingham, and that tally should proceed connected Saturday.

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