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Middlesbrough travel to take on Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 28 games played, Boro have recorded 7 wins, and Blackpool have come away with 11 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Blackpool was amazingly over twenty years ago, in March 1987, with Middlesbrough inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Seasiders in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 08 Dec | Middlesbrough | 0 - 3 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 21 Mar | Blackpool | 0 - 1 | Middlesbrough | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 15 Nov | Middlesbrough | 3 - 0 | Blackpool | FAC |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 11 Oct | Middlesbrough | 1 - 3 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 09 Feb | Middlesbrough | 0 - 0 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 1973/1974 | Sat 22 Sep | Blackpool | 0 - 0 | Middlesbrough | CHMP |
| 1972/1973 | Fri 02 Feb | Middlesbrough | 2 - 0 | Blackpool | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Seasiders have scored 10, a worringly large 13 have been leaked at the other end.
Middlesbrough's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Boro, and 3 goals against.
Blackpool's 41 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Middlesbrough lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 44 from their 31 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| Middlesbrough | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Boro has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Blackpool. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Middlesbrough | 7 games since last defeat. |