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Bradford City face a trip to Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Monday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bantams will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 15 and win only 5 of the 24 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2005, the Seasiders carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 22 Feb | Blackpool | 2 - 1 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 19 Oct | Bradford City | 2 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 15 May | Blackpool | 0 - 3 | Bradford City | D2PO |
| 1995/1996 | Sun 12 May | Bradford City | 0 - 2 | Blackpool | D2PO |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Dec | Blackpool | 4 - 1 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 30 Sep | Bradford City | 2 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 22 Aug | Blackpool | 2 - 3 | Bradford City | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, While Seasiders have scored 4, a worringly large 7 have been leaked at the other end.
Bradford City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Bantams, and 8 goals against.
Blackpool are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca Cola League One with a return of just 3 points from their 5 games thus far. Bradford City's 7 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| Bradford City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Bradford City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Bradford City | Undefeated in last 3 away games. 4 games since last defeat. |