Blackpool vs Portsmouth Prediction & Betting Tips - League One

Prediction published on 07/03/2024, 10:00  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 09/03/2024 at 02:00 in Football Predictions

Portsmouth will be out to move closer to automatic promotion when they travel to Lancashire to take on Blackpool in League One. Hosts Blackpool are two places below the top six and hope to move closer with a win over the league leaders. After 36 matches, Blackpool have registered 56 points, four behind the promotion playoff places. It is a crowded race for the top six, with eight points separating the sixth from the 10th placed side. It is therefore key that Blackpool pick points here. They will have reason to feel confident about this game. In the last five matches against Portsmouth, they are unbeaten, with four wins. In the reverse fixture, Blackpool, playing away to Pompey, won 4-0. They have also kept clean sheets in four of their last five meetings with Portsmouth. To warm up for this game, Blackpool beat Shrewsbury 2-0 away from home with goals from Karamoko Dembele and Hayden Coulson. That was their third win in five matches but having one win in six home matches isn’t the best form to take to this game.

Portsmouth haven't had a great run in this fixture in recent years. However coming here on a nine-match unbeaten streak presents them the needed run to turn things around. The visitors are coming from a 2-1 win at home to Oxford United. Christain Saydee scored the winner after Cameron Brannagan had quickly canceled out Callum Lang’s opener. Their seventh win in nine league matches saw Portsmouth open a six-point lead at the top. Portsmouth have the best defence in the league and they will hope it shows in this game. Lately, that hasn’t been seen in their matches, with the team keeping just two clean sheets in seven matches. They face one of the best scoring sides in the league and the visitors have to be alert here. Going by their away record in recent matches, this should not be an issue for Portsmouth. They have four clean sheets in the last five away matches. Their heavy loss to Blackpool was the biggest this season. They’ve lost four times and will be out to stop Blackpool’s advances for a double here.