Sunday's visitors may possess extremely fond memories of their most recent clash against Nottingham Forest, but under Santo at the City Ground, the Tricky Trees should be a different proposition entirely.
Given the Tangerines' recent struggles away from Bloomfield Road, we anticipate Critchley's men falling short against their top-tier hosts, who may have vengeance on their minds too.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Blackpool win with a probability of 50.19%. A draw had a probability of 25% and a win for Nottingham Forest had a probability of 24.85%.
The most likely scoreline for a Blackpool win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.32%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.5%) and 0-2 (9.06%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.87%), while for a Nottingham Forest win it was 1-0 (7.42%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 5% likelihood.