With both sides keen to come back from the international break with a return to winning ways, we anticipate a hard-fought contest on Saturday.
Both teams boast plenty of quality, and we see a share of the spoils as the most likely outcome at Bloomfield Road.
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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 58.04%. A draw had a probability of 21.2% and a win for Barnsley had a probability of 20.72%.
The most likely scoreline for a Blackpool win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.88%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.73%) and 1-0 (8.61%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.75%), while for a Barnsley win it was 1-2 (5.52%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood.
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