Rotherham vs Blackpool prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2022-09-13 18:45.
Mid-table Rotherham United will be looking to get their season back on track after an inconsistent run that’s seen a mixture of results in their last three Championship matches (W1, D1, L1). They should be in good spirits after earning a hard fought 1-1 draw against promotion chasing Watford last time out, with manager Paul Warne saying he "thought the lads were excellent”.
Warne then went on to criticise the scheduling of midweek Championship games, believing they should all be played on the same night, but getting the weekend off allows for no excuses this time around. They now head into this game with a piece of history on the line, as the Millers could go unbeaten through their opening five home league matches for the first time in Championship history, and as they’ve collected eight of their ten points at home this campaign (W2, D2), complacency is unlikely to be an issue.
Just one point ahead of Rotherham lies Blackpool, who have endured their own mixed bag of league results so far this season (W3, D2, L3). They’re coming off a controversial 1-0 away win over Huddersfield last round though, after Hawkeye, the provider of goal-line technology, admitted that an error on their part denied Huddersfield a valid equaliser.
That stroke of luck helped extend their unbeaten away run to three games (W2, D1) and they might require some more here to snap a couple of historical trends, as manager Michael Appleton has failed to claim a victory over Rotherham in his last three managerial H2Hs (D1, L2), while Blackpool haven’t beaten Rotherham in their last ten attempts in league football (D3, L7).
Players to watch: Rotherham defender Richard Wood has scored four goals and kept two clean sheets in his last three Championship matches at the Aesseal New York Stadium, while Blackpool’s Theo Corbeanu has scored four of his last five league goals away from home.
Hot stat: Of the 15 combined Championship matches these two sides have played this season, only three have failed to replicate the half-time result come full-time.