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Plymouth Arg. pack their bags to visit Blackpool at Bloomfield Road on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 19 games played, Pilgrims have recorded 3 wins, and Blackpool have come away with 7 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Bloomfield Road was more than three years back, in February 2004, with Plymouth Arg. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Seasiders in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 28 Feb | Blackpool | 0 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 25 Oct | Plymouth Arg. | 1 - 0 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Blackpool | 1 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Plymouth Arg. | 1 - 3 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 06 Mar | Blackpool | 1 - 0 | Plymouth Arg. | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Oct | Plymouth Arg. | 2 - 0 | Blackpool | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 11 Apr | Plymouth Arg. | 3 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Seasiders in those games, with 7 conceded.
Plymouth Arg. have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Pilgrims's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 10 against.
Blackpool see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 11 points from their 9 games played so far, Plymouth Arg.'s 13 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 7 |
| Plymouth Arg. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Pilgrims could well see them head back from Bloomfield Road with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Unbeaten in the last 13 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Plymouth Arg. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. |