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Man. Utd. travel to take on Blackpool at Bloomfield Road at tea-time on Saturday, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 17 of the 41 previous games, with the hosts winning just 15.
The last time the two teams met at Blackpool was way back in the black-and-white days of October 1974, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1974/1975 | Sat 26 Apr | Man. Utd. | 4 - 0 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 1974/1975 | Sat 19 Oct | Blackpool | 0 - 3 | Man. Utd. | CHMP |
| 1970/1971 | Sat 01 May | Blackpool | 1 - 1 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 1970/1971 | Sat 26 Sep | Man. Utd. | 1 - 1 | Blackpool | PREM |
| 1966/1967 | Sat 25 Feb | Man. Utd. | 4 - 0 | Blackpool | PREM |
| 1966/1967 | Sat 08 Oct | Blackpool | 1 - 2 | Man. Utd. | PREM |
| 1966/1967 | Wed 14 Sep | Blackpool | 5 - 1 | Man. Utd. | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 11 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Man. Utd. however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Red Devils's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 7 against.
Blackpool see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 19 points from their 15 games played so far, Man. Utd. are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 31 points from the 15 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Man. Utd. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Red Devils's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Blackpool, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Man. Utd. | Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |