Our prediction for this Championship match:
Blackpool
Match Time & Date:
03/11/2021
20:45
Prediction: 2-0
Stoke City
Blackpool and Stoke City go head to head at Bloomfield Road in a highly-anticipated Championship game. The Seasiders look unstoppable at the moment, with the team eyeing their fourth consecutive league win. Blackpool did well to beat Sheffield United at Bramall Lane at the weekend, and they are surely capable of matching the Potters in front of home fans. All Grant Ward, Kevin Stewart, Matthew Virtue, Reece James, CJ Hamilton, Chris Maxwell, and Shayne Lavery are out of contention for the hosts.
Stoke City, on the other hand, aim to put an end to their four-game winless run. The Potters dropped a three-goal advantage in a 3-3 draw with Cardiff City, and given their anything but good away record, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Blackpool this time out. Both Nick Powell and Morgan Fox should miss out for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Chris Maxwell):
Chris Maxwell is a Welsh goalkeeper who was born in St Asaph on July 30, 1990. Maxwell began his youth career at Penrhyn Bay (1998-2000) and in 2000 he moved to Wrexham. The 188-cm-tall shoot-stopper made his first-team debut for Wrexham at the age of 18 and he played 76 league games for the club from 2008 to 2012.
During the 2008/2009 season he spent six months on loan at Welsh club Connah’s Quay Nomads and in 2012 he joined Fleetwood Town. Chris Maxwell made 110 appearances in the league for the Trawlermen and on May 16, 2016 he signed a three-year deal with Championship side Preston North End. You should know that he managed to keep clean sheets in 38 appearances for the Lilywhites in the 2016/2017 Championship campaign.
Due to his dual citizenship, Maxwell is capable of representing both Wales and Scotland at senior level, but he played for the Dragons at youth level, being capped for the U21 team 16 times.
Highlighted Team (Stoke City):
Stoke City FC (named Stoke FC until 1925) is an English football club from the city Stoke-on-Trent (located in the north of England). De club was founded in the year 1863 and next to Notts County FC the club from Stoke is the oldest professional football club worldwide. Different signs of Stoke City show that the club is founded in 1868. Currently Stoke City is playing in the Premier League. The home games of Stoke City are hosted in the Britannia Stadium which holds a capacity for 29 000 spectators.
The most known nickname of Stoke City FC is the Potters. The main club colors of the club are red and white. The away it is colored in blue. The only 3 prizes Stoke City managed to win so far are the League Cup in 1972 and the Football League Trophy twice (1992 and 2000). Famous players that played for Stoke City FC are: Ameobi, Gudjohnsen and Peter Crouch.
