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Blackpool pack their bags to visit Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Seasiders will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Walkers Stadium was within the last three years, in August 2007, with Blackpool inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Foxes in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 02 Feb | Blackpool | 2 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | Leicester City | 0 - 1 | Blackpool | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 20 Sep | Leicester City | 2 - 1 | Blackpool | LGEC |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 18 Jan | Blackpool | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 08 Jan | Leicester City | 2 - 2 | Blackpool | FAC |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 10 Sep | Blackpool | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | LGEC |
| 1969/1970 | Tue 31 Mar | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Blackpool | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Foxes in those games, with 6 conceded.
Blackpool's away form is equally impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Seasiders, and 5 goals against.
Leicester City's 8 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Blackpool's 7 points from 5 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 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Blackpool | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Seasiders's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Leicester City, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Unbeaten in the last 26 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Blackpool | Undefeated in last 9 away games. 13 games since last defeat. |