Blackpool vs QPR Prediction, Odds and Betting Tips 14/03/2023

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Blackpool - QPR

England Championship - Bloomfield Road

* Betting odds were correct at the time of publication but are subject to change.

Here we bring you Championship predictions for Blackpool vs QPR with the game due to take place on Tuesday March 14th.

Blackpool vs QPR prediction and top betting tips

This is a huge game at the bottom of the Championship table. If QPR win, they're almost guaranteed to hold onto their status as a second tier club. Lose though and their run in will get very edgy. Who do we see coming out on top as the sides face off? Find out with our Blackpool vs QPR match preview with free tips, predictions and odds mentioned along the way.

Blackpool vs QPR Prediction 1: Draw

We labelled this as a big game where a win either way would be massive for the context of the relegation run in. Well, we think we'll learn little come full time on Tuesday night because we are predicting a draw. Yes, QPR won for the first time under Gareth Ainsworth last time out and, yes, Blackpool are winless in four but their is some important factors missing from those data throwaways; that's the home and away factors. Blackpool are winless in four but they're unbeaten in six at home. QPR meanwhile are winless on the road in their last seven. Amongst those runs, Blackpool have drawn four games and QPR have drawn three. Share those spoils again, lads.

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Blackpool vs QPR Prediction 2: Under 2.5 goals

The second of our football betting tips for this game comes from the total goals market. Now, generally, we like to use stats to inform our predictions but here we've gone a tad rogue but let us tell you why…unless of course you've watched a good proportion of the football Mick McCarthy and Gareth Ainsworth's teams tend to play. You will have come to expect a good old fashion dust up with blood, sweat and tears on the pitch but total football and loads of goals? We're dubious. Four of the last five head to head meetings between these two have gone under the 2.5 threshold as well, so the fixture has previous for being on the dull side.

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Here are the key stats & form guide for Blackpool vs QPR

Head to Head

16/08/22

England Championship CHA

QPR

QPR

Blackpool

Blackpool

0

1

23/02/22

England Championship CHA

QPR

QPR

Blackpool

Blackpool

2

1

06/11/21

England Championship CHA

Blackpool

Blackpool

QPR

QPR

1

1

25/09/18

England EFL Cup EFL Cup

Blackpool

Blackpool

QPR

QPR

2

0

Last Five - Blackpool

05/04/25

England League 1 League 1

Rotherham

Rotherham

Blackpool

Blackpool

2

1

L

01/04/25

England League 1 League 1

Reading

Reading

Blackpool

Blackpool

0

3

W

29/03/25

England League 1 League 1

Bolton

Bolton

Blackpool

Blackpool

1

2

W

22/03/25

England League 1 League 1

Northampton

Northampton

Blackpool

Blackpool

0

2

W

15/03/25

England League 1 League 1

Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient

Blackpool

Blackpool

2

1

L

Last Five - QPR

12/04/25

England Championship CHA

Bristol City

Bristol City

QPR

QPR

1

1

D

09/04/25

England Championship CHA

Oxford Utd

Oxford Utd

QPR

QPR

1

3

W

05/04/25

England Championship CHA

Cardiff

Cardiff

QPR

QPR

0

0

D

29/03/25

England Championship CHA

Stoke

Stoke

QPR

QPR

3

1

L

15/03/25

England Championship CHA

Leeds

Leeds

QPR

QPR

2

2

D

So, that gives you some insight to how the different bookmakers see the action unfolding. How though do the xxx vs xxx odds translate into probability ahead of this game? Let's find out.

Blackpool odds: 5/3 (2.67) – 31%

Draw odds: 9/4 (3.25) – 31%

QPR odds: 5/3 (2.67) – 46%

You can see just how hard this clash is to predict by the bookies offering the exact same price for both the home and away win. That will likely see bettors land on both sides of the game depending on how they assess the situation and, like ourselves, there will be more than a few who are enticed by the draw!

Check out the predicted lineups ahead of Blackpool vs QPR

Blackpool

Blackpool won't be focussed on what happened at the weekend (a 2-0 loss to Bristol City) and will instead look at how strong they've been at home. Expect them to lineup with a couple of deep lying midfielders as they look to suffocate the middle of the park whilst looking to Jerry Yates up top to grab them a goal.

Predicted lineup – Maxwell, Thompson, Thorniley, Nelson, Gabriel, Carey, Connolly, Bowler, Garbutt, Madine, Yates

QPR

Gareth Ainsworth was in a buoyant mood after seeing QPR grab a first win under his tutelage on Saturday and, despite the quick turnaround in fixtures, anything more than one or two changes to the XI are highly unlikely here. Kenneth Paal and Ilias Chair are amongst several injured players set to miss out.

Predicted lineup – Dieng, Dickie, Dunne, Field, Dozzell, Drewe, Kakay, Lowe, Iroegbunam, Dykes, Martin

Blackpool vs QPR Line ups

Blackpool

Blackpool
34
Jordan Thorniley
gb
24
Andrew Lyons
ie
9
Jerry Yates
gb
25
Morgan Rogers
gb
2
Callum Connolly
gb
8
Lewis Fiorini
gb
22
CJ Hamilton
ie
3
James Husband
gb
31
Curtis Nelson
gb
1
Chris Maxwell
gb
28
Charlie Patino
gb
Substitutes
11
Josh Bowler
gb
32
Daniel Grimshaw
gb
23
Dominic Thompson
gb
26
Ian Poveda
co
10
Keshi Anderson
gb
12
Kenny Dougall
au
16
Sonny Carey
gb

QPR

QPR
29
Aaron Drewe
gb
47
Tim Iroegbunam
gb
14
Chris Martin
gb
4
Rob Dickie
gb
1
Seny Dieng
sn
3
Jimmy Dunne
ie
18
Jamal Lowe
jm
17
Andre Dozzell
gb
2
Osman Kakay
sl
9
Lyndon Dykes
gb
15
Sam Field
gb
Substitutes
37
Albert Adomah
gh
13
Jordan Archer
gb
6
Stefan Johansen
no
30
Sinclair Armstrong
ie
8
Luke Amos
gb
20
Taylor Richards
gb
28
Joseph Gubbins
gb

*Starting lineups are usually announced one hour prior to kick off.

Player to watch

If Blackpool are to get anything from this game then you fell they'll have to keep things tight at the back, which is why we're calling out Curtis Nelson as a key player. The centre back has played every minute of the Seasiders' last five games with each of the home games in that run seeing them keep clean sheets.

Take a look at the latest standings

Championship
# Team P W D L +/- Points
1 Leeds

Leeds

42 25 13 4 53 88
2 Burnley

Burnley

42 24 16 2 44 88
3 Sheff Utd

Sheff Utd

42 26 7 9 24 83
4 Sunderland

Sunderland

42 21 13 8 19 76
5 Bristol City

Bristol City

42 16 16 10 9 64
6 Coventry

Coventry

42 18 9 15 5 63
7 West Brom

West Brom

42 14 18 10 12 60
8 Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

42 17 9 16 10 60
9 Millwall

Millwall

42 16 12 14 0 60
10 Blackburn

Blackburn

42 16 8 18 0 56
11 Watford

Watford

42 16 8 18 -5 56
12 Swansea

Swansea

42 15 9 18 -6 54
13 Norwich

Norwich

42 13 14 15 5 53
14 Sheff Wed

Sheff Wed

42 14 11 17 -8 53
15 QPR

QPR

42 12 14 16 -6 50
16 Preston

Preston

42 10 19 13 -8 49
17 Oxford Utd

Oxford Utd

42 12 12 18 -17 48
18 Stoke

Stoke

42 11 14 17 -11 47
19 Portsmouth

Portsmouth

42 12 10 20 -16 46
20 Hull

Hull

42 11 12 19 -9 45
21 Derby

Derby

42 11 10 21 -10 43
22 Cardiff

Cardiff

42 9 15 18 -21 42
23 Luton

Luton

42 10 10 22 -26 40
24 Plymouth

Plymouth

42 9 13 20 -38 40

A quickfire FAQ on Blackpool – QPR

Blackpool vs QPR prediction

  • Where is the match being played? – Bloomfield Road
  • Who do the bookmakers have as favourites? – There is nothing in it
  • What time does the match kick-off?  19:45 GMT
  • Who won the last H2H fixture? QPR edged out Blackpool in the reverse fixture back in mid-August 2022. Josh Bowler scored the only goal of the game in the first half's injury time.
  • What was QPR's last result? QPR enter this match on the back of another 1-0 victory. Watford were their unlucky rival who allowed them to end their 13-match winless streak across all competitions. Tim Iroegbunam was their hero on the night with his 15th-minute strike.
  • What was Blackpool's last result? Bristol City enforced a 2-0 thumping on Blackpool in their last outing over the weekend. The Robins prospered thanks to second-half strikes from Andreas Weimann and Alex Scott. As it stands, they are on a four-match winless streak.