Port Vale host Blackpool in the England League One on 1 January 2026, Thursday. Get our free predictions, betting tips, odds insights, team form guide & H2H stats for this clash. This fixture is scheduled to kicks off at 15:00 UK Time.
Port Vale return home searching for stability, but recent trends point to a tough task against an in-form Blackpool side. The Seasiders enter this game with momentum, confidence, and strong away performances behind them. Meanwhile, Vale’s struggles at Vale Park continue to shape the narrative. This League One clash feels like a test of form versus fragility.
Port Vale have failed to win any of their last five home league matches. They lost three of those games and failed to score in four. Defensive resilience has also dipped, with heavy defeats mixed in among low-scoring draws.
At Vale Park, goals have been hard to come by. Two goalless draws highlight their attacking issues, while recent home losses show little sign of momentum building.
Blackpool come into this fixture on a strong run, winning four of their last five league matches. They have scored freely in that spell, including convincing victories both home and away.
On the road, the Seasiders look especially dangerous. They have won three of their last five away league games and scored at least twice in each of those wins. Confidence is high, and their attacking output continues to back up the results.
Blackpool to win is at 2.70 odds is our first pick for this game. The Seasiders arrive in far better form, while Port Vale continue to struggle badly at home, both in results and goal output. The contrast in momentum is clear.
Both teams to score at 1.95 odds is our second betting tip. Despite Vale’s issues, recent head to head meetings have produced goals, and Blackpool’s attacking approach often leaves space at the back. With form, confidence, and away strength on their side, Blackpool look well placed to extend their positive run.
| Port Vale | Blackpool | |
|---|---|---|
| Game Played | 44 | 45 |
| Wins | 9 | 16 |
| Draws | 12 | 9 |
| Loss | 23 | 20 |
| Goals For | 34 | 53 |
| Goals Against | 58 | 65 |
| Port Vale | Blackpool | |
|---|---|---|
| Game Played | 22 | 22 |
| Wins | 4 | 4 |
| Draws | 9 | 4 |
| Loss | 9 | 14 |
| Goals For | 17 | 18 |
| Goals Against | 23 | 36 |
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28.04.26
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Stockport Port Vale |
1-2 |
|
25.04.26
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Plymouth Port Vale |
2-1 |
|
22.04.26
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Cardiff Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
19.04.26
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Port Vale Wigan |
0-0 |
|
16.04.26
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Peterborough Port Vale |
1-3 |
|
14.04.26
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Port Vale Barnsley |
0-0 |
|
07.04.26
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Port Vale Rotherham |
1-0 |
|
04.04.26
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Chelsea Port Vale |
7-0 |
|
28.03.26
|
Wycombe Port Vale |
4-0 |
|
24.03.26
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Doncaster Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
21.03.26
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Port Vale Bolton |
1-0 |
|
17.03.26
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Blackpool Port Vale |
3-2 |
|
14.03.26
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Port Vale Huddersfield |
0-0 |
|
11.03.26
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Port Vale Bradford City |
0-2 |
|
08.03.26
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Port Vale Sunderland |
1-0 |
|
03.03.26
|
Port Vale Bristol City |
1-0 |
|
28.02.26
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Port Vale Luton |
1-1 |
|
24.02.26
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Northampton Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
21.02.26
|
Port Vale Reading |
1-1 |
|
17.02.26
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Stevenage Port Vale |
2-1 |
|
10.02.26
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Port Vale Stockport |
0-4 |
|
07.02.26
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Port Vale Burton Albion |
2-2 |
|
03.02.26
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Port Vale AFC Wimbledon |
0-1 |
|
31.01.26
|
Leyton Orient Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
24.01.26
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Port Vale Exeter City |
1-3 |
|
17.01.26
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Mansfield Port Vale |
3-0 |
|
13.01.26
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Bolton Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
09.01.26
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Port Vale Fleetwood |
1-0 |
|
01.01.26
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Port Vale Blackpool |
5-1 |
|
29.12.25
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Bradford City Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
26.12.25
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Huddersfield Port Vale |
5-0 |
|
20.12.25
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Port Vale Peterborough |
0-1 |
|
13.12.25
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Luton Port Vale |
2-2 |
|
06.12.25
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Port Vale Bristol Rovers |
1-0 |
|
02.12.25
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Port Vale Barnsley |
5-0 |
|
29.11.25
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Lincoln Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
22.11.25
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Port Vale Plymouth |
0-1 |
|
15.11.25
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Port Vale Wycombe |
0-0 |
|
11.11.25
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Port Vale Fleetwood (Penalties:2 - 4) |
3-3 |
|
08.11.25
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Bolton Port Vale |
4-0 |
|
02.11.25
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Port Vale Maldon & Tiptree |
5-1 |
|
27.10.25
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Port Vale Stockport |
0-3 |
|
18.10.25
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Wigan Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
11.10.25
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AFC Wimbledon Port Vale |
1-1 |
|
07.10.25
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Accrington Port Vale |
0-2 |
|
04.10.25
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Port Vale Northampton |
0-0 |
|
27.09.25
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Barnsley Port Vale |
0-2 |
|
24.09.25
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Port Vale Arsenal |
0-2 |
|
20.09.25
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Port Vale Mansfield |
2-1 |
|
13.09.25
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Exeter City Port Vale |
0-2 |
|
19.04.26
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Port Vale Wigan |
0-0 |
|
14.04.26
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Port Vale Barnsley |
0-0 |
|
07.04.26
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Port Vale Rotherham |
1-0 |
|
21.03.26
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Port Vale Bolton |
1-0 |
|
14.03.26
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Port Vale Huddersfield |
0-0 |
|
11.03.26
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Port Vale Bradford City |
0-2 |
|
08.03.26
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Port Vale Sunderland |
1-0 |
|
03.03.26
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Port Vale Bristol City |
1-0 |
|
28.02.26
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Port Vale Luton |
1-1 |
|
21.02.26
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Port Vale Reading |
1-1 |
|
10.02.26
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Port Vale Stockport |
0-4 |
|
07.02.26
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Port Vale Burton Albion |
2-2 |
|
03.02.26
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Port Vale AFC Wimbledon |
0-1 |
|
24.01.26
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Port Vale Exeter City |
1-3 |
|
09.01.26
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Port Vale Fleetwood |
1-0 |
|
01.01.26
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Port Vale Blackpool |
5-1 |
|
20.12.25
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Port Vale Peterborough |
0-1 |
|
06.12.25
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Port Vale Bristol Rovers |
1-0 |
|
02.12.25
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Port Vale Barnsley |
5-0 |
|
22.11.25
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Port Vale Plymouth |
0-1 |
|
15.11.25
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Port Vale Wycombe |
0-0 |
|
11.11.25
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Port Vale Fleetwood (Penalties:2 - 4) |
3-3 |
|
02.11.25
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Port Vale Maldon & Tiptree |
5-1 |
|
27.10.25
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Port Vale Stockport |
0-3 |
|
04.10.25
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Port Vale Northampton |
0-0 |
|
24.09.25
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Port Vale Arsenal |
0-2 |
|
20.09.25
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Port Vale Mansfield |
2-1 |
|
06.09.25
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Port Vale Leyton Orient |
2-3 |
|
02.09.25
|
Port Vale Leeds United U21 |
4-1 |
|
23.08.25
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Port Vale Doncaster |
0-1 |
|
19.08.25
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Port Vale Stevenage |
1-2 |
|
07.08.25
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Port Vale Cardiff |
0-0 |
|
26.07.25
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Port Vale Birmingham |
0-2 |
|
03.05.25
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Port Vale Gillingham |
0-1 |
|
21.04.25
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Port Vale Grimsby |
2-2 |
|
12.04.25
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Port Vale Bromley |
5-0 |
|
01.04.25
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Port Vale Bradford City |
2-0 |
|
25.03.25
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Port Vale Barrow |
0-1 |
|
22.03.25
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Port Vale Morecambe |
1-0 |
|
15.03.25
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Port Vale MK Dons |
3-0 |
|
04.03.25
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Port Vale Harrogate |
0-0 |
|
22.02.25
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Port Vale Salford City |
2-1 |
|
13.02.25
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Port Vale Notts County |
1-0 |
|
04.02.25
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Port Vale Wrexham |
1-4 |
|
01.02.25
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Port Vale Accrington |
2-1 |
|
18.01.25
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Port Vale Newport |
3-2 |
|
01.01.25
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Port Vale Cheltenham |
0-0 |
|
21.12.24
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Port Vale Carlisle |
0-0 |
|
07.12.24
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Port Vale Walsall |
0-1 |
|
25.11.24
|
Port Vale Crewe |
1-1 |
|
28.04.26
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Stockport Port Vale |
1-2 |
|
25.04.26
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Plymouth Port Vale |
2-1 |
|
22.04.26
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Cardiff Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
16.04.26
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Peterborough Port Vale |
1-3 |
|
04.04.26
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Chelsea Port Vale |
7-0 |
|
28.03.26
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Wycombe Port Vale |
4-0 |
|
24.03.26
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Doncaster Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
17.03.26
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Blackpool Port Vale |
3-2 |
|
24.02.26
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Northampton Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
17.02.26
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Stevenage Port Vale |
2-1 |
|
31.01.26
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Leyton Orient Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
17.01.26
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Mansfield Port Vale |
3-0 |
|
13.01.26
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Bolton Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
29.12.25
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Bradford City Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
26.12.25
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Huddersfield Port Vale |
5-0 |
|
13.12.25
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Luton Port Vale |
2-2 |
|
29.11.25
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Lincoln Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
08.11.25
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Bolton Port Vale |
4-0 |
|
18.10.25
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Wigan Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
11.10.25
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AFC Wimbledon Port Vale |
1-1 |
|
07.10.25
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Accrington Port Vale |
0-2 |
|
27.09.25
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Barnsley Port Vale |
0-2 |
|
13.09.25
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Exeter City Port Vale |
0-2 |
|
30.08.25
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Reading Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
26.08.25
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Birmingham Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
16.08.25
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Burton Albion Port Vale |
0-0 |
|
12.08.25
|
Blackpool Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
02.08.25
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Rotherham Port Vale |
2-1 |
|
29.07.25
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Altrincham Port Vale |
1-1 |
|
12.07.25
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Bath City Port Vale |
1-5 |
|
28.06.25
|
Kidsgrove Athletic Port Vale |
0-7 |
|
27.06.25
|
Newcastle Town Port Vale |
0-0 |
|
26.04.25
|
AFC Wimbledon Port Vale |
0-2 |
|
18.04.25
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Carlisle Port Vale |
3-2 |
|
05.04.25
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Walsall Port Vale |
2-3 |
|
29.03.25
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Crewe Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
11.03.25
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Colchester Port Vale |
2-1 |
|
08.03.25
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Fleetwood Port Vale |
1-1 |
|
01.03.25
|
Tranmere Port Vale |
1-1 |
|
08.02.25
|
Swindon Port Vale |
3-3 |
|
25.01.25
|
Chesterfield Port Vale |
1-1 |
|
04.01.25
|
Doncaster Port Vale |
1-2 |
|
29.12.24
|
Grimsby Port Vale |
3-0 |
|
26.12.24
|
Bradford City Port Vale |
2-1 |
|
14.12.24
|
Bromley Port Vale |
0-0 |
|
10.12.24
|
Doncaster Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
03.12.24
|
Cheltenham Port Vale |
1-1 |
|
16.11.24
|
Morecambe Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
09.11.24
|
Gillingham Port Vale |
1-0 |
|
22.10.24
|
Harrogate Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
25.04.26
|
Blackpool Leyton Orient |
1-0 |
|
18.04.26
|
Wycombe Blackpool |
0-1 |
|
11.04.26
|
Blackpool Peterborough |
3-1 |
|
06.04.26
|
Stevenage Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
03.04.26
|
Blackpool Exeter City |
1-0 |
|
28.03.26
|
Blackpool Burton Albion |
1-0 |
|
21.03.26
|
Cardiff Blackpool |
0-0 |
|
17.03.26
|
Blackpool Port Vale |
3-2 |
|
14.03.26
|
Doncaster Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
11.03.26
|
AFC Wimbledon Blackpool |
4-1 |
|
07.03.26
|
Blackpool Wigan |
1-1 |
|
28.02.26
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Lincoln Blackpool |
4-0 |
|
21.02.26
|
Bolton Blackpool |
2-2 |
|
17.02.26
|
Blackpool Mansfield |
1-0 |
|
14.02.26
|
Blackpool Plymouth |
0-4 |
|
07.02.26
|
Huddersfield Blackpool |
2-2 |
|
31.01.26
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Luton Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
27.01.26
|
Blackpool Stockport |
1-2 |
|
24.01.26
|
Blackpool Northampton |
2-0 |
|
17.01.26
|
Barnsley Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
10.01.26
|
Ipswich Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
04.01.26
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Blackpool Bradford City |
1-2 |
|
01.01.26
|
Port Vale Blackpool |
5-1 |
|
29.12.25
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Blackpool Rotherham |
4-0 |
|
26.12.25
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Blackpool Doncaster |
1-0 |
|
20.12.25
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Wigan Blackpool |
0-2 |
|
13.12.25
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Blackpool Lincoln |
2-2 |
|
10.12.25
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Rotherham Blackpool |
0-3 |
|
07.12.25
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Blackpool Carlisle |
4-1 |
|
02.12.25
|
Harrogate Blackpool |
4-2 |
|
29.11.25
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Blackpool Reading |
0-3 |
|
22.11.25
|
Leyton Orient Blackpool |
1-1 |
|
15.11.25
|
Burton Albion Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
11.11.25
|
Tranmere Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
08.11.25
|
Blackpool Cardiff |
3-1 |
|
01.11.25
|
Blackpool Scunthorpe |
1-0 |
|
25.10.25
|
Peterborough Blackpool |
1-2 |
|
18.10.25
|
Blackpool Wycombe |
1-1 |
|
14.10.25
|
Blackpool Nottingham Forest U21 |
2-1 |
|
11.10.25
|
Stockport Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
04.10.25
|
Blackpool AFC Wimbledon |
0-2 |
|
30.09.25
|
Blackpool Luton |
2-2 |
|
27.09.25
|
Bradford City Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
20.09.25
|
Blackpool Barnsley |
1-0 |
|
16.09.25
|
Blackpool Barrow |
5-0 |
|
13.09.25
|
Northampton Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
30.08.25
|
Blackpool Bolton |
1-1 |
|
23.08.25
|
Plymouth Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
19.08.25
|
Mansfield Blackpool |
2-0 |
|
16.08.25
|
Blackpool Huddersfield |
3-2 |
|
25.04.26
|
Blackpool Leyton Orient |
1-0 |
|
11.04.26
|
Blackpool Peterborough |
3-1 |
|
03.04.26
|
Blackpool Exeter City |
1-0 |
|
28.03.26
|
Blackpool Burton Albion |
1-0 |
|
17.03.26
|
Blackpool Port Vale |
3-2 |
|
07.03.26
|
Blackpool Wigan |
1-1 |
|
17.02.26
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Blackpool Mansfield |
1-0 |
|
14.02.26
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Blackpool Plymouth |
0-4 |
|
27.01.26
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Blackpool Stockport |
1-2 |
|
24.01.26
|
Blackpool Northampton |
2-0 |
|
04.01.26
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Blackpool Bradford City |
1-2 |
|
29.12.25
|
Blackpool Rotherham |
4-0 |
|
26.12.25
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Blackpool Doncaster |
1-0 |
|
13.12.25
|
Blackpool Lincoln |
2-2 |
|
07.12.25
|
Blackpool Carlisle |
4-1 |
|
29.11.25
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Blackpool Reading |
0-3 |
|
08.11.25
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Blackpool Cardiff |
3-1 |
|
01.11.25
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Blackpool Scunthorpe |
1-0 |
|
18.10.25
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Blackpool Wycombe |
1-1 |
|
14.10.25
|
Blackpool Nottingham Forest U21 |
2-1 |
|
04.10.25
|
Blackpool AFC Wimbledon |
0-2 |
|
30.09.25
|
Blackpool Luton |
2-2 |
|
20.09.25
|
Blackpool Barnsley |
1-0 |
|
16.09.25
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Blackpool Barrow |
5-0 |
|
30.08.25
|
Blackpool Bolton |
1-1 |
|
16.08.25
|
Blackpool Huddersfield |
3-2 |
|
12.08.25
|
Blackpool Port Vale |
0-1 |
|
02.08.25
|
Blackpool Stevenage |
2-3 |
|
19.07.25
|
Blackpool West Brom |
2-1 |
|
03.05.25
|
Blackpool Bristol Rovers |
4-1 |
|
30.04.25
|
Blackpool Birmingham |
0-2 |
|
21.04.25
|
Blackpool Wrexham |
1-2 |
|
01.04.25
|
Blackpool Reading |
3-0 |
|
29.03.25
|
Blackpool Bolton |
2-1 |
|
15.03.25
|
Blackpool Leyton Orient |
1-2 |
|
11.03.25
|
Blackpool Cambridge |
2-1 |
|
04.03.25
|
Blackpool Peterborough |
0-0 |
|
22.02.25
|
Blackpool Crawley |
3-1 |
|
15.02.25
|
Blackpool Mansfield |
3-3 |
|
11.02.25
|
Blackpool Rotherham |
0-0 |
|
01.02.25
|
Blackpool Charlton |
2-2 |
|
18.01.25
|
Blackpool Huddersfield |
2-2 |
|
01.01.25
|
Blackpool Shrewsbury |
1-1 |
|
21.12.24
|
Blackpool Stevenage |
0-0 |
|
17.12.24
|
Blackpool Aston Villa U21 (Penalties:17 - 18) |
1-1 |
|
01.12.24
|
Blackpool Birmingham |
1-2 |
|
16.11.24
|
Blackpool Northampton |
0-0 |
|
06.11.24
|
Blackpool Liverpool U21 (Penalties:7 - 8) |
0-0 |
|
28.10.24
|
Blackpool Wigan |
2-2 |
|
19.10.24
|
Blackpool Barnsley |
1-2 |
|
18.04.26
|
Wycombe Blackpool |
0-1 |
|
06.04.26
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Stevenage Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
21.03.26
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Cardiff Blackpool |
0-0 |
|
14.03.26
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Doncaster Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
11.03.26
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AFC Wimbledon Blackpool |
4-1 |
|
28.02.26
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Lincoln Blackpool |
4-0 |
|
21.02.26
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Bolton Blackpool |
2-2 |
|
07.02.26
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Huddersfield Blackpool |
2-2 |
|
31.01.26
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Luton Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
17.01.26
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Barnsley Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
10.01.26
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Ipswich Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
01.01.26
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Port Vale Blackpool |
5-1 |
|
20.12.25
|
Wigan Blackpool |
0-2 |
|
10.12.25
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Rotherham Blackpool |
0-3 |
|
02.12.25
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Harrogate Blackpool |
4-2 |
|
22.11.25
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Leyton Orient Blackpool |
1-1 |
|
15.11.25
|
Burton Albion Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
11.11.25
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Tranmere Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
25.10.25
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Peterborough Blackpool |
1-2 |
|
11.10.25
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Stockport Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
27.09.25
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Bradford City Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
13.09.25
|
Northampton Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
23.08.25
|
Plymouth Blackpool |
1-0 |
|
19.08.25
|
Mansfield Blackpool |
2-0 |
|
09.08.25
|
Exeter City Blackpool |
4-1 |
|
26.07.25
|
Doncaster Blackpool |
1-1 |
|
22.07.25
|
Salford City Blackpool |
0-0 |
|
26.04.25
|
Wigan Blackpool |
1-1 |
|
18.04.25
|
Stevenage Blackpool |
1-3 |
|
05.04.25
|
Rotherham Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
22.03.25
|
Northampton Blackpool |
0-2 |
|
08.03.25
|
Barnsley Blackpool |
0-3 |
|
01.03.25
|
Stockport Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
08.02.25
|
Burton Albion Blackpool |
1-1 |
|
28.01.25
|
Lincoln Blackpool |
0-2 |
|
25.01.25
|
Exeter City Blackpool |
1-3 |
|
04.01.25
|
Wycombe Blackpool |
1-1 |
|
29.12.24
|
Birmingham Blackpool |
0-0 |
|
26.12.24
|
Wrexham Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
14.12.24
|
Reading Blackpool |
0-3 |
|
04.12.24
|
Shrewsbury Blackpool |
1-2 |
|
26.11.24
|
Bristol Rovers Blackpool |
0-2 |
|
23.11.24
|
Bolton Blackpool |
2-1 |
|
12.11.24
|
Harrogate Blackpool (Penalties:4 - 5) |
2-2 |
|
09.11.24
|
Leyton Orient Blackpool |
3-0 |
|
02.11.24
|
Gillingham Blackpool |
0-2 |
|
22.10.24
|
Peterborough Blackpool |
5-1 |
|
05.10.24
|
Mansfield Blackpool |
2-0 |
|
24.09.24
|
Huddersfield Blackpool |
0-2 |
|
21.09.24
|
Charlton Blackpool |
1-2 |
|
01.01.2026
|
Port Vale Blackpool |
5-1
|
|
12.08.2025
|
Blackpool Port Vale |
0-1
|
|
29.12.2023
|
Port Vale Blackpool |
3-0
|
|
15.08.2023
|
Blackpool Port Vale |
0-0
|
|
15.08.2020
|
Port Vale Blackpool |
1-2
|
|
01.01.2026
|
Port Vale Blackpool |
5-1
|
|
29.12.2023
|
Port Vale Blackpool |
3-0
|
|
15.08.2020
|
Port Vale Blackpool |
1-2
|
|
24.11.2015
|
Port Vale Blackpool |
2-0
|
|
06.10.2015
|
Port Vale Blackpool |
1-2
|