England Championship: Cardiff v Blackpool

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
England Championship: Cardiff v Blackpool Championship England, England	29/09/2012 16:00	asian handicap	Cardiff 0	1.71	Bet at Pinnacle
Betting prediction was written by Dan Adair

CARDIFF - BLACKPOOL PREDICTION STATS

Cardiff P7 W4 D1 L2 GF12 GA9 GD+3 - Average goals per game: 3.00
Blackpool P7 W4 D1 L2 GF16 GA7 GD+9 - Average goals per game:3.29

TEAM NEWS AND RUN OF PLAY

Cardiff have only lost one game this season and boast an unbeaten home record.Cardiff are an even stronger outfit than they were last season, with the likes of £2.5million striker Nicky Maynard, local boy Craig Bellamy and £1million man Craig Noone signing from Brighton. Cardiff have won their last four league games and have started to look the strong side everyone believed they would be. Nicky Maynard will not feature but Craig Bellamy and Heidar Helguson are back and available. Also Joe Mason could get his first start of the season. Midfielders Stephen McPhail and Kadeem Harri are out for sure.
Blackpool had an excellent start to the season, powering through games with goals and also defending well. This all come to a crashing halt as inform Huddersfield destroyed them at Bloomfield Road, running out out impressive 3-1 winners. Ian Holloway now has changes to make, at one stage in sheer desperation he had four forwards on the pitch together to try and claw back the defecit.Holloway can call on forward Matt Phillips and Spanish midfielder Angel Martinez with Kevin Phillips and youngster Nouha Dicko pressing for a start.

1X2 BETTING PREDICTION

2.37 Cardiff (Pinnacle) looks a cracking price here. Both sides are about the same level with Blackpool having slightly more firepower. The home side seem huge to me at 2.37 and should be nearer 2.10. Blackpool were awful last time out and Cardiff in contrast seem to be stepping up the gears now and are on a great run of form.

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ASIAN HANDICAP PREDICTION

Cardiff on the 0 handicap at 1.71 is the selection (188bet) Cardiff look the more solid of the two sides and although Blackpool do have serious options upfront I believe the sheer number of combinations is working against them. Holloway at times seems to be chopping and changing for the sake of it and he is affecting the continuity. Cardiff have a settled 4-4-2 and I can see them taking the points here and the draw no bet option is probably the best bet of the lot.

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TOTAL GOALS PREDICTION

Over 2.5 goals 1.82 (Pinnacle) is a huge price for these two teams. It is a close game thats true but goals tend to flow in The Championship and Blackpool especially are as good going forward as Cardiff but do ship goals. Pinnacles price is way above the average price and should be taken before it drops back down to the 1.70 or lower it should be.

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