Rotherham United 2-1 Blackpool — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - 1st Division, 5 Apr 2025

📅05/04/2025 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 0-1 2nd Score 0-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
36%
2.57
Draw
24%
3.35
Away
40%
2.35
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
53%
1.95
Over 2.5
47%
1.78
Both Teams to Score
Yes
45%
1.66
No
55%
2.09
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
30%
3.36
2-3 Goals
40%
1.77
4-5 Goals
21%
3.27
6+ Goals
9%
12.0
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.36 — our 30% vs market 23.4%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
22%
4.14
1/2
8%
26.5
1/X
7%
13.2
X/1
7%
6.17
X/2
15%
5.47
X/X
11%
4.86
2/1
7%
29.0
2/2
17%
3.45
2/X
6%
13.0
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
36%
Home Win
35%
+0.7pp
24%
Draw
26%
-2.3pp
40%
Away Win
39%
+1.6pp
53%
Under 2.5
48%
+5.8pp
47%
Over 2.5
52%
-5.8pp
45%
BTTS Yes
56%
-11.3pp
55%
BTTS No
44%
+11.3pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Rotherham United EU Bookmakers 39%
Head to Head
AWAY Blackpool EU Bookmakers 43%
+7% / +8% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -5% / -6%
1.55/1.44 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.25/1.24
+31% / +0% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -9% / -21%
47% Ball Possession 53%
12 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
254 · 69% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 306 · 72%
24.2 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.8
26.8 Crosses 19.4
1.5 Yellow Cards 1.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Rotherham United
4W-2D-0L
AWAY Blackpool
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 0.33
1.22 xG 1.11
51% Ball Possession 49%
12 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 5
221 Passes 220
62% Pass Accuracy 63%
19 Box Touches 21
22 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 2
11.02.2025 Blackpool Blackpool 0-0 HT 0-0 Rotherham United Rotherham United İN1
11.02.2023 Blackpool Blackpool 0-0 HT 0-0 Rotherham United Rotherham United İNCL
14.09.2022 Rotherham United Rotherham United 3-0 HT 1-0 Blackpool Blackpool İNCL
01.01.2020 Rotherham United Rotherham United 2-1 HT 1-1 Blackpool Blackpool İN1
12.10.2019 Blackpool Blackpool 1-2 HT 0-0 Rotherham United Rotherham United İN1
05.05.2018 Rotherham United Rotherham United 1-0 HT 0-0 Blackpool Blackpool İN1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Rotherham United
2-1
AWAY Blackpool
2.02 xG 1.19
42% Ball Possession 58%
14 Total Shots 12
10 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 6
199 Passes 320
66% Pass Accuracy 78%
19 Box Touches 21
17 Crosses 26
2 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Rotherham United vs Blackpool
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Rotherham United edged past Blackpool 2-1. Half-time: 1-0.

Our pre-match split (36% / 24% / 40%) promised a tight game; Rotherham United found the edge the numbers couldn't. The goals read — no to both teams scoring (55%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Rotherham United had 42% of the ball to Blackpool's 58%, shots finished 14-12, expected goals 2.02 to 1.19.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Rotherham United had the better of it with 4 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Rotherham United and 0.33 for Blackpool.

What was the final score of Rotherham United vs Blackpool?

Rotherham United 2-1 Blackpool in the England - 1st Division on 05/04/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Rotherham United vs Blackpool?

Before kick-off our model rated an Blackpool win the most likely single outcome at about 40%, with the full match-result split Rotherham United 36%, draw 24%, Blackpool 40%. The final score 2-1 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Blackpool) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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