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Seasider's in Town for Rover's Home Opener
By Deadly Submarine August 9 2005
Tranmere will be looking to notch their first win of the season at home to Colin Hendry’s Blackpool side at Prenton Park on Tuesday night following Saturday’s disappointing defeat at the hands of newly promoted Swansea City at the New Stadium which saw a below par performance from Rovers.

TRANMERE ROVERS Vs BLACKPOOL

Tuesday 9th August 2005 – Kick Off 7.45pm

 

Rovers will be looking to get their first points on the board this season after the defeat at Swansea City.  Although the side lost in South Wales on Saturday, they do find themselves in the fortunate position of now having two consecutive home matches in which to hopefully bury the memory of that defeat and notch up six points.

 

Tranmere’s first opportunity to lay to rest the ghosts of Saturday comes on Tuesday evening when they host near neighbours Blackpool at Prenton Park.  A 3-1 defeat at home to Chesterfield on Saturday has ensured that Blackpool also go into the game having failed to score any points so far.

 

Kiegan Parker scored one of the first goals of the season in League One after just five minutes to put the Seasiders ahead but goals from former Rovers striker Wayne Allison, Mark Debolla and Steve Blatherwick saw Chesterfield run out winners and move to the top of League One early on.

 

Blackpool have lost Ritchie Wellens over the summer but have added striker Scott Vernon from Oldham to their attacking options.

 

As far as Rovers fans are concerned, the big question is whether Iain Hume will again have to settle for a place on the bench at the expense of Calvin Zola as was the case at Swansea on Saturday.

 

In last season’s meetings between the sides, Rovers came out the better, taking four points from the two games.  The first encounter was at Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road on a cold November afternoon when a first half cracker from Ian Goodison was enough to secure all three points.

 

The return game at Prenton Park was not so good for Rovers as the sides fought out a rather drab 0-0 draw back in April.

 

In all past meetings at Prenton Park, Tranmere have the superior record with ten wins, three draws and just one defeat in fourteen meetings.  Rovers have also scored nearly three times as many goals as Blackpool in Prenton Park meetings.

 

In overall meetings, Rovers have won sixteen and drawn four out of twenty-eight meetings in total, scoring almost fifty goals in the process.

 

DEADLY’S MATCH PREDICTION:  TRANMERE  2 - 0  BLACKPOOL

 

Team News

 

 

Tranmere Rovers – Calvin Zola may miss this game with a groin injury that he picked up in Saturday’s defeat at Swansea meaning that Iain Hume may well start after only being on the bench against the Swans.

 

Another Rover’s Striker, Steve Davies is also absent with a groin injury sustained in a friendly against Flint so he is likely to miss out but may be fit to face Oldham Athletic on Friday.

 

Blackpool – The Seasiders will be without Gareth Evans (knee) and Tony Butler (thigh)for their visit to Prenton Park but otherwise Colin Hendy has a full squad to choose from.

 

 

Probable Rovers Team: Achterberg, Goodison, Jackson, Sharps, Linwood, Roberts, McAteer, Rankine, Aiston, Hume, Greenacre.

 

Referee – Mick Fletcher (Worcestershire)

 

 

Current Form

 

 

Tranmere Rovers:

           

Last Six Games Home – WLWDWW

 

Last Six Games – LWLLWL

 

 

Blackpool:      

                                               

Last Six Games At Home – WLLLLL                       

 

Last Six Games - WDWLLL         

 

 

Hotshots

 

 

Tranmere Rovers: No Goalscorers this Season

 

Blackpool: Kiegan Parker – 1 Goal

 

 

Last Season

 

 

20th November 2004 – Coca-Cola League One – Bloomfield Road

 

Blackpool  0 – 1  Tranmere Rovers

                          Goodison 38

 

Attendance: 6,490

 

Referee: Trevor Parkes (West Midlands)

 

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16th April 2005 – Coca-Cola League One – Prenton Park

 

Tranmere Rovers  0 – 0  Blackpool 

                         

 

Attendance: 8,568

 

Referee: Darren Drysdale (Lincolnshire)

 

 

Head to Head

 

                                     Summary of Past Meetings

 

All Matches:                             At Prenton Park: 

Matches Played = 28                   Matches Played = 14                                          

Tranmere Wins = 16              Tranmere Wins = 10             

Blackpool Wins = 8                Blackpool Wins = 1

Matches Drawn = 4                     Matches Drawn = 3

                       

Tranmere Goals = 48             Tranmere Goals = 31

Blackpool Goals = 33             Blackpool Goals = 12            

 

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