Notts County v Blackpool

League One, game week 8 — UK time

Step 4 of 4 — The bookies' favourite markets.

What this step says

Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 49% of their games, both teams scoring in 49%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 36%. On the record there is no strong lean either way on goals.

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Notts County: 50 league matches in the bank, 7 from this season and the rest from last season in the League Two. Blackpool: 50 league matches in the bank, 7 from this season and the rest from last season.

The question this step asks

Step four is THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE MARKETS -- over and under, both teams to score, and the two-goal lead that pays the 2UP offer out early -- read from what these two sides have actually produced, with the denominator on every figure. Still no price: these are the match's tendencies, not its odds.

How the counting works, once for the whole step: every figure is counted over ONE side's own matches -- Notts County's numbers over its games, Blackpool's over its own. The two clubs are never pooled into one denominator; where a single figure for this fixture is wanted, it is the AVERAGE of the two sides' rates, and says so.

For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Notts County's own 25 home matches read, one appeared in 8 (32%). In Blackpool's own 25 away matches read, 10 (40%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 36% of games.

The two sides

Notts County -- at home

Over and under
Over 2.5 goals in 24 of its own 50 (48%); over 1.5 in 36 (72%); over 3.5 in 12 (24%). At home: over 2.5 in 13 of its 25 (52%).
Both teams to score
Both teams scored in 25 of its own 50 (50%). At home: 13 of its 25 (52%).
Clean sheets and blanks
Kept a clean sheet in 16 of its own 50 (32%); failed to score in 11 (22%).
Two goals clear
Counted over Notts County's own 50 matches read: Notts County or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 17 (34%). Notts County itself held the lead in 12, winning 12. In its home matches: one side or the other went two up in 8 of 25.

Blackpool -- away

Over and under
Over 2.5 goals in 25 of its own 50 (50%); over 1.5 in 34 (68%); over 3.5 in 16 (32%). Away: over 2.5 in 12 of its 25 (48%).
Both teams to score
Both teams scored in 24 of its own 50 (48%). Away: 11 of its 25 (44%).
Clean sheets and blanks
Kept a clean sheet in 14 of its own 50 (28%); failed to score in 13 (26%).
Two goals clear
Counted over Blackpool's own 50 matches read: Blackpool or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 22 (44%). Blackpool itself held the lead in 10, winning 8. In its away matches: one side or the other went two up in 10 of 25.

Built 06:04 from matches completed before kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator — not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.