Blackburn v Blackpool will be one of the less appealing derbies of the Premier League weekend but guarantees a lot of quality.

Blackburn are continuing to develop under new ownership and management and have been working hard on improving their consistency. Blackburn can beat any team in the Premier League on their day and are 17/20 with Victor Chandler to win.

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Blackpool have been the surprise package of the Premier League this season and they will see this as a game where they can get a positive away result. Blackpool have had some good results on the road and are a best price of 7/2 across the market for three points.

Blackburn will be looking for an early goal and it could be one that knocks the stuffing out of their opponents. Blackburn have plenty of attacking quality and talent that could be too much for their local rivals to handle. A 2-0 win for the home side is 10s with William Hill and 3-1 is 13s with Unibet.

Blackpool will be more than happy with a smash and grab job which would mean a 1-0 win at 18s with Bet365. However, Blackpool like to play open and attacking football away from home which could produce a result with a few goals in it.

Nikola Kalinic and Roque Santa Cruz are both favourites to score the first goal of the game for Blackburn at 6/1. Both players have been working hard on their relationship through recent times and it will be important for each of them to be productive in this game.

James Beattie has enough quality to be the main man in the Blackpool attack and he should be looking to get at Blackburn from the first whistle. He is 8/1 with Skybet to score first.