A huge game in the race for the top six playoff spots in League One takes place this weekend with Peterborough United and Blackpool clashing with only nine points keeping apart the fifth-placed Posh and ninth-placed Tangerines.
Despite sitting behind Peterborough by nine points and needing at least three games to overturn the deficit, a win here would bring them onto 50 points and to potentially five points of the playoff spots, should Oxford United lose this weekend as well. Ultimately, a lot needs to go in favour of Blackpool in order for them to get into the top six, but their hopes of a spot back in the Championship are far from over.
Blackpool have also let in one less goal than Peterborough's tally of 39, but the Lancashire side have fell out of the race for the top six spots right now due to a four-game winless run in League One since beating Bristol Rovers 2-1.
This has seen them draw at home with Charlton Athletic before a 1-0 loss away to fellow playoff hopefuls Stevenage. Back at Bloomfield Road, the Tangerines would draw with another promotion hopeful, Oxford United, 1-1. However, by losing to the relegation-fighting Cheltenham Town in midweek, Blackpool are the most out-of-form team currently sitting in the top 10.
As for Peterborough, they are up into fifth and their nine-point gap on Blackpool is coupled with a gap of three points on Stevenage just outside of the playoff spots. The Posh will also no doubt be eyeing up a spot in fourth, as Barnsley are only a point clear of them.