- The side that wins this match will become the 44th different club to play in the Premier League.
- Three of the last four meetings between these two sides have ended in a 1-1 draw.
- DJ Campbell has scored nine goals in his last eight appearances for Blackpool.
- Peter Whittingham has scored in each of his last three matches for the Bluebirds.
- Blackpool have lost only once in their last 11 matches, to champions Newcastle.
- The last three Championship playoff finals have all finished 1-0.
- The last time that a team that finished 6th played a side that finished 4th in the Championship playoff final was in 2004/05 when 6th placed Crystal Palace defeated West Ham (4th) 1-0.
- On the last five occasions that a 4th placed side have reached the Championship playoff final, they have been defeated.
- This is only the fourth time in 11 seasons that the 6th placed side have played in the Championship playoff final, and on the last two occasions they have won.
- Blackpool are the first side to have competed in a playoff final in the second, third and fourth tier of English football.
- In seven of the last 11 playoff finals, the team finishing higher in the league that season have prevailed.
