BLACKPOOL. Blackpool tops Stoke City 1-0 after I. Poveda scored just 1 goal (7′). Stoke City was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (69%).
The match was played at the Bloomfield Road stadium in Blackpool on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Matt Donohue who had the assistance of Paul Hodskinson and Samuel Lewis. The 4th official was Sunny Sukhvir Gill.
Match Statistics
- ! 31 Ball Possession 69
Shots
- 7 Total 25
- 1 On Target 6
- 2 Off Target 9
- 4 Shots blocked 10
- 75 Attack 107
- 25 Dangerous attack 77
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 5
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 13 Total 9
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Stoke City had a superior ball possession 69% while Blackpool was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Stoke City was more aggressive with 77 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Blackpool was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Blackpool shot 7 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Stoke City shot 25 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Blackpool received 4 yellow cards (Ian Poveda, Kenny Dougall, Dominic Thompson and James Husband). Regarding the opposition, Stoke City received 1 yellow card (Ben Wilmot).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Blackpool will have 31 points like Huddersfield Town and Wigan Athletic to remain in the 23rd place. On the other side, Stoke City will stay with 37 points to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Blackpool will play away with Norwich City on the 6th of May with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Norwich City (3 draws).
Stoke City will play away agasint Watford on the 6th of May with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Blackpool – Formation
Blackpool adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Mick McCarthy decided to play with the following team: Chris Maxwell , Andy Lyons , Callum Connolly , Curtis Nelson , James Husband , Kenneth Dougall , Lewis Fiorini , Ian Carlo Poveda , Sonny Carey , Morgan Rogers and Jerry Yates .
The home team had on the bench: Josh Bowler, Daniel Grimshaw, Shayne Lavery, Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel , Dominic Thompson , CJ Hamilton and Luke Garbutt .
Substitutions
Blackpool made 4 changes: Lewis Fiorini for CJ Hamilton (46′), A. Lyons for Jordan Gabriel (63′), Morgan Rogers for Luke Garbutt (64′) and Ian Poveda for Dominic Thompson (64′).
Best player: Chris Maxwell
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Blackpool was the goalkeeper: Chris Maxwell. His rating is 8.10. He performed 6 saves.
Stoke City – Formation
Also Stoke City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alex Neil played with: Matija Šarkić , Dujon Sterling , Phil Jagielka , Ben Wilmot , Morgan Fox , Josh Laurent , Jordan Thompson , Jacob Brown , Will Smallbone , Tyrese Campbell and Dwight Gayle .
These were the players on the bench: Jack Bonham, Kahrel Reddin, Connor Taylor, Gabriel Adebambo, Lewis Baker , Ki-Jana Hoever and Nathan Lowe.
Substitutions
Stoke City made 2 changes: Dujon Sterling for Lewis Baker (69′) and Dwight Gayle for Ki-Jana Hoever (70′).
Best player: Ben Wilmot
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Stoke City was Ben Wilmot.
His rating is with 81 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Wigan Athletic – Norwich City – 0-0
- Sunderland – Bristol City – 1-1
- Rotherham United – Coventry City – 0-2
- Millwall – Sheffield United – 3-2
- Middlesbrough – Queens Park Rangers – 3-1
- Luton Town – Burnley – 0-1
- Hull City – Preston North End – 0-0
- Huddersfield Town – Birmingham City – 2-1
- Blackpool – Stoke City – 1-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Swansea City – 1-0