BRISTOL. Bristol City defeats Blackpool with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Weimann  (58′) and a goal from A. Scott (81′). Bristol City was much better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Darren Bond who had the assistance of Philip Dermott and Akil Howson. The 4th official was Samuel Barrott. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.5 degrees Celsius or 36.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bristol City had a superior ball possession 64% while Blackpool was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bristol City was more pushing with 84 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bristol City won the match​.

Bristol City shot 18 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Blackpool shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Bristol City didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Blackpool received 1 yellow card (Morgan Rogers).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Bristol City will have 48 points to remain in the 13th place. On the other side, Blackpool will stay with 32 points like Huddersfield Town and Wigan Athletic to sit in the 22nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will play away against Queens Park Rangers on the 6th of May with a 9-8 head to head record in favor of Bristol City (7 draws).

Blackpool will play away agasint Norwich City on the 6th of May with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Norwich City (3 draws).

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nigel Pearson decided to play with the following team: Max O’Leary (6.8), George Tanner (6.8), Zak Vyner (7.0), Cameron Pring (7.2), Jay Dasilva (7.6), Alex Scott (7.2), Andy King (7.2), Mark Sykes (6.6), Andreas Weimann (7.2), Anis Mehmeti (7.0) and Nahki Wells (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Nikita Haikin, Marlee Francois, Callum Wood, Omar Taylor-Clarke, Sam Bell, Harry Cornick (6.7) and Kane Wilson.

Substitutions

Bristol City made 2 changes: Mark Sykes for Harry Cornick (67′) and N. Wells for Samuel Bell (90′).

Best player: Jay Dasilva​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bristol City was Jay Dasilva even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 48 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.

Blackpool – Formation

Also Blackpool adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mick McCarthy played with: Chris Maxwell (6.3), Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel (6.2), Curtis Nelson (7.0), Jordan Thorniley (6.8), Dominic Thompson (6.8), Callum Connolly (6.4), Gary Madine, Sonny Carey (6.4), Josh Bowler (6.6), Luke Garbutt (6.3) and Jerry Yates (6.9).

They had on the bench: Andy Lyons, Daniel Grimshaw, Kenneth Dougall (6.1), Charlie Patino, Morgan Rogers (6.9), CJ Hamilton (6.4) and James Husband.

Blackpool could not rely on the presence of Morgan Rogers (injured).

Substitutions

Blackpool made 3 changes: Gary Madine for Morgan Rogers (6′), Luke Garbutt for Kenneth Dougall (68′) and Josh Bowler for CJ Hamilton (68′).

Best player: Curtis Nelson​

The player that probably impressed the most for Blackpool was Curtis Nelson.

His rating is (7.0) with 24 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• West Bromwich Albion – Huddersfield Town – 1-0
• Swansea City – Middlesbrough – 1-3
• Sheffield United – Luton Town – 0-1
• Reading – Millwall – 0-1
• Queens Park Rangers – Watford – 1-0
• Preston North End – Cardiff City – 2-0
• Coventry City – Hull City – 1-1
• Burnley – Wigan Athletic – 3-0
• Bristol City – Blackpool – 2-0
• Birmingham City – Rotherham United – 2-0