BLACKPOOL. Blackpool prevails over Fleetwood Town 1-0 after J. Beesley scored just 1 goal (22′). Blackpool made the most of its superior ball possession (58%).
Shayne Lavery didn’t score a penalty (77′) for Blackpool.
The match was played at the Bloomfield Road stadium in Blackpool on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 10,845 spectators. The referee was Marc Edwards who was helped by Darren Williams and Johnathon Bickerdike. The 4th official was Connor Brown. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.28 degrees Celsius or 46.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 21 Total 15
- 9 On Target 3
- 2 Off Target 3
- 10 Shots blocked 9
- 116 Attack 94
- 58 Dangerous attack 45
- 104 Ball safe 88
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
Fouls
- 6 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Blackpool had a superior ball possession 58% while Fleetwood Town was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Blackpool was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Blackpool won the match.
Blackpool shot 21 times, 9 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Fleetwood Town shot 15 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Blackpool received 2 yellow cards (Hayden Coulson and Shayne Lavery). On the other side, Fleetwood Town received 3 yellow cards (Bosun Lawal, Jay Lynch and Brendan Wiredu).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Blackpool has 67 points like Stevenage to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Fleetwood Town will stays with 34 points to remain in the 23rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League One, Blackpool will play away with Carlisle United on the 13th of April with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Blackpool (1 draw).
Fleetwood Town will play away against Peterborough United on the 6th of April with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Peterborough United (2 draws).
Blackpool – Formation
Blackpool started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Neil Critchley decided to play with the following team: Daniel Grimshaw
, Matthew Pennington , Marvin Ekpiteta , James Husband , CJ Hamilton , Karamoko Dembélé , George Byers , Sonny Carey , Hayden Coulson , Jake Beesley and Shayne Lavery .The home team had on the bench: Richard O’Donnell, Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel, Albie Morgan, Kyle Joseph
, Matty Virtue, Oliver Casey and Kylian Kouassi .Substitutions
Blackpool made 4 changes: Sonny Carey for Albie Morgan (90′), Karamoko Dembélé for Matty Virtue (90′), Shayne Lavery for Kyle Joseph (83′) and Jake Beesley for Kylian Kouassi (84′).
Player of the match: Jake Beesley
The most impressive player for Blackpool was Jake Beesley.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 14 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 8.Fleetwood Town – Formation
Fleetwood Town started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Charlie Adam played with: Jay Lynch
, Shaun Rooney , Ben Heneghan , Brendan Wiredu , Ryan Broom , Bosun Lawal , Gavin Kilkenny , C. Johnston , Danny Mayor , Promise Omochere and Tommy Lonergan .They had on the bench: Elijah Campbell
, Jayden Stockley , Junior Quitirna , R. Graydon , Callum Dolan, S. McMullan and P. Patterson .Substitutions
Fleetwood Town made 5 changes: Gavin Kilkenny for R. Graydon (63′), Ryan Broom for Elijah Campbell (78′), Shaun Rooney for P. Patterson (78′), Promise Omochere for Jayden Stockley (84′) and C. Johnston for Junior Quitirna (84′).
Player of the match: Jay Lynch
The player that probably impressed the most for Fleetwood Town was the goalkeeper: Jay Lynch. His rating is 9.18. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 8 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League One.
- Leyton Orient – Exeter City – 2-2
- Charlton Athletic – Wigan Athletic – 2-2
- Bristol Rovers – Reading – 0-2
- Blackpool – Fleetwood Town – 1-0
- Stevenage – Barnsley – 2-1
- Cheltenham Town – Carlisle United – 0-1