Championship: Blackpool overcomes Bristol City 3-1
BLACKPOOL. Blackpool beats Bristol City 3-1.
BLACKPOOL. Blackpool prevails over Bristol City 3-1. Blackpool was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with C. Hamilton (36′), G. Madine (39′) and J. Bowler (49′). Bristol City reduced the distance with a goal (87′) by N. Wells, but there was not much to do for them. Bristol City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
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 James Linington with the assistance of Andrew Dallison and Rob Smith. The 4th official was Peter Wright. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold around 8.4 degrees Celsius or 47.14 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 93%.
Match Statistics
Bristol City was in firm control of the ball 62% while Blackpool was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Blackpool was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Blackpool won the contest.
Blackpool shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Bristol City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Blackpool received 4 yellow cards (J. Bowler, G. Madine, J. Yates and C. Connolly). On the opposite side, Bristol City received 3 yellow cards (J. Williams, A. Semenyo and N. Wells).
After this match, Blackpool will have 37 points like Millwall to stay in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Bristol City will stay with 34 points to stay in the 16th place.
Match Events
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36'36'
C. Hamilton
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39'39'
G. Madine
K. Dougall
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44'44'
J. Bowler
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46'46'
J. Williams
C. O\'Dowda
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49'49'
J. Bowler
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61'61'
O. Dale
J. Bowler
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67'67'
C. Kirk
C. Hamilton
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74'74'
N. Wells
A. Weimann
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80'80'
G. Madine
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81'81'
J. Williams
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81'81'
A. Semenyo
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82'82'
J. Yates
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82'82'
J. Beesley
G. Madine
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84'84'
A. Scott
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84'84'
C. Connolly
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86'86'
N. Wells
J. Dasilva
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89'89'
N. Wells
Next match
In the upcoming Championship match, Blackpool will play away with Coventry City on the 8th of February with a 3-3 head to head stats.
Bristol City will host Reading on the 9th of February with a 12-7 head to head stats in favor of Reading (2 draws).
Blackpool: Formation and Lineups
Blackpool started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Neil Critchley chose to play with the following team: Daniel Grimshaw , Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel , Richard Keogh , Jordan Thorniley , Dujon Sterling , Josh Bowler , Callum Connolly , Kenneth Dougall , CJ Hamilton , Gary Madine and Jerry Yates .
Substitutes
Blackpool made 3 changes: J. Bowler for O. Dale (61′), C. Hamilton for C. Kirk (67′) and G. Madine for J. Beesley (82′).
Top player: Kenneth Dougall
Probably the most impressive player in Blackpool was Kenneth Dougall even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 33 passes (63% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.
Bristol City: Formation and Lineups
Bristol City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, Nigel Pearson played with: Max O’Leary , Tomáš Kalas , Timm Klose , Cameron Pring , Jay Dasilva , Han-Noah Massengo , Alex Scott , Callum O’Dowda , Andreas Weimann , Antoine Semenyo and Chris Martin .
Substitutes
Bristol City made 2 changes: C. O’Dowda for J. Williams (46′) and A. Weimann for N. Wells (74′).
Top player: Jay Dasilva
Probably the most impressive player in Bristol City was Jay Dasilva.
His rating is with 31 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship
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