Accrington Stanley 1-2 Blackpool: result and report
League One · Tuesday 5 March 2019
Result
Accrington Stanley 1-2 Blackpool
League One · Tuesday 5 March 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Accrington Stanley 1-2 Blackpool: match report
Accrington Stanley were beaten by Blackpool 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 5 March 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Matty Virtue opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Accrington Stanley's goal came from Luke Armstrong (23'). Blackpool scored through Matty Virtue (5') and J. Spearing (81', penalty).
Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 14th on 41 points from 33 and Blackpool 10th on 48 points from 34. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 14th with 55 points, and Blackpool 10th with 62.
Accrington Stanley lined up in a 4-5-1 and Blackpool in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Accrington Stanley win, 2 draws and 0 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Accrington Stanley's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Blackpool's L-L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Matty Virtue
- 12'Yellow card · Sean McConville
- 23'Goal · Luke Armstrong
- 30'Yellow card · Joseph Dodoo
- 73'Yellow card · Janoi Donacien
- 81'Penalty goal · J. Spearing
- 83'Red card · Dimitar Evtimov
- 88'Yellow card · W. Wood
- 90'Yellow card · Mark Hughes
Head-to-head
Team news
Accrington Stanley line-up (4-5-1)
Dimitar Evtimov, Callum Johnson, Mark Hughes, Janoi Donacien, Harvey Rodgers, Jordan Clark, Dan Barlaser, Sam Finley, Liam Gibson, Sean McConville, L. Armstrong
Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)
Mark Howard, Ollie Turton, Curtis Tilt, Ben Heneghan, Nick Anderton, Jay Spearing, Matty Virtue, Antony Evans, Liam Feeney, Joseph Dodoo, Armand Gnanduillet