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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Matty VirtueBlackpool · 0-1
  • 12'Yellow card · Sean McConvilleAccrington Stanley
  • 23'Goal · Luke ArmstrongAccrington Stanley · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Joseph DodooBlackpool
  • 73'Yellow card · Janoi DonacienAccrington Stanley
  • 81'Penalty goal · J. SpearingBlackpool · 1-2
  • 83'Red card · Dimitar EvtimovAccrington Stanley
  • 88'Yellow card · W. WoodAccrington Stanley
  • 90'Yellow card · Mark HughesAccrington Stanley

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Accrington Stanley 1, draws 2, Blackpool 0.

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