Birmingham City 2-0 Blackpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 October 2010
Result
Birmingham City 2-0 Blackpool
Premier League · Saturday 23 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Birmingham City 2-0 Blackpool: match report
Birmingham City defeated Blackpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 October 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Liam Ridgewell opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Liam Ridgewell (36') and Nikola Zigic (56'). Blackpool did not score.
Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Birmingham City were 17th on 7 points from 8 and Blackpool 11th on 10 points from 8. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 39 points, and Blackpool 19th with 39.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-L-D-L-D and Blackpool's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · N. Eardley
- 36'Goal · Liam Ridgewell
- 56'Goal · Nikola Zigic
- 59'Yellow card · Nikola Zigic
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Foster, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Liam Ridgewell, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Keith Fahey, Alexander Hleb, Garry O'Connor, Nikola Zigic, Barry Ferguson
Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)
Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Craig Cathcart, Marlon Harewood, Luke Varney, Dudley Campbell, Ian Ross Evatt, David Vaughan, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Matthew Gilks, Charlie Adam