Blackpool 0-2 Birmingham City: result and report

League One · Wednesday 30 April 2025

Result

Blackpool 0-2 Birmingham City

League One · Wednesday 30 April 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Blackpool 0-2 Birmingham City: match report

Blackpool were beaten by Birmingham City 0-2 in the League One on Wednesday 30 April 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ethan Laird opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Blackpool did not score. Birmingham City scored through Ethan Laird (39') and Alfie May (51').

Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 9th on 64 points from 44 and Birmingham City 1st on 105 points from 44. Blackpool went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Birmingham City 1st with 111.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christoph Klarer of Birmingham City (8.3), ahead of Ethan Laird (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackpool wins, 4 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read D-L-W-L-W and Birmingham City's W-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Ethan LairdBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 51'Goal · Alfie MayBirmingham City · 0-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Albie MorganBlackpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackpool 3, draws 4, Birmingham City 3.

Team news

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Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Harry Tyrer, O. Offiah, Oliver Casey, Elkan Baggott, James Husband, Rob Apter, Lee Evans, Albie Morgan, CJ Hamilton, Niall Ennis, Ashley Fletcher

Birmingham City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ryan Allsop, Ethan Laird, Christoph Klarer, Ben Davies, Alex Cochrane, Tomoki Iwata, M. Leonard, Kieran Dowell, Willum Thór Willumsson, Keshi Anderson, Alfie May