Blackpool 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 October 2013

Result

Blackpool 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 26 October 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Blackpool · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Blackpool 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Blackpool drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 October 2013. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Tom Ince opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Tom Ince (13', penalty) and Dan Gosling (39'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jordan Rhodes (21', penalty) and an own goal by Steven Davies (90+2').

Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 5th on 23 points from 12 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 15 points from 12. Blackpool went on to finish that season 20th with 46 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 70.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackpool win, 2 draws and 1 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Tommy SpurrBlackburn Rovers
  • 13'Penalty goal · Tom InceBlackpool · 1-0
  • 21'Penalty goal · Jordan RhodesBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Dan GoslingBlackpool
  • 39'Goal · Dan GoslingBlackpool · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Stephen DobbieBlackpool
  • 76'Yellow card · L. WilliamsonBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Red card · Dudley CampbellBlackburn Rovers
  • 85'Red card · Jack RobinsonBlackpool
  • 86'Yellow card · Leon BestBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+2'Own goal · Steven DaviesBlackburn Rovers · 2-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Blackpool 1, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 1.

Team news

Blackpool expected line-up

Matthew Gilks, Chris Basham, Craig Cathcart, Alex Baptiste, Stephen Crainey, Isaiah Osbourne, Tom Ince, Ludovic Sylvestre, Matt Phillips, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Neal Eardley

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best