Blackpool 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 31 August 2022

Result

Blackpool 0-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 31 August 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Blackpool · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Blackpool 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Blackpool were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 31 August 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from B. Brereton of Blackburn Rovers in the 16th minute.

Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 15th on 8 points from 6 and Blackburn Rovers 13th on 9 points from 6. Blackpool went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kenny Dougall of Blackpool (8.4), ahead of Hayden Carter (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackpool wins, 5 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers
  • 63'Yellow card · Dominic ThompsonBlackpool
  • 70'Yellow card · Lewis TravisBlackburn Rovers
  • 73'Yellow card · J. ValeBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Yellow card · Marvin EkpitetaBlackpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackpool 2, draws 5, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Keshi AndersonBlackpool · injury (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury)
  • Grant WardBlackpool · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Daniel Grimshaw, Jordan Gabriel, Marvin Ekpiteta, Rhys Williams, Dominic Thompson, Josh Bowler, Kenny Dougall, Callum Connolly, Shayne Lavery, Jerry Yates, Gary Madine

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thomas Kaminski, Lewis Travis, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Harry Pickering, Tyler Morton, Adam Wharton, Ryan Hedges, Bradley Dack, Ben Brereton Díaz, Tyrhys Dolan