Blackpool 3-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 December 2023

Result

Blackpool 3-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 23 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackpool 3-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Blackpool won against Bristol Rovers 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 23 December 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Oliver Norburn opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Blackpool's goals came from Oliver Norburn (21'), Jake Beesley (46') and Jordan Rhodes (82'). Bristol Rovers scored through J. Marquis (25').

Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 8th on 33 points from 22 and Bristol Rovers 12th on 28 points from 20. Blackpool went on to finish that season 8th with 73 points, and Bristol Rovers 16th with 57.

Blackpool lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Karamoko Dembélé of Blackpool (8.4), ahead of Daniel Grimshaw (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackpool wins, 1 draw and 5 for Bristol Rovers.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Oliver NorburnBlackpool · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · J. MarquisBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Callum ConnollyBlackpool
  • 46'Goal · Jake BeesleyBlackpool · 2-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Matthew PenningtonBlackpool
  • 82'Goal · Jordan RhodesBlackpool · 3-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Blackpool 2, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 5.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (3-5-2)

Daniel Grimshaw, Matthew Pennington, Callum Connolly, James Husband, CJ Hamilton, Karamoko Dembélé, Oliver Norburn, Sonny Carey, Andy Lyons, J. Rhodes, Jake Beesley

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)

Matthew Cox, Joshua Grant, Connor Taylor, Tristan Crama, Luke Thomas, Grant Ward, Antony Evans, Sam Finley, Harvey Vale, John Marquis, Aaron Collins