Blackpool 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 February 2008

Result

Blackpool 2-1 Leicester City

Championship · Saturday 2 February 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackpool 2-1 Leicester City: match report

Blackpool won against Leicester City 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 2 February 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Gary Taylor-Fletcher opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Blackpool's goals came from Gary Taylor-Fletcher (3') and P. Dickov (90'). Leicester City scored through Steve Howard (62').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 18th on 34 points from 29 and Leicester City 17th on 34 points from 29. Blackpool went on to finish that season 19th with 54 points, and Leicester City 22nd with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackpool win, 0 draws and 0 for Leicester City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Gary Taylor-FletcherBlackpool · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · Steve HowardLeicester City · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · P. DickovBlackpool · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Blackpool 1, draws 0, Leicester City 0.

Team news

Leicester City expected line-up

Ian Walker, Ben Thatcher, Nikos Dabizas, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Steffen Freund, Marcus Bent, Leslie Ferdinand, Billy McKinlay, Matt Heath