Blackpool 2-0 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Tuesday 2 February 2021
Result
Blackpool 2-0 Northampton Town
League One · Tuesday 2 February 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Blackpool 2-0 Northampton Town: match report
Blackpool defeated Northampton Town 2-0 in the League One on Tuesday 2 February 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marvin Ekpiteta opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Marvin Ekpiteta (12') and Jerry Yates (90+2'). Northampton Town did not score.
Discipline: Blackpool received no yellow cards; Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 15th on 31 points from 22 and Northampton Town 21st on 23 points from 23. Blackpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 87 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 45.
Blackpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Ekpiteta of Blackpool (8.0), ahead of Sullay Kaikai (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackpool win, 0 draws and 1 for Northampton Town.
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read W-D-L-L-D and Northampton Town's D-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Marvin Ekpiteta
- 67'Yellow card · C. Chukwuemeka
- 78'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliams
- 89'Yellow card · Bryn Morris
- 90+2'Goal · Jerry Yates
- 90+5'Yellow card · Joseph Mills
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)
Chris Maxwell, Jordan Gabriel, Marvin Ekpiteta, Jordan Thorniley, James Husband, Matty Virtue, Kevin Stewart, Kenny Dougall, Sullay Kaikai, Jerry Yates, Ellis Simms
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
J. Mitchell, Cian Bolger, Lloyd Jones, Fraser Horsfall, Peter Kioso, Jack Sowerby, Bryn Morris, Joseph Mills, Ryan Watson, Ryan Edmondson, Sam Hoskins