Blackpool 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 27 September 2016
Result
Blackpool 3-1 Portsmouth
League Two · Tuesday 27 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackpool 3-1 Portsmouth: match report
Blackpool beat Portsmouth 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 27 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.
Kelvin Mellor opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Kelvin Mellor (18'), Brad Potts (49') and Kyle Vassell (65'). Portsmouth scored through Conor Chaplin (34').
Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 16th on 10 points from 9 and Portsmouth 2nd on 17 points from 9. Blackpool went on to finish that season 6th with 74 points, and Portsmouth 1st with 87.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackpool wins, 1 draw and 1 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read D-D-L-W-L and Portsmouth's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Kelvin Mellor
- 34'Goal · Conor Chaplin
- 49'Goal · Brad Potts
- 65'Goal · Kyle Vassell
- 70'Yellow card · K. Bennett
- 76'Yellow card · A. Gnanduillet
- 86'Yellow card · Michael Doyle
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackpool line-up
Dean Lyness, Kelvin Mellor, Andy Taylor, Clark Robertson, Tom Aldred, Jim McAlister, Brad Potts, Jack Payne, K. Vassell, Danny Philliskirk, Armand Gnanduillet
Portsmouth line-up
David Forde, Tom Davies, Christian Burgess, Kal Naismith, Enda Stevens, Daniel Rose, Carl Baker, Michael Doyle, Gary Roberts, Gareth Evans, Conor Mark Chaplin