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 · Portsmouth · League Two predictions

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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Kelvin MellorBlackpool · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Conor ChaplinPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · Brad PottsBlackpool · 2-1
  • 65'Goal · Kyle VassellBlackpool · 3-1
  • 70'Yellow card · K. BennettPortsmouth
  • 76'Yellow card · A. GnanduilletBlackpool
  • 86'Yellow card · Michael DoylePortsmouth

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Blackpool 0, draws 1, Portsmouth 1.

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