Blackpool 4-1 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 26 February 2022
Result
Blackpool 4-1 Reading
Championship · Saturday 26 February 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackpool 4-1 Reading: match report
Blackpool defeated Reading 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 February 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Lucas João opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Marvin Ekpiteta (27'), Gary Madine (61'), Shayne Lavery (86') and Josh Bowler (90'). Reading scored through Lucas João (17').
Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Reading received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 16th on 42 points from 33 and Reading 21st on 35 points from 33. Blackpool went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Reading 22nd with 47.
Blackpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Ekpiteta of Blackpool (8.4), ahead of Kenny Dougall (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackpool wins, 2 draws and 4 for Reading.
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Reading's W-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Lucas João
- 27'Goal · Marvin Ekpiteta
- 61'Goal · Gary Madine
- 77'Yellow card · Jerry Yates
- 86'Goal · Shayne Lavery
- 90'Goal · Josh Bowler
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Scott Dann
- Abdul Rahman Baba
- Dejan Tetek
- Chris Maxwell
- Felipe Araruna
- Femi Azeez
- Demetri Mitchell
- Josh Laurent
- Grant Ward
- Karl Hein
Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)
Daniel Grimshaw, Jordan Gabriel, Marvin Ekpiteta, Jordan Thorniley, Dujon Sterling, Josh Bowler, Kenny Dougall, Kevin Stewart, CJ Hamilton, Jerry Yates, Gary Madine
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke Southwood, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Michael Morrison, Tom McIntyre, Andy Yiadom, Danny Drinkwater, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Tom Ince, John Swift, Junior Hoilett, Lucas João