Blackpool 1-2 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Saturday 9 December 2017
Result
Blackpool 1-2 Rotherham United
League One · Saturday 9 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Blackpool 1-2 Rotherham United: match report
Blackpool lost to Rotherham United 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 9 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Kelvin Mellor opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Blackpool's goal came from Kelvin Mellor (21'). Rotherham United scored through David Ball (76') and David Ball (87').
Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 12th on 27 points from 20 and Rotherham United 13th on 26 points from 20. Blackpool went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 84.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackpool wins, 2 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-D-D-W-L and Rotherham United's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Kelvin Mellor
- 28'Yellow card · Richard Wood
- 36'Yellow card · Michael Ihiekwe
- 63'Yellow card · Colin Daniel
- 76'Goal · David Ball
- 82'Yellow card · Will Vaulks
- 87'Goal · David Ball
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackpool line-up
Ryan Allsop, Kelvin Mellor, Andy Taylor, Clark Robertson, Will Aimson, Colin Daniel, Jimmy Ryan, Sean Longstaff, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Jay Spearing, K. Vassell
Rotherham United line-up
Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, Michael Ihiekwe, Josh Emmanuel, Will Vaulks, Richie Towell, Ryan Williams, David Ball, Jonson Clarke-Harris