Brighton & Hove Albion 6-1 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 April 2013

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 6-1 Blackpool

Championship · Saturday 20 April 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Brighton & Hove Albion · Blackpool · Championship predictions

Brighton & Hove Albion 6-1 Blackpool: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Blackpool 6-1 in the Championship on Saturday 20 April 2013. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Will Buckley opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Will Buckley (9'), Edward Upson (23'), Andrea Orlandi (45'), David López (46'), A. Barnes (76') and A. Barnes (90'). Blackpool scored through an own goal by Dean Hammond (53').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 4th on 66 points from 43 and Blackpool 13th on 56 points from 43. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 5th with 76 points, and Blackpool 13th with 60.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 2 draws and 1 for Blackpool.

Going into the match Brighton & Hove Albion's last five read D-W-D-D-D and Blackpool's D-W-D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Gordon GreerBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 9'Goal · Will BuckleyBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Edward UpsonBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-0
  • 45'Goal · Andrea OrlandiBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-0
  • 46'Goal · David LópezBrighton & Hove Albion · 4-0
  • 53'Own goal · Dean HammondBlackpool · 4-1
  • 76'Goal · A. BarnesBrighton & Hove Albion · 5-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Tom InceBlackpool
  • 90'Goal · A. BarnesBrighton & Hove Albion · 6-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 0, draws 2, Blackpool 1.

Team news

Brighton & Hove Albion expected line-up

Tomasz Kuszczak, Wayne Bridge, Matthew Upson, Gordon Greer, Liam Bridcutt, David Lopez, Andrea Orlandi, Dean Hammond, Leonardo Ulloa, Iñigo Calderón

Blackpool expected line-up

Alex Baptiste, Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Matt Phillips, Isaiah Osbourne, Tom Ince, Matthew Gilks, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Ian Ross Evatt