Bristol Rovers 3-1 Blackpool: result and report
League One · Saturday 23 September 2017
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Blackpool
League One · Saturday 23 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Blackpool: match report
Bristol Rovers beat Blackpool 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 23 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Kyle Vassell opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Billy Bodin (40'), Ryan Sweeney (84') and Ellis Harrison (90+3'). Blackpool scored through Kyle Vassell (12').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 5 yellow cards; Blackpool received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 15th on 9 points from 8 and Blackpool 5th on 17 points from 8. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Blackpool 12th with 60.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackpool in a 4-5-1.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Blackpool's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Kyle Vassell
- 17'Yellow card · J. Partington
- 40'Goal · Billy Bodin
- 45+1'Yellow card · B. Moore
- 50'Yellow card · T. Broadbent
- 75'Yellow card · D. Telford
- 79'Yellow card · C. Lines
- 84'Goal · Ryan Sweeney
- 90+3'Goal · Ellis Harrison
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Sam Slocombe, Lee Brown, Tom Broadbent, Marc Bola, Joe Partington, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Byron Moore, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Tom Nichols
Blackpool line-up (4-5-1)
Ryan Allsop, Kelvin Mellor, Clark Robertson, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, Colin Daniel, Jimmy Ryan, Sean Longstaff, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Callum Cooke, K. Vassell