Bristol Rovers 1-2 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 January 2024

Result

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Blackpool

League One · Saturday 20 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Bristol Rovers · Blackpool · League One predictions

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Blackpool: match report

Bristol Rovers lost to Blackpool 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 20 January 2024. The half-time score was 1-2.

CJ Hamilton opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from C. Martin (24'). Blackpool scored through CJ Hamilton (5') and Karamoko Dembélé (19').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 6 yellow cards; Blackpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 12th on 34 points from 25 and Blackpool 8th on 42 points from 27. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Blackpool 8th with 73.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Blackpool in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle Joseph of Blackpool (8.4), ahead of Chris Martin (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Blackpool.

Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Blackpool's W-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · CJ HamiltonBlackpool · 0-1
  • 19'Goal · Karamoko DembéléBlackpool · 0-2
  • 24'Goal · C. MartinBristol Rovers · 1-2
  • 40'Yellow card · T. CramaBristol Rovers
  • 46'Yellow card · C. TaylorBristol Rovers
  • 46'Yellow card · C. TaylorBristol Rovers
  • 50'Yellow card · Richard O'DonnellBlackpool
  • 79'Yellow card · Jordan Lawrence-GabrielBlackpool
  • 81'Yellow card · J. MarquisBristol Rovers
  • 83'Yellow card · A. EvansBristol Rovers
  • 84'Yellow card · Oliver NorburnBlackpool
  • 90+5'Yellow card · A. CollinsBristol Rovers

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Bristol Rovers 5, draws 1, Blackpool 3.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-3)

Matthew Cox, Luca Hoole, Connor Taylor, Tristan Crama, Jack Hunt, Antony Evans, Joshua Grant, Harvey Vale, Luke Thomas, Chris Martin, Luke McCormick

Blackpool line-up (3-5-2)

Richard O'Donnell, Oliver Casey, Marvin Ekpiteta, James Husband, CJ Hamilton, Karamoko Dembélé, Oliver Norburn, Albie Morgan, Hayden Coulson, Kyle Joseph, J. Rhodes