Leicester City 1-0 Blackpool: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 September 2012
Result
Leicester City 1-0 Blackpool
Championship · Saturday 1 September 2012, 16:20 UTC · half-time 0-0
Leicester City 1-0 Blackpool: match report
Leicester City beat Blackpool 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 1 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Ben Marshall of Leicester City in the 54th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Blackpool received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 21st on 3 points from 3 and Blackpool 1st on 9 points from 3. Leicester City went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Blackpool 13th with 60.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackpool in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read L-L-W and Blackpool's W-W-W.
Key events
- 53'Yellow card · Tiago Gomes
- 54'Penalty goal · Ben Marshall
- 54'Yellow card · Gary Taylor-Fletcher
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Paul Konchesky, Wes Morgan, Liam Moore, Ben Marshall, Andy King, Lloyd Dyer, Jamie Vardy, David Nugent, Danny Drinkwater, Sean St. Ledger
Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)
Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Alex Baptiste, Craig Cathcart, Tiago Gomes, Isaiah Osbourne, Tom Ince, Nouha Dicko, Matthew Gilks, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Barry Ferguson