Manchester United 4-2 Blackpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011

Result

Manchester United 4-2 Blackpool

Premier League · Sunday 22 May 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 4-2 Blackpool: match report

Manchester United beat Blackpool 4-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 May 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Park Ji-Sung opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Park Ji-Sung (21'), Anderson (63'), an own goal by Ian Evatt (74') and Michael Owen (81'). Blackpool scored through Charlie Adam (40') and Gary Taylor-Fletcher (57').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 77 points from 37 and Blackpool 18th on 39 points from 37. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Blackpool 19th with 39.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackpool in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 0 for Blackpool.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Blackpool's W-D-D-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Park Ji-SungManchester United · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Darren FletcherManchester United
  • 40'Goal · Charlie AdamBlackpool · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Gary Taylor-FletcherBlackpool · 1-2
  • 63'Goal · AndersonManchester United · 2-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Michael OwenManchester United
  • 74'Own goal · Ian EvattManchester United · 3-2
  • 77'Yellow card · D. VaughanBlackpool
  • 81'Goal · Michael OwenManchester United · 4-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester United 1, draws 0, Blackpool 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Jonny Evans, Anderson, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Dimitar Berbatov, Nani, Paul Scholes

Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)

Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Alex Baptiste, Keith Southern, Jason Puncheon, Dudley Campbell, Ian Ross Evatt, David Vaughan, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Matthew Gilks, Charlie Adam