Millwall 2-1 Blackpool: result and report
Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021
Result
Millwall 2-1 Blackpool
Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Millwall 2-1 Blackpool: match report
Millwall won against Blackpool 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 August 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Shayne Lavery opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Millwall's goals came from Jed Wallace (63') and Jake Cooper (90'). Blackpool scored through Shayne Lavery (56').
Discipline: Millwall received 4 yellow cards; Blackpool received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Millwall were 21st on 2 points from 4 and Blackpool 22nd on 2 points from 4. Millwall went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Blackpool 16th with 60.
Millwall lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jed Wallace of Millwall (9.5), ahead of Matt Smith (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Millwall wins, 1 draw and 5 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Millwall's last five read L-L-D-D and Blackpool's D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 14'Red card · Callum Connolly
- 27'Yellow card · Kenny Dougall
- 50'Yellow card · Billy Mitchell
- 56'Goal · Shayne Lavery
- 62'Yellow card · George Saville
- 62'Yellow card · Jerry Yates
- 63'Goal · Jed Wallace
- 69'Yellow card · Scott Malone
- 74'Yellow card · Keshi Anderson
- 74'Yellow card · Maikel Kieftenbeld
- 90'Goal · Jake Cooper
Head-to-head
Team news
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Millwall line-up (3-4-2-1)
Bartosz Białkowski, Dan Ballard, Murray Wallace, Jake Cooper, Billy Mitchell, George Saville, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Scott Malone, Jed Wallace, Benik Afobe, Matt Smith
Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)
Chris Maxwell, Callum Connolly, Marvin Ekpiteta, Richard Keogh, Luke Garbutt, Josh Bowler, Reece James, Kenny Dougall, Keshi Anderson, Jerry Yates, Shayne Lavery