Oldham Athletic 2-1 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Monday 2 April 2018

Result

Oldham Athletic 2-1 Blackpool

League One · Monday 2 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Oldham Athletic · Blackpool · League One predictions

Oldham Athletic 2-1 Blackpool: match report

Oldham Athletic defeated Blackpool 2-1 in the League One on Monday 2 April 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Kyle Vassell opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Oldham Athletic's goals came from J. Byrne (60') and E. Doyle (85'). Blackpool scored through Kyle Vassell (37').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received 4 yellow cards; Blackpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 21st on 40 points from 37 and Blackpool 16th on 47 points from 39. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 21st with 50 points, and Blackpool 12th with 60.

Oldham Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackpool in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Oldham Athletic win, 1 draw and 1 for Blackpool.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Kyle VassellBlackpool · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · P. McEleneyOldham Athletic
  • 60'Goal · J. ByrneOldham Athletic · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Dan GardnerOldham Athletic
  • 78'Yellow card · George EdmundsonOldham Athletic
  • 81'Yellow card · J. SpearingBlackpool
  • 85'Goal · E. DoyleOldham Athletic · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · V. Solomon-OtaborBlackpool
  • 90+5'Yellow card · J. ByrneOldham Athletic

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Oldham Athletic 1, draws 1, Blackpool 1.

Team news

Oldham Athletic line-up (4-4-2)

Johny Placide, Wilfried Moimbé, George Edmundson, Rob Hunt, Kean Bryan, Dan Gardner, Patrick McEleney, Ben Pringle, Fane Ousmane, Duckens Nazon, Eoin Doyle

Blackpool line-up (3-5-2)

Joe Lumley, Clark Robertson, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, Colin Daniel, Jimmy Ryan, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Callum Cooke, Jay Spearing, K. Vassell, Danny Philliskirk