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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 4 (setup 3, season 5)
WBA
v.
Blackpool
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Sam JOHNSTONE17Lee NICHOLLS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Craig DAWSON72MARIO Gaspar Pérez Martínez
Raphaël GUERREIRO38Enda STEVENS
Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, PEPE47Jacob Lungi SØRENSEN
Axel WITSEL857Danny BATTH
Simon KJÆR76Marvin EKPITETA
Marcos Javier ACUÑA7Grant WARD
Filip KOSTIC886C.J. HAMILTON
William OSULA797Jordan HUGILL
Max KRUSE710Joël PIROE
Luis Fernando MURIEL Fruto117HWANG Ui-jo
Manager
OKAY Yokuslu12Jordan THORNILEY
Igor AKINFEEV13David BUTTON
Dara O'SHEA14Jordan GABRIEL
MARCOS ALONSO Mendoza15Nathan SMITH
166James HUSBAND

WBA 3 Blackpool 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 26,769, Stadium: The Hawthorns, Referee: RUI CARLOS Madureira 7)
50 Kostic, 61 Guerreiro, 78 KosticScorers12 Stevens
Substitutions51 Sørensen <=> Husband
Sendings off
Bookings
4Corners1
8Fouls3
7Offsides3
8Shots on3
12Shots off8
20Total shots11
5Shots saved1
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira, PEPE
1A tame shot from OSULA rolled agonisingly wide.
4DAWSON fired the ball through a ruck of players but NICHOLLS was a match for it as he dived to his left.
5OSULA shot wide.
6OSULA headed inches wide.
8C.J. HAMILTON stormed through the WBA defence but shot straight at JOHNSTONE.
11HUGILL was put clear by BATTH and he turned the WBA 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
12GOAL!! With his back to goal STEVENS swivelled and rattled the ball past the WBA 'keeper. (1-0 Blackpool)
20KRUSE knocked the ball to DAWSON who headed it wide.
21The Blackpool 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from GUERREIRO.
21A shot from OSULA was nodded off the line by BATTH.
25KRUSE snapped at a simple chance.
36A refined cross from MURIEL, was fired goalbound by KOSTIC only for the Blackpool 'keeper to block.
41HUGILL beat a number of WBA players and stroked a golden opportunity inches wide.
 
50GOAL!! After some steady play on the right KOSTIC came inside and fired the ball into the roof of the net. (1-1)
61GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the 'keeper, KOSTIC was first to the loose ball and knocked the ball to GUERREIRO to crack in. (2-1 WBA)
68A good effort from WARD scraped the upright.
69OSULA waltzed past PIROE and flicked a tame shot wide.
71ACUÑA made space on the right and knocked the ball to MURIEL who clipped the ball over.
72A shot from HUGILL was smothered by the 'keeper.
75PIROE beat PEPE and placed the ball to STEVENS who hit his effort wide.
76The stunned Blackpool 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from WARD dropped just wide.
78GOAL!! The Blackpool 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from STEVENS and KOSTIC managed to squeeze the ball home. (3-1 WBA)