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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 37 (setup 4, season 28)
Blackpool
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Scott LOACH71David STOCKDALE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Loďc PERRIN72Maxime COLIN
Giovanni PASQUALE36Michael MORRISON
Rodolph AUSTIN74Jérémie BOGA
Lewis DUNK758Mike VAN DER HOORN
Sascha KOTYSCH66Marc ROBERTS
Josh CLARKE7Kevin VOLLAND
Jacob MURPHY887Marko ARNAUTOVIC
Daniel STURRIDGE96Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Stuart DALLAS106Maikel KIEFTENBELD
Jack REDSHAW6116Ché ADAMS
Manager
Nico YENNARIS12Jason LOWE
GÖKHAN Ünal13Jon STEWART
Martin PATERSON14Craig GARDNER
Tommie HOBAN15Carl JENKINSON
Aleksandr ANYUKOV16Isaac VASSELL

Blackpool 5 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 21,132, Stadium: Bloomfield Road Ground, Referee: Graham SCOTT 6½)
56 Sturridge, 68 Murphy, 70 Sturridge, 74og Van Der Hoorn, 87 PasqualeScorers54 Arnautovic
68 Dallas <=> AnyukovSubstitutions
Sendings off59 Kieftenbeld
Bookings45 Kieftenbeld
5Corners2
9Fouls10
0Offsides0
6Shots on3
10Shots off5
16Total shots8
1Shots saved2
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Jacob MURPHY
2STURRIDGE headed over the bar.
6ARNAUTOVIC drove a looping shot just beyond the near post from long range.
9CLARKE played the ball to MURPHY who flicked it wide.
23ARNAUTOVIC booted the ball wide from just inside the area.
27ARNAUTOVIC touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
30MURPHY stormed through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at STOCKDALE.
33A poor strike from ARNAUTOVIC rolled agonisingly wide.
36Uncertainty in the Birmingham City defence enabled STURRIDGE to hammer an effort over the bar.
44The stunned Birmingham City 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from COLIN dropped just over.
45A bad challenge on DUNK by KIEFTENBELD results in a booking.
45A brilliant shot from ADAMS was dealt with by a useful parry from the Blackpool 'keeper.
 
47VOLLAND shot wide.
54GOAL!! Unlucky JUTKIEWICZ hit the crossbar before ARNAUTOVIC rattled the ball home as AUSTIN failed to clear. (1-0 Birmingham City)
56GOAL!! A deep cross from CLARKE on the left was nodded home by STURRIDGE after a great leap. (1-1)
59KIEFTENBELD sent off.
68GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled MURPHY to force the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Blackpool)
70GOAL!! A REDSHAW run down the middle resulted in a low cross for STURRIDGE to drill in. (3-1 Blackpool)
73A pin-point pass bobbled toward AUSTIN and his looping effort flew narrowly over.
74GOAL!! A shot from REDSHAW deflected off the shins of VAN DER HOORN and raced past the helpless STOCKDALE and over the line.
75REDSHAW beat ARNAUTOVIC and drove the ball to STURRIDGE who fumbled his shot wide.
77A good ball from AUSTIN on the right was collected by MURPHY who mishit his shot just wide.
79PASQUALE ran onto a delightful ball from CLARKE but blasted his effort wide of the goal.
83A great effort from AUSTIN scraped the outside of the righthand post.
87GOAL!! A nice run by MURPHY on the left was capped by a great cross which PASQUALE headed in from inside the penalty box. (5-1 Blackpool)
89STURRIDGE dribbled away from ARNAUTOVIC and stroked a weak shot into the crowd.
89A penalty box meleé resulted in COLIN cracking the ball over.