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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 4, season 34)
Bradford City
v.
Blackpool
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
JÚLIO CÉSAR Soares de Espínola1Marek RODÁK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Danny SIMPSON28Mads ROERSLEV RASMUSSEN
THIAGO Carleto Alves3James HUSBAND
Georginio WIJNALDUM47Jay SPEARING
Curtis NELSON75Lewis DUNK
Joe WORRALL66Tom HOLMES
Joe RILEY77Josh CLARKE
Filip DJURICIC787Marley WATKINS
Aramide OTEH69Daniel STURRIDGE
Iker MUNIAIN Gońi106Matty VIRTUE
Shay McCARTAN117Liam FEENEY
Manager
Vladimír WEISS12Curtis TILT
Paudie O'CONNOR13Jed STEER
Marko MARIN146Callum GUY
Jack PAYNE15John HERRON
Callum COOKE16Finlay SINCLAIR-SMITH

Bradford City 3 Blackpool 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 15,710, Stadium: Valley Parade, Referee: Graham HORWOOD 7½, TV: highlights)
38 Thiago, 71 Simpson, 75 DjuricicScorers14 Watkins, 78 Spearing
Substitutions72 Feeney <=> Guy
Sendings off
88 RileyBookings
3Corners5
13Fouls9
1Offsides4
7Shots on3
12Shots off8
19Total shots11
3Shots saved1
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Mads ROERSLEV RASMUSSEN
12STURRIDGE snapped at an easy chance.
14GOAL!! . (1-0 Blackpool)
21A twenty-five yard shot from DJURICIC caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
25WATKINS ran onto a wonderful ball from SPEARING but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
38GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of THIAGO who placed the ball past the helpless RODÁK. (1-1)
43FEENEY worked the ball to VIRTUE, STURRIDGE gathered his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of JÚLIO CÉSAR.
45A fine ball from MCCARTAN on the left bobbled toward SIMPSON who scuffed his shot over.
45+2A free-kick from DJURICIC floated just beyond the far post.
45+4A corner was collected by MUNIAIN who fired an effort just beyond the far post.
 
52A mix up in the Blackpool defence enabled DJURICIC to fire the ball over.
57A poor shot from DJURICIC trickled agonisingly wide.
63A lovely effort from STURRIDGE scraped the outside of the righthand post.
64A cross from CLARKE left SPEARING in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
65DJURICIC beat SPEARING and drilled the ball to OTEH who dragged his effort wide.
67MUNIAIN booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.
70The stunned 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from DUNK dropped just wide.
71GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from WIJNALDUM struck the post and in the ensuing scramble the ball was booted into the net by SIMPSON. (2-1 Bradford City)
72STURRIDGE headed wide.
73OTEH blasted a right foot shot just beyond the near post from close range.
75GOAL!! DJURICIC dribbled forward, glanced up and thundered a shot into the Blackpool net. (3-1 Bradford City)
78GOAL!! The Bradford City 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from SIMPSON and SPEARING managed to poke the ball home. (3-2 Bradford City)
88RILEY receives a yellow card by the ref.