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Commentary
1¹GOAL!! A great dummy from ESTUPIÑÁN allowed FRIEND to lay a exceptional ball off to BELLINGHAM who thrust the ball over the line. (1-0 Birmingham City)
2¹An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of RODÁK by COLIN.
4¹GOAL!! A tackle from BELLINGHAM gave Blackpool a free-kick twenty yards out which DUNK thundered past the 'keeper. (1-1)
7¹A penalty box scramble resulted in YATES cracking the ball wide.
12¹GOAL!! An imaginative COLIN played a delightful ball down the middle to JAMES who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (2-1 Birmingham City)
21¹ESTUPIÑÁN brought the ball away from EL GHAZI and stroked a poor shot past the post.
29¹A pin-point pass bobbled toward DUNK and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
31¹COLIN drilled a deadly shot over the bar from long range.
38¹The ref books GORDON for dangerous play against CAREY.
41¹GOAL!! A quick-witted EL GHAZI pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (2-2)
44¹ESTUPIÑÁN's header was well saved by RODÁK.
6²CAREY made space on the right and pulled the ball to YATES who fired the ball over.
7²A weak shot from YATES trickled agonisingly wide.
12²EKPITETA booked for gamesmanship.
14²A good effort from HOUNTONDJI scraped the woodwork.
18²YATES kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
19²GOAL!! A delightful shot from HUSBAND was punched clear by SELVIK only as far as NELSON who blasted the ball past the stranded SELVIK. (3-2 Blackpool)
20²BELLINGHAM booked by the referee for a late foul.
25²A late foul gets JAMES a yellow card.
27²The stunned RODÁK could only watch as a backpass from NELSON dropped just wide.
28²GOAL!! A deep cross by DOUGALL was met by YATES who rushed in to score. (4-2 Blackpool)
37²The Birmingham City 'keeper stopped a lovely strike from HOUNTONDJI.

 
Blackpool
 
League position: 3
Home league form: XWXW
Overall league form: WXXWXXLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Marek RODÁK6½16 Egil SELVIK
Tom HOLMES7½26½Maxime COLIN(c)
James HUSBAND5 37 George FRIEND
Curtis NELSON7 47 Jordan JAMES
(c)Lewis DUNK6½57 Nathaniel PHILLIPS
Marvin EKPITETA6½66½Nico GORDON
Sonny CAREY7 76½Juninho BACUNA
Anwar EL GHAZI7½87 Tahith CHONG
(p)Jerry YATES6½97 Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN(p)
(f)Ian POVEDA5½107 Jobe BELLINGHAM(f)
Andréas HOUNTONDJI6½116 Scott HOGAN
Manager
Reece JAMES  12  Ivan SUNJIC
Daniel GRIMSHAW  13  Zach JEACOCK
Keshi ANDERSON  14  Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
Kenny DOUGALL6½155½Marc ROBERTS
Callum WRIGHT6 166½Marcel OAKLEY
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 14
Away league form: LWWL
Overall league form: LWWWLXL-
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Blackpool 4 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 21,243, Stadium: Bloomfield Road Ground, Referee: Aris Galanopoulos 5½)

Dunk 4¹, El Ghazi 41¹, Nelson 19², Yates 28²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Bellingham 1¹, James 12¹
HusbandóDougall 20², DunkóWright 33²BellinghamóOakley 22², FriendóRoberts 22²
  
Ekpiteta 12²Gordon 38¹, Bellingham 20², James 25²
52
1516
96
66
96
1512
24
49%51%
Man of the match: Tom Holmes