Blackpool 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2012

Result

Blackpool 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Championship · Saturday 17 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Blackpool · Brighton & Hove Albion · Championship predictions

Blackpool 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Blackpool won against Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 17 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.

Joe Mattock opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Ian Evatt (37'), K. Phillips (40') and K. Phillips (80'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Joe Mattock (7').

Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 9th on 56 points from 36 and Brighton & Hove Albion 5th on 58 points from 36. Blackpool went on to finish that season 4th with 79 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackpool wins, 1 draw and 0 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Brighton & Hove Albion's W-D-D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Joe MattockBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Gary Taylor-FletcherBlackpool
  • 37'Goal · Ian EvattBlackpool · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · K. PhillipsBlackpool · 2-1
  • 57'Red card · James FreitasBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 65'Yellow card · N. EardleyBlackpool
  • 80'Goal · K. PhillipsBlackpool · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Blackpool 0, draws 1, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

Blackpool line-up

Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Alex Baptiste, Keith Southern, Matt Phillips, Kevin Phillips, Tom Ince, Matthew Gilks, Ian Ross Evatt, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Barry Ferguson

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up

Peter Brezovan, Joe Mattock, Gordon Greer, Adam El-Abd, James Freitas, Alan Navarro, Vicente, Liam Bridcutt, Ashley Barnes, Craig Noone, Craig Mackail-Smith