Blackpool 3-1 Cardiff City: result and report
League One · Saturday 8 November 2025
Result
Blackpool 3-1 Cardiff City
League One · Saturday 8 November 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Blackpool 3-1 Cardiff City: match report
Blackpool defeated Cardiff City 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 8 November 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Ashley Fletcher opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Ashley Fletcher (47'), Ashley Fletcher (69') and Tom Bloxham (81'). Cardiff City scored through Yousef Salech (90+8').
Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 23rd on 12 points from 14 and Cardiff City 3rd on 26 points from 13. Blackpool went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Cardiff City 2nd with 91.
Blackpool lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ashley Fletcher of Blackpool (9.5), ahead of Bailey Peacock-Farrell (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackpool wins, 3 draws and 5 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 45+1'Yellow card · Rubin Colwill
- 45+1'Yellow card · Michael Ihiekwe
- 47'Goal · Ashley Fletcher
- 69'Goal · Ashley Fletcher
- 79'Yellow card · Calum Chambers
- 81'Goal · Tom Bloxham
- 85'Yellow card · Z. Ashworth
- 90+8'Goal · Yousef Salech
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackpool line-up (3-4-1-2)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Michael Ihiekwe, Fraser Horsfall, Oliver Casey, CJ Hamilton, Jordan Brown, George Honeyman, Hayden Coulson, Josh Bowler, Tom Bloxham, Ashley Fletcher
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Dylan Lawlor, Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan, Joel Colwill, Alex Robertson, Omari Kellyman, Rubin Colwill, Cian Ashford, Yousef Salech