Blackpool 2-1 Fleetwood Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 14 April 2018

Result

Blackpool 2-1 Fleetwood Town

League One · Saturday 14 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackpool 2-1 Fleetwood Town: match report

Blackpool beat Fleetwood Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 14 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Wes Burns opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Blackpool's goals came from V. Solomon-Otabor (88') and A. Gnanduillet (90+4'). Fleetwood Town scored through Wes Burns (75').

Discipline: Blackpool received no yellow cards; Fleetwood Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 13th on 53 points from 42 and Fleetwood Town 11th on 54 points from 42. Blackpool went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Fleetwood Town 14th with 57.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fleetwood Town in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackpool win, 2 draws and 0 for Fleetwood Town.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Fleetwood Town's W-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Gethin JonesFleetwood Town
  • 59'Yellow card · Lewie CoyleFleetwood Town
  • 68'Yellow card · Ashley EasthamFleetwood Town
  • 75'Goal · Wes BurnsFleetwood Town · 0-1
  • 88'Goal · V. Solomon-OtaborBlackpool · 1-1
  • 90+4'Goal · A. GnanduilletBlackpool · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Blackpool 1, draws 2, Fleetwood Town 0.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Lumley, Clark Robertson, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, Colin Daniel, Jimmy Ryan, Sean Longstaff, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Jay Spearing, K. Vassell, Nathan Delfouneso

Fleetwood Town line-up (3-5-2)

Alex Cairns, Lewie Coyle, Ashley Eastham, Nathan Pond, Gethin Jones, Kyle Dempsey, Toumani Diagouraga, Jack Sowerby, Conor McAleny, Paddy Madden, Ashley Hunter