Blackpool 4-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 18 September 2012
Result
Blackpool 4-1 Middlesbrough
Championship · Tuesday 18 September 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Blackpool 4-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Blackpool defeated Middlesbrough 4-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 September 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.
Nathan Delfouneso opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Nathan Delfouneso (10'), Nathan Delfouneso (36'), Tom Ince (56') and E. Grandin (86', penalty). Middlesbrough scored through Andre Bikey (45+2').
Discipline: Blackpool received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 5th on 10 points from 5 and Middlesbrough 8th on 9 points from 5. Blackpool went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Middlesbrough 14th with 60.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackpool wins, 1 draw and 0 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Middlesbrough's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Nathan Delfouneso
- 16'Yellow card · Grant Leadbitter
- 36'Goal · Nathan Delfouneso
- 45+2'Goal · Andre Bikey
- 53'Yellow card · Kevin Thomson
- 56'Goal · Tom Ince
- 84'Yellow card · Andre Bikey
- 86'Penalty goal · E. Grandin
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackpool line-up
Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Alex Baptiste, Craig Cathcart, Tiago Gomes, Isaiah Osbourne, Tom Ince, Nathan Delfouneso, Matthew Gilks, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Barry Ferguson
Middlesbrough line-up
Jason Steele, Justin Hoyte, Andre Bikey, George Friend, Grant Leadbitter, Kevin Thomson, Josh McEachran, Marvin Emnes, Mustapha Carayol, Ishmael Miller, Jonathan Woodgate