Blackpool 2-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 October 2021

Result

Blackpool 2-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 23 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackpool 2-0 Preston North End: match report

Blackpool beat Preston North End 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 23 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Keshi Anderson opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Keshi Anderson (27') and Gary Madine (68'). Preston North End did not score.

Discipline: Blackpool received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 12th on 18 points from 13 and Preston North End 19th on 15 points from 13. Blackpool went on to finish that season 16th with 60 points, and Preston North End 13th with 64.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Grimshaw of Blackpool (7.7), ahead of Marvin Ekpiteta (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackpool wins, 3 draws and 1 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

27'Goal · Keshi AndersonBlackpool · 1-0
31'Yellow card · Scott SinclairPreston North End
39'Yellow card · Patrick BauerPreston North End
45+3'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
68'Goal · Gary MadineBlackpool · 2-0
84'Yellow card · Brad PottsPreston North End
88'Yellow card · Daniel GrimshawBlackpool
90+4'Yellow card · Sonny CareyBlackpool
90+7'Second yellow · Alan BrownePreston North End
90+7'Yellow card · Keshi AndersonBlackpool
90+7'Yellow card · Sean MaguirePreston North End
90+8'Yellow card · James HusbandBlackpool

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Blackpool 2, draws 3, Preston North End 1.

Preston North End 0-0 BlackpoolChampionship · 13 Feb 2010
Blackpool 1-1 Preston North EndChampionship · 30 Nov 2009
Preston North End 0-1 BlackpoolChampionship · 11 Apr 2009
Blackpool 1-3 Preston North EndChampionship · 16 Nov 2008
Blackpool 0-0 Preston North EndChampionship · 15 Mar 2008
Preston North End 0-1 BlackpoolChampionship · 8 Dec 2007

Team news

Unavailable

Chris MaxwellBlackpool · injury (Thigh muscle rupture)
Connor WickhamPreston North End · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Shayne LaveryBlackpool · injury (Knock)
Matthew OlosundePreston North End · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
Grant WardBlackpool · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Daniel Grimshaw, Jordan Gabriel, Marvin Ekpiteta, Richard Keogh, James Husband, Josh Bowler, Ryan Wintle, Kenny Dougall, Keshi Anderson, Jerry Yates, Gary Madine

Preston North End line-up (3-4-1-2)

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Patrick Bauer, Andrew Hughes, Sepp van den Berg, Ben Whiteman, Alan Browne, Josh Earl, Daniel Johnson, Emil Riis, Scott Sinclair