Blackpool 2-1 Southend United: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 February 2020

Result

Blackpool 2-1 Southend United

League One · Saturday 8 February 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackpool 2-1 Southend United: match report

Blackpool defeated Southend United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 8 February 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

A. Gnanduillet opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Blackpool's goals came from A. Gnanduillet (37') and A. Gnanduillet (64', penalty). Southend United scored through Stephen McLaughlin (72').

Discipline: Blackpool received no yellow cards; Southend United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 15th on 34 points from 27 and Southend United 23rd on 16 points from 28. Blackpool went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Southend United 23rd with 19.

Blackpool lined up in a 5-3-2 and Southend United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Armand Gnanduillet of Blackpool (8.7), ahead of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · A. GnanduilletBlackpool · 1-0
  • 64'Penalty goal · A. GnanduilletBlackpool · 2-0
  • 72'Goal · Stephen McLaughlinSouthend United · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Stephen McLaughlinSouthend United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Blackpool 1, draws 0, Southend United 0.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (5-3-2)

Chris Maxwell, Liam Feeney, Ollie Turton, Ben Heneghan, Taylor Moore, Marc Bola, Jay Spearing, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Connor Ronan, Armand Gnanduillet, Gary Madine

Southend United line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Oxley, Jason Demetriou, Elvis Bwomono, T. Dieng, Tom Clifford, Sam Barratt, Mark Milligan, Isaac Hutchinson, Stephen McLaughlin, Charlie Kelman, Sam Mantom