Middlesbrough 3-0 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 February 2023

Result

Middlesbrough 3-0 Blackpool

Championship · Saturday 4 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Middlesbrough · Blackpool · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 3-0 Blackpool: match report

Middlesbrough beat Blackpool 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 February 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Chuba Akpom opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Chuba Akpom (32'), Chuba Akpom (59') and Paddy McNair (69'). Blackpool did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 3rd on 45 points from 29 and Blackpool 23rd on 26 points from 27. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Blackpool 24th with 44.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackpool in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Chuba Akpom of Middlesbrough (8.7), ahead of Darragh Lenihan (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackpool.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · H. HackneyMiddlesbrough
  • 26'Yellow card · Jerry YatesBlackpool
  • 32'Goal · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 59'Goal · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 69'Goal · Paddy McNairMiddlesbrough · 3-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Gary MadineBlackpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 5, draws 2, Blackpool 3.

Team news

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

Zack Steffen, Tommy Smith, Paddy McNair, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Giles, Jonathan Howson, Hayden Hackney, Marcus Forss, Chuba Akpom, Riley McGree, Cameron Archer

Blackpool line-up (5-3-2)

Chris Maxwell, Andy Lyons, Callum Connolly, Charlie Goode, Curtis Nelson, CJ Hamilton, Josh Bowler, Tom Trybull, Charlie Patiño, Shayne Lavery, Jerry Yates