Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Blackpool: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2014
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Blackpool
Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Blackpool: match report
Sheffield Wednesday defeated Blackpool 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 January 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.
Connor Wickham opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Connor Wickham (51') and Chris Maguire (60'). Blackpool did not score.
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 2 yellow cards; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 22nd on 20 points from 22 and Blackpool 10th on 32 points from 23. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Blackpool 20th with 46.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Sheffield Wednesday's last five read D-D-L-W-L and Blackpool's L-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 45+1'Yellow card · Ricardo Fuller
- 51'Goal · Connor Wickham
- 58'Yellow card · Jacques Maghoma
- 60'Goal · Chris Maguire
- 62'Yellow card · Reda Johnson
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday expected line-up
Chris Kirkland, Reda Johnson, Kamil Zayatte, Jordan Spence, Roger Johnson, Jeremy Helan, Giles Coke, Stephen McPhail, David Prutton, Michail Antonio
Blackpool expected line-up (4-5-1)
Matthew Gilks, Chris Basham, Kirk Broadfoot, Gary MacKenzie, Craig Cathcart, Jack Robinson, Alex Baptiste, Stephen Crainey, Tom Ince, Isaiah Osbourne, Matt Phillips