Swansea City 2-1 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 15 February 2023

Result

Swansea City 2-1 Blackpool

Championship · Wednesday 15 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Swansea City · Blackpool · Championship predictions

Swansea City 2-1 Blackpool: match report

Swansea City defeated Blackpool 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 15 February 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Matthew Sorinola opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Swansea City's goals came from Matthew Sorinola (21') and an own goal by Callum Connolly (73'). Blackpool scored through Sonny Carey (70').

Discipline: Swansea City received 2 yellow cards; Blackpool received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Swansea City were 16th on 39 points from 30 and Blackpool 24th on 28 points from 30. Swansea City went on to finish that season 10th with 66 points, and Blackpool 24th with 44.

Swansea City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Blackpool in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Manning of Swansea City (8.2), ahead of Matthew Sorinola (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Swansea City win, 3 draws and 3 for Blackpool.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Callum ConnollyBlackpool
  • 21'Goal · Matthew SorinolaSwansea City · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · C. PatinoBlackpool
  • 49'Yellow card · Harry DarlingSwansea City
  • 57'Second yellow · C. PatinoBlackpool
  • 70'Goal · Sonny CareyBlackpool · 1-1
  • 73'Own goal · Callum ConnollySwansea City · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Ryan ManningSwansea City

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Swansea City 1, draws 3, Blackpool 3.

Team news

Swansea City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Andy Fisher, Ben Cabango, Nathan Wood, Harry Darling, Matthew Sorinola, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Ryan Manning, Luke Cundle, Oliver Cooper, Joël Piroe

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

Chris Maxwell, Andy Lyons, Callum Connolly, Jordan Thorniley, James Husband, Kenny Dougall, Charlie Patiño, Josh Bowler, Sonny Carey, CJ Hamilton, Jerry Yates