English League Championship

FT Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Reading WLWLD 1
–
Blackpool LLLDD 1
1st2ndT
REA011
BLP101
Bloomfield Road · 9,614 att.

Match Report

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Blackpool secure draw with Reading day after their relegation confirmed

Blackpool marked their relegation into League One with a 1-1 draw against Reading, but the fireworks were restricted to outside of Bloomfield Road as long-suffering supporters held protests.

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
2
50
Possession
50
11
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
18
Crosses
16
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
6
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
38
Clearances
70

Head to Head

REA leads series 3-2

Lineups

BLP

  1. 1Joe LewisG
  2. 32Grant HallD
  3. 6Peter ClarkeD
  4. 48Darren O'DeaD
  5. 18Charles DunneD
  6. 22José CuberoM
  7. 31Jamie O'HaraM
  8. 4David PerkinsM
  9. 11Andrea OrlandiF
  10. 24Gary MadineF
  11. 12Michael JacobsF

Substitutes

  1. 21Elliot ParishG
  2. 3Niall MaherD
  3. 25David FergusonD
  4. 20Connor OliverM
  5. 34Dominic TelfordM
  6. 14Nathan DelfounesoF
  7. 43Bright Osayi-SamuelF

REA

  1. 1Adam FedericiG
  2. 2Chris GunterD
  3. 5Alex PearceD
  4. 24Zat KnightD
  5. 11Jordan ObitaD
  6. 12Garath McClearyM
  7. 43Nathan AkéM
  8. 6Oliver NorwoodM
  9. 9Hal Robson-KanuM
  10. 44Kwesi AppiahF
  11. 20Yakubu AyegbeniF

Substitutes

  1. 31Mikkel AndersenG
  2. 35Jake CooperD
  3. 16Hope AkpanM
  4. 21Jem KaracanM
  5. 7Pavel PogrebnyakF
  6. 10Simon CoxF
  7. 19Jamie MackieF

Timeline

  1. 6' Jamie O'Hara hits the penalty kick with his left foot to the lower left corner and scores!!
  2. 39' Garath McCleary is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 46' Reading makes a sub: Pavel Pogrebnyak enters for Kwesi Appiah. Reason: Tactical
  4. 46' Reading makes a sub: Jamie Mackie enters for Garath McCleary. Reason: Tactical
  5. 46' Oh no! That was a bit unlucky, Grant Hall has just scored on his own net! The game is now tied at 1
  6. 50' Blackpool makes a sub: Niall Maher enters for Grant Hall. Reason: Injury
  7. 57' Chris Gunter is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 73' Blackpool makes a sub: Elliot Parish enters for Joe Lewis. Reason: Injury
  9. 78' Reading makes a sub: Simon Cox enters for Yakubu Aiyegbeni. Reason: Tactical
  10. 78' Blackpool makes a sub: Bright Samuel enters for Andrea Stabilin Orlandi. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90' End of the game
  12. 90'+4' Jamie O'Hara is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

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