English FA Cup

FT Saturday, January 28, 2017
Blackpool DLDWD 0
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Blackburn Rovers DWWLD 2
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BLK202
Ewood Park · 9,327 att.

Match Report

Blackburn beat 10-man Blackpool on Gary Bowyer's return

Elliott Bennett's spectacular strike capped off a miserable return to Blackburn for Gary Bowyer as 10-man Blackpool were defeated 2-0 in the FA Cup.

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Head to Head

BLK leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

BLK · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jason SteeleG
  2. 26Darragh LenihanCD-L
  3. 3Gordon GreerCD-R
  4. 5Derrick WilliamsLB
  5. 24Ryan NyambeRB
  6. 21Hope AkpanCM-L
  7. 6Jason LoweCM-R
  8. 32Craig ConwayLM
  9. 31Elliott BennettRM
  10. 19Sam GallagherCF-L
  11. 12Danny GrahamCF-R

BLP · 3-5-2

  1. 1Sam SlocombeG
  2. 15Tom AldredCD
  3. 5Clark RobertsonCD-L
  4. 6Will AimsonCD-R
  5. 22Danny PughCM-L
  6. 28Jack PayneCM-R
  7. 4Jim McAlisterAM
  8. 3Andy TaylorLM
  9. 2Kelvin MellorRM
  10. 9Mark CullenCF-L
  11. 21Bright Osayi-SamuelCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Blackpool 0. Sam Gallagher (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jason Lowe.
  2. 22' Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Blackpool 0. Elliott Bennett (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Craig Conway.
  3. 55' Substitution, Blackpool. Sanmi Odelusi replaces Mark Cullen.
  4. 55' Substitution, Blackpool. Jamille Matt replaces Bright Samuel.
  5. 59' Jim McAlister (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Substitution, Blackpool. Mark Yeates replaces Jack Payne.
  8. 65' Second yellow card to Kelvin Mellor (Blackpool) for a bad foul.
  9. 67' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Danny Guthrie replaces Hope Akpan because of an injury.
  10. 72' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Connor Mahoney replaces Danny Graham.

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