December 5, 2024
It's Thursday 5th December and in this evening's show we catch up on Sunday's predictable FA Cup second round exit at a sparsely populated Bloomfield Road against Birmingham CIty and secondly, last nights win at Shrewsbury to record back to back league wins, the first since September. We also look ahead to Rotherham at home on Saturday as the games keep coming thick and fast, the third in six days!
Blackpool 1 - Birmingham City 2
Date: December 1, 2024
Venue: Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 4,835
Final Score: Blackpool 1 - 2 Birmingham City
Goals:
Birmingham City:
Lyndon Dykes (6')
Lukas Jutkiewicz (24')
Blackpool:
Jordan Rhodes (55')
Key Moments:
Birmingham City dominated the first half, scoring twice.
Blackpool made four changes at halftime and managed to pull one goal back in the second half.
Jordan Rhodes replaced Kyle Joseph at the 46th minute.
Dom Thompson replaced Oliver Casey at the 46th minute.
Josh Onomah replaced Elliot Embleton at the 46th minute.
Ashley Fletcher replaced Shayne Lavery at the 46th minute2.
Birmingham City held on to their lead despite Blackpool's efforts to equalize.
Shrewsbury Town 1 - Blackpool 2
Match Summary
Date: December 4, 2024
Venue: The Croud Meadow, Shrewsbury
Attendance: 5,251
Final Score: Shrewsbury Town 1 - 2 Blackpool
Goals
Shrewsbury Town:
Mal Benning (4')
Blackpool:
Aaron Pierre (52' own goal)
Josh Onomah (57')
First Half Key Moments
4': Shrewsbury Town took an early lead with Mal Benning's free-kick from inside his own half, which bounced over the goalkeeper and into the net.
20': Matt Pennington got on the end of a corner and tried his luck from close range, but Shrewsbury cleared.
30': Leo Castledine had a chance to extend Shrewsbury's lead but missed the target.
35': Ashley Fletcher's header went wide after a corner from Lee Evans.
Second Half Key Moments
52': Blackpool equalized when a drilled cross into the box found Aaron Pierre, who poked the ball into his own goal.
57': Josh Onomah scored the winning goal for Blackpool with a thunderous strike from the edge of the box.
67': John Marquis picked up a long ball but blasted his effort over the bar.
77': Albie Morgan's shot from outside the box went high and wide.
88': George Lloyd's header from the center of the box was too high.
Substitutions
Shrewsbury Town:
Tom Bloxham was replaced by Luke Lloyd in the 78th minute.
Leo Castledine was replaced by Kieran O'Reilly in the 78th minute.
Jordan Shipley came on for Perry in the 84th minute.
Blackpool:
Rob Apter was replaced by Jordan Gabriel in the 79th minute.
Morgan Evans was replaced by Finnigan in the 85th minute.
Ashley Fletcher was replaced by Bondo in the 85th minute.
Match Statistics
Possession: Shrewsbury Town 45% - 55% Blackpool
Shots: Shrewsbury Town 13 - 7 Blackpool
Shots on Target: Shrewsbury Town 2 - 3 Blackpool
Corners: Shrewsbury Town 7 - 4 Blackpool
Fouls: Shrewsbury Town 12 - 8 Blackpool
Expected Goals (xG): Shrewsbury Town 0.81 - 0.11 Blackpool
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