Match centre · H2H Stats & Game Preview
Blackpool vs Birmingham City
30 Apr 2025, 19:45 · League One · 2024/2025
Referee
Martin WoodsLeague One 2024/2025 · 11 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
BlackpoolMin
Birmingham City- 39′⚽
Ethan Laird 0-1
Goal · Header
With: Marc Leonard
Header
- ⇄
Hayden Coulson
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: James Husband
46′ - 51′⚽
Alfie May 0-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Keshi Anderson
Right foot shot
Albie Morgan
Yellowcard
Foul
57′- 58′⇄
Taylor Gardner-Hickman
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ethan Laird
- 58′⇄
Seung-ho Paik
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Marc Leonard
- 58′⇄
Jay Stansfield
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Keshi Anderson
- 63′⇄
Luke Harris
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Kieran Dowell
- ⇄
Jake Beesley
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ashley Fletcher
65′ - ⇄
Tom Bloxham
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Rob Apter
65′ - ⇄
Joshua Onomah
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Lee Evans
65′ - 82′⇄
Grant Hanley
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Alfie May
- ⇄
Jordan Gabriel
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Odeluga Offiah
83′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6.74 | |
| 83 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.18 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.88 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.91 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.57 | |
| 65 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.47 | |
| 65 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.44 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 7.56 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.49 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.83 | |
| 65 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.51 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.78 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.99 | |
| 25 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.70 | |
| 25 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.81 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Blackpool
Latest: Wrexham · 1–2
Match stats
21 Apr 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Wrexham · 2024/2025
Birmingham City
Latest: Stevenage · 1–0
Match stats
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Blackpool’s ground: 9 previous meetings, 3 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Blackpool’s home games with Birmingham City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Blackpool
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Birmingham City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Blackpool
Birmingham City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Blackpool
Birmingham City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Blackpool
Birmingham City
Previous meetings
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