Blackpool 3-0 Stevenage: Jordan Rhodes scores as Tangerines win
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Jordan Rhodes’ seventh goal of the season helped Blackpool secure a well-deserved 3-0 victory against Stevenage.
The Seasiders closed in ominously on the top six, while Stevenage’s mini-blip continued thanks to a third defeat in their last four games.
Stevenage threatened early on when Jamie Reid’s powerful 20-yard strike was well saved by Dan Grimshaw.
The Seasiders replied as Kylian Kouassi’s looping header was punched effectively clear by Taye Ashby-Hammond.
Huddersfield loanee Rhodes then slid an effort inches wide following Kouassi’s knockdown.
Rhodes broke the deadlock after 37 minutes when he instinctively diverted skipper Ollie Norburn’s initial shot past a flat-footed Ashby-Hammond.
It was almost 2-0 nine minutes after the restart when Kenny Dougall thumped a 25-yard free-kick against the crossbar.
Owen Dale did make it two bang on the hour mark when he lashed home an angled shot via a deflection off the unlucky Terence Vancooten.
CJ Hamilton confidently slotted home Blackpool’s third late on after playing a tidy one-two with veteran Rhodes.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Blackpool
Formation 3-5-2
- 32Grimshaw
- 5Pennington
- 20Casey
- 3Husband
- 22Hamilton
- 12DougallSubstituted forWeirat 87′minutes
- 6Norburn
- 10CareyBooked at 43minsSubstituted forMorganat 73′minutes
- 7DaleSubstituted forConnollyat 87′minutes
- 16RhodesSubstituted forDembéléat 89′minutes
- 27KouassiSubstituted forLaveryat 73′minutes
Substitutes
- 1O’Donnell
- 2Connolly
- 8Morgan
- 11Dembélé
- 15Weir
- 19Lavery
- 21Ekpiteta
Stevenage
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Ashby-Hammond
- 10Freeman
- 5Piergianni
- 15VancootenBooked at 53mins
- 4ThompsonSubstituted forBurnsat 25′minutes
- 8Forster-Caskey
- 24ThompsonBooked at 13minsSubstituted forHannamat 58′minutes
- 11Roberts
- 23ThompsonSubstituted forHemmingsat 58′minutes
- 19ReidSubstituted forListat 85′minutes
- 20PressleyBooked at 7minsSubstituted forSmithat 45′minutes
Substitutes
- 9List
- 14Smith
- 17Burns
- 25Hannam
- 26McNeill
- 29Hemmings
- 41Mitchell
- Referee:
- Paul Howard
- Attendance:
- 10,516
Match Stats
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Match ends, Blackpool 3, Stevenage 0.
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Second Half ends, Blackpool 3, Stevenage 0.
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Offside, Stevenage. Reece Hannam tries a through ball, but Elliott List is caught offside.
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Offside, Stevenage. Taye Ashby-Hammond tries a through ball, but Kane Hemmings is caught offside.
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Corner, Stevenage. Conceded by Jensen Weir.
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Foul by Callum Connolly (Blackpool).
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Jordan Roberts (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Substitution, Blackpool. Karamoko Dembélé replaces Jordan Rhodes.
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Offside, Stevenage. Jordan Roberts tries a through ball, but Elliott List is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Jordan Roberts (Stevenage) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kane Smith.
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Attempt blocked. Jake Forster-Caskey (Stevenage) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Substitution, Blackpool. Jensen Weir replaces Kenneth Dougall.
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Substitution, Blackpool. Callum Connolly replaces Owen Dale.
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Substitution, Stevenage. Elliott List replaces Jamie Reid.
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Attempt missed. Matthew Pennington (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Albie Morgan with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Carl Piergianni.
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Attempt blocked. Matthew Pennington (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Shayne Lavery (Blackpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Jordan Rhodes (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Albie Morgan with a cross.
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Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Carl Piergianni.
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