Match Report
In the standings it was Blackpool 13th on 60 points, Exeter City 21st on 49 — separated by 11. Recent form flatters Blackpool's table spot — 3rd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 13th. Per game in the league, Blackpool were scoring 1.17 and conceding 1.41, Exeter City 1.13 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Exeter City had not won in 14 games. Blackpool had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Exeter City, 1.
The sides have met 8 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Blackpool, 2 draws and 1 for Exeter City, at 3.13 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 63%.
Bloomfield Road staged the fixture, a ground that holds 17,625. On the scoreboard, Blackpool led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Blackpool: Tom Bloxham (29')
Key stats
Possession: Blackpool 39% · Exeter City 61% · Total shots: 15-10 · On target: 3-3 · Corners: 5-10