Blackpool vs Birmingham

30 April 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee M Woods

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Ethan Laird 39’
  • Alfie May 51’

Match summary

Birmingham won 2-0 away at Blackpool. Birmingham led 1-0 at half-time.

Ethan Laird put Birmingham ahead with a header in the 39th minute and Alfie May made it 0-2 in the 51st minute.

Shots finished 16-7 to Birmingham, with 2 on target for Blackpool and 6 for Birmingham.

Match stats

Blackpool Birmingham
7 Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 6
2 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Blackpool Birmingham
Kick-off
39’
Ethan Laird0-1 (Birmingham)
Half-time0-1
51’
Alfie May0-2 (Birmingham)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Blackpool
  • Albie Morgan

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Birmingham attacking Blackpool attacking 
10’ Albie Morgan (Blackpool), open play, saved 14’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 17’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, saved 23’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, saved 24’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 34’ Marc Leonard (Birmingham), open play, off target 39’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), from a corner, goal 39’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), direct free kick, blocked 43’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, off target 51’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, goal 54’ Robert Apter (Blackpool), open play, off target 56’ Ashley Fletcher (Blackpool), open play, saved 69’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, saved 72’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, blocked 73’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 73’ Alfie May (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 74’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, off target 75’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 76’ Christoph Klarer (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 85’ Jake Beesley (Blackpool), from a corner, off target 89’ Albie Morgan (Blackpool), open play, off target 90’ Albie Morgan (Blackpool), direct free kick, off target 90+2’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, blocked 10’ Albie Morgan (Blackpool), open play, saved 14’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 17’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, saved 23’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, saved 24’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, blocked 34’ Marc Leonard (Birmingham), open play, off target 39’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), from a corner, goal 39’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), direct free kick, blocked 43’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, off target 51’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, goal 54’ Robert Apter (Blackpool), open play, off target 56’ Ashley Fletcher (Blackpool), open play, saved 69’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, saved 72’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, blocked 73’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), from a corner, saved 73’ Alfie May (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 74’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, off target 75’ Jay Stansfield (Birmingham), open play, blocked 76’ Christoph Klarer (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 85’ Jake Beesley (Blackpool), from a corner, off target 89’ Albie Morgan (Blackpool), open play, off target 90’ Albie Morgan (Blackpool), direct free kick, off target 90+2’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Odeluga Offiah Taken off
83′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
James Husband Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Robert Apter Taken off
65′ – – 1 – – – –
Lee Evans Taken off
65′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Ashley Fletcher Taken off
65′ – – 1 – – – –
Hayden Coulson Came on as a substitute
44′ – – – – – – –
Joshua Onomah Came on as a substitute
25′ – – – – – – –
Tom Bloxham Came on as a substitute
25′ – – 1 – – – –
Jake Beesley Came on as a substitute
25′ – – 1 – – – –
Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel Came on as a substitute
7′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Blackpool win 25% Avg odds 3.77
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.74
Birmingham win 50% Avg odds 1.87

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.