Blackpool vs Reading

1 April 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee A Bannister

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Sonny Carey 53’, 90+4’
  • Oliver Casey 55’

Match summary

Blackpool won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Reading. It was goalless at half-time.

Sonny Carey put Blackpool ahead in the 53rd minute, Oliver Casey made it 2-0 in the 55th minute, and Carey made it 3-0 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 16-11 to Blackpool, with 10 on target for Blackpool and 0 for Reading.

Match stats

Blackpool Reading
16 Shots 11
10 Shots on Target 0
3 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Blackpool Reading
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Sonny Carey1-0 (Blackpool)
53’
Oliver Casey2-0 (Blackpool)
55’
Sonny Carey3-0 (Blackpool)
90+4’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Blackpool
  • CJ Hamilton

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Reading attacking Blackpool attacking 
6’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, saved 8’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, off target 17’ Michael Stickland (Reading), from a corner, blocked 21’ Niall Ennis (Blackpool), open play, off target 30’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), open play, blocked 38’ Hayden Coulson (Blackpool), open play, blocked 45’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), open play, blocked 52’ Albie Morgan (Blackpool), open play, blocked 47’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, blocked 50’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, saved 51’ Robert Apter (Blackpool), from a corner, off target 52’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, off target 53’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, goal 55’ Oliver Casey (Blackpool), set piece, goal 60’ Ashley Fletcher (Blackpool), open play, blocked 62’ Ashley Fletcher (Blackpool), open play, saved 62’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, saved 71’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, blocked 73’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, saved 83’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), set piece, off target 85’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), open play, off target 90+1’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, blocked 90+2’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, off target 90+2’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, saved 90+4’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, goal 90+4’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, saved 90+6’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, hit the woodwork 6’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, saved 8’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, off target 17’ Michael Stickland (Reading), from a corner, blocked 21’ Niall Ennis (Blackpool), open play, off target 30’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), open play, blocked 38’ Hayden Coulson (Blackpool), open play, blocked 45’ Harvey Knibbs (Reading), open play, blocked 52’ Albie Morgan (Blackpool), open play, blocked 47’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, blocked 50’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, saved 51’ Robert Apter (Blackpool), from a corner, off target 52’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, off target 53’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, goal 55’ Oliver Casey (Blackpool), set piece, goal 60’ Ashley Fletcher (Blackpool), open play, blocked 62’ Ashley Fletcher (Blackpool), open play, saved 62’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, saved 71’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, blocked 73’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, saved 83’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), set piece, off target 85’ Jayden Wareham (Reading), open play, off target 90+1’ Lewis Wing (Reading), open play, blocked 90+2’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, off target 90+2’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, saved 90+4’ Sonny Carey (Blackpool), open play, goal 90+4’ Tom Bloxham (Blackpool), open play, saved 90+6’ Charlie Savage (Reading), open play, hit the woodwork
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Robert Apter Taken off
65′ – – 1 – – – –
Lee Evans Taken off
86′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 2 – 5 – – – –
Ashley Fletcher Taken off
77′ – – 2 – – – –
Niall Ennis Taken off
64′ – – 1 – – – –
Samuel Silvera Came on as a substitute
26′ – – – – – – –
Tom Bloxham Came on as a substitute
25′ – – 4 – – – –
CJ Hamilton Came on as a substitute
13′ – – – – – –
Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel Came on as a substitute
4′ – – – – – – –
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 56% Avg odds 1.67
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.00
Reading win 20% Avg odds 4.62

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

Form going into the game

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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.