Match ends, Blackpool 1, Fleetwood Town 0.
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Blackpool secured bragging rights over relegation-threatened Fylde Coast neighbours Fleetwood with a 1-0 victory.
The Seasiders boosted their hopes of a play-off place thanks to Jake Beesley's first-half effort and a missed Shayne Lavery penalty at Bloomfield Road.
Neil Critchley's side are three points off the top six.
Beesley nodded home the only goal of the game in the 22nd minute as he got on the end of CJ Hamilton's fine cross.
Jay Lynch denied the hosts two minutes later when he kept out George Byers' stinging strike.
After the break, Byers squandered a great chance when he fired wide before Beesley also fluffed his lines.
Lavery, who was brought down inside the box, saw his 77th-minute penalty superbly saved by Lynch.
Charlie Adam's side failed to take advantage to rescue a point in their survival fight as Fleetwood sit six points off safety with just four games left.
Report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Blackpool
Formation 3-5-2
- 32Grimshaw
- 5Pennington
- 21Ekpiteta
- 3Husband
- 22Hamilton
- 11DembéléSubstituted forVirtueat 90+2'minutes
- 7Byers
- 10CareySubstituted forMorganat 90+1'minutes
- 15CoulsonBooked at 77mins
- 18BeesleySubstituted forKouassiat 84'minutes
- 19LaveryBooked at 82minsSubstituted forJosephat 83'minutes
Substitutes
- 1O'Donnell
- 4Lawrence-Gabriel
- 8Morgan
- 9Joseph
- 17Virtue
- 20Casey
- 27Kouassi
Fleetwood
Formation 5-3-2
- 13LynchBooked at 86mins
- 11BroomSubstituted forCampbellat 78'minutes
- 26RooneySubstituted forPattersonat 78'minutes
- 16Heneghan
- 4Sarpong-WireduBooked at 67mins
- 2JohnstonSubstituted forQuitirnaat 84'minutes
- 5LawalBooked at 82mins
- 8KilkennySubstituted forGraydonat 63'minutes
- 10Mayor
- 20OmochereSubstituted forStockleyat 84'minutes
- 14Lonergan
Substitutes
- 6Campbell
- 9Stockley
- 15Quitirna
- 19Graydon
- 22Dolan
- 30McMullan
- 44Patterson
- Referee:
- Marc Edwards
- Attendance:
- 10,845
Match Stats
Home TeamBlackpoolAway TeamFleetwood
- Possession
- Home58%
- Away42%
- Shots
- Home22
- Away15
- Shots on Target
- Home9
- Away3
- Corners
- Home5
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home5
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Blackpool 1, Fleetwood Town 0.
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Attempt saved. Ryan Graydon (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Attempt saved. Ryan Graydon (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jayden Stockley with a headed pass.
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Attempt blocked. Phoenix Patterson (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
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Kylian Kouassi (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (Fleetwood Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Blackpool. Matty Virtue replaces Karamoko Dembélé.
Substitution
Substitution, Blackpool. Albie Morgan replaces Sonny Carey.
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Offside, Fleetwood Town. Jayden Stockley is caught offside.
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Attempt saved. Sonny Carey (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt blocked. Sonny Carey (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Booking
Jay Lynch (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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CJ Hamilton (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jay Lynch (Fleetwood Town).
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Matthew Pennington.
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Foul by Kyle Joseph (Blackpool).
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Junior Quitirna (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Junior Quitirna replaces Carl Johnston.
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Jayden Stockley replaces Promise Omochere.
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