This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Blackpool 3-1 Bristol Rovers - December 23, 2023 / Sky Bet League One 2023/2024

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

Sky Bet League One 2023/2024 - Round 23

Bloomfield Road - Blackpool - England

December 23, 2023 - 15:00

3 - 1

Bristol Rovers

(right foot) Oliver Norburn

21'

Assist by Karamoko Dembélé (right foot) Jake Beesley

46'

Assist by Kyle Joseph (right foot) Jordan Rhodes

82'

25'

John Marquis (right foot)

logo Blackpool BLA

21' - Goal Oliver Norburn21

25' - Goal John Marquis

38' - Yellow card Callum Connolly38

logo Blackpool BLA

46' - Goal Jake Beesley46

50' - Yellow card Matthew Pennington50

62' - Substitution Grant Wardis substituted by Ryan Woods photo Chris Martin

62' - Substitution John Marquisis substituted by Chris Martin

66' - Substitution Joshua Grantis substituted by Luca Hoole

70' - Substitution Jake Beesleyis substituted by Kyle Joseph70

76' - Substitution Sonny Careyis substituted by Albie Morgan76

77' - Substitution Sam Finleyis substituted by Jevani Brown

82' - Goal Jordan Rhodes82

87' - Substitution Karamoko Dembéléis substituted by Matthew Virtue-Thick87

logo Bristol Rovers BR

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackpool

3 - 1

Bristol Rovers

Blackpool Bristol Rovers

Team line-ups

Blackpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

16Rhodes82

Jordan Rhodes

Scotland

B.date05/02/1990

Age33 years

H1m85

positionStriker

18Beesley4670

Jake Beesley

England

B.date02/12/1996

Age27 years

H1m85

positionForward

24Lyons

Andrew Lyons

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/08/2000

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

6Norburn21

Oliver Norburn

Grenada

B.date26/10/1992

Age31 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

11Dembélé87

Karamoko Dembélé

Scotland

B.date22/02/2003

Age20 years

H1m67

positionOffensive Midfielder

10Carey76

Sonny Carey

England

B.date20/01/2001

Age22 years

positionMidfield

22Hamilton

CJ Hamilton

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/03/1995

Age28 years

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

3Husband

James Husband

England

B.date03/01/1994

Age29 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

5Pennington50

Matthew Pennington

England

B.date06/10/1994

Age29 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

2Connolly38

Callum Connolly

England

B.date23/09/1997

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

32Grimshaw

Daniel Grimshaw

England

B.date16/01/1998

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
32	G	Daniel Grimshaw		25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Pennington	50	29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Callum Connolly	38	26	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Andrew Lyons		23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	James Husband		29	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Sonny Carey	76	22	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Oliver Norburn	21	31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Karamoko Dembélé	87	20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	CJ Hamilton		28	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jake Beesley	4670	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Jordan Rhodes	82	33	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bristol Rovers

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Marquis2562

John Marquis

England

B.date16/05/1992

Age31 years

H1m85

positionStriker

10Collins

Aaron Collins

Wales

B.date27/05/1997

Age26 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

21Evans

Antony Evans

England

B.date23/09/1998

Age25 years

H1m86

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

19Vale

Harvey Vale

England

B.date11/09/2003

Age20 years

H1m81

positionOffensive Midfielder

8Grant Ward62

Grant Ward

England

B.date04/12/1994

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

6Finley77

Sam Finley

England

B.date04/08/1992

Age31 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

11Thomas

Luke Thomas

England

B.date19/02/1999

Age24 years

H1m71

positionOffensive Midfielder

17Taylor

Connor Taylor

England

B.date25/10/2001

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

25Crama

Tristan Crama

France

B.date08/11/2001

Age22 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

4Grant66

Joshua Grant

England

B.date11/10/1998

Age25 years

positionCentral defender

33Cox

Matthew Cox

England

B.date02/05/2003

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Matthew Cox		20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Joshua Grant	66	25	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Connor Taylor		22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Tristan Crama		22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Sam Finley	77	31	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Grant Ward	62	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Harvey Vale		20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Antony Evans		25	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Luke Thomas		24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	John Marquis	2562	31	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Aaron Collins		26	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Richard O'Donnell		35
20	D	Oliver Casey		23
4	D	Jordan Gabriel		25
17	M	Matthew Virtue-Thick	87	26	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Albie Morgan	76	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Kyle Joseph	70	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Owen Dale		25

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Jed Ward		20
30	D	Luca Hoole	66	21	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	James Gibbons		25
15	M	Ryan Woods	62	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Lamare Bogarde		19
20	F	Jevani Brown	77	29	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Chris Martin	62	35	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniel Grimshaw

Richard O'Donnell

OUT

Matthew Pennington

Marvin Ekpiteta

OUT

CJ Hamilton

Jordan Gabriel

OUT

Oliver Norburn

Matthew Virtue-Thick

OUT

Sonny Carey

Albie Morgan

OUT

Andrew Lyons

Dominic Thompson

OUT

Jordan Rhodes

Owen Dale

OUT

James Husband

Oliver Casey

OUT

Karamoko Dembélé

Kyle Joseph

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Joshua Grant

James Wilson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Neil Critchley

140

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Critchley vs Bristol Rovers

2 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Critchley vs Taylor

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Matt Taylor

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Taylor vs Blackpool

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Taylor vs Critchley

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Referee

Ross Joyce

6 victories	4 draws	5 losses	Blackpool15 matches	General total	Bristol Rovers16 matches	4 victories	5 draws	7 losses
1 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Blackpool3 matches	Season total	Bristol Rovers2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 14, 2024					Latest figure on March 12, 2024

4th official

Benjamin Wyatt

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Blackpool1 match	General total	Bristol Rovers1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Blackpool1 match	Season total	Bristol Rovers1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on December 23, 2023					Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Videos

April 19, 2024

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Jake Beesley scores 1 goal vs Blackpool in his professional career with

Blackpool keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Bristol Rovers running (since 15/02/2020). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 24/04/1999-23/09/2017 time period (4 matches).

It's the first time Oliver Norburn scores a goal in League One since the 20/04/2021 (with vs )

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

-1	6	Stevenage	40 pts	23 rd
	7	Barnsley	38 pts	21 rd
	8	Blackpool	36 pts	23 rd
	9	Lincoln City	32 pts	23 rd
+2	10	Northampton Town	30 pts	22 rd

General ranking

+2	10	Northampton Town	30 pts	22 rd
-1	11	Charlton	29 pts	21 rd
-1	12	Bristol Rovers	28 pts	21 rd
	13	Cambridge United	27 pts	22 rd
	14	Shrewsbury Town	27 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackpool 2-1 Morecambe14/11/2023

VBlackpool 4-0 Shrewsbury Town18/11/2023

LBlackpool 1-2 Northampton Town28/11/2023

VBlackpool 2-1 Barnsley05/12/2023

VBlackpool 3-0 Carlisle United09/12/2023

VBlackpool 3-0 Forest Green19/12/2023

Overall

VPortsmouth 0-4 Blackpool25/11/2023

LBlackpool 1-2 Northampton Town28/11/2023

VBlackpool 2-1 Barnsley05/12/2023

VBlackpool 3-0 Carlisle United09/12/2023

LCambridge United 2-1 Blackpool16/12/2023

VBlackpool 3-0 Forest Green19/12/2023

Current form

Away

VCarlisle United 0-1 Bristol Rovers11/11/2023

VNewport County 0-1 Bristol Rovers14/11/2023

LDerby County 2-1 Bristol Rovers25/11/2023

LCrawley Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers05/12/2023

VCrewe Alexandra 2-4 Bristol Rovers12/12/2023

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Bristol Rovers16/12/2023

Overall

LDerby County 2-1 Bristol Rovers25/11/2023

DBristol Rovers 1-1 Leyton Orient28/11/2023

LCrawley Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers05/12/2023

DBristol Rovers 1-1 Cheltenham09/12/2023

VCrewe Alexandra 2-4 Bristol Rovers12/12/2023

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Bristol Rovers16/12/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Drawless streak	13	10
Scoring streak	13	8
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	9	15
Conceding streak	4	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	11
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	10

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	20
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
9	Victories (Competition total)	7
7	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
7	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
27	Goals conceded (Competition total)	25
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.68	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.35
2.08	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.09
1.23	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.25
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.45

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

40	Yellow cards (Competition total)	44
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Jordan Rhodes	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Chris Martin
Jordan Rhodes	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Chris Martin
Jordan Rhodes	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Antony Evans
Jordan Rhodes	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
CJ Hamilton	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Aaron Collins
CJ Hamilton	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Aaron Collins
Jordan Rhodes	13 goals, 3 assists during the last 17 matches	The fittest player	1 assist during the last match	Aaron Collins

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

11 v

3 d

6 l

34 gf

24 ga

Away

20 matches

4 v

6 d

10 l

21 gf

28 ga

Total

40 matches

15 v

9 d

16 l

55 gf

52 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

10 v

6 d

4 l

28 gf

21 ga

Away

20 matches

6 v

3 d

11 l

24 gf

34 ga

Total

40 matches

16 v

9 d

15 l

52 gf

55 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	February 21, 1987
Home	6 - 1	February 21, 1987

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	March 02, 2019
Away	3 - 0	November 03, 2018

Latest head to head

May 09, 2021 - Sky Bet League One 2020/2021

Blackpool

1 - 0

Bristol Rovers logo Bristol Rovers

January 02, 2021 - Sky Bet League One 2020/2021

Bristol Rovers

2 - 1

Blackpool

February 15, 2020 - League One 2019/2020

Bristol Rovers

2 - 1

Blackpool

August 03, 2019 - League One 2019/2020

Blackpool

2 - 0

Bristol Rovers logo Bristol Rovers

March 02, 2019 - League One 2018/2019

Bristol Rovers

4 - 0

Blackpool

Best historical scorers against Bristol Rovers

Gary Madine	2 goals	2020 - 2021
Jay Spearing	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Armand Gnanduillet	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Ellis Simms	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Kyle Vassell	1 goal	2017 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackpool

Jonson Clarke-Harris	3 goals	2019 - 2019
Alfie Kilgour	1 goal	2020 - 2020
Brandon Hanlan	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Ellis Harrison	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Ryan Sweeney	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Tony Craig	1 goal	2018 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bristol Rovers

Oliver Turton	8 matches	2017 - 2021
Nathan Delfouneso	6 matches	2017 - 2020
Armand Gnanduillet	4 matches	2018 - 2020
Curtis Tilt	4 matches	2017 - 2019
James Husband	4 matches	2019 - 2021
Jay Spearing	4 matches	2018 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackpool

Ollie Clarke	6 matches	2017 - 2020
Liam Sercombe	5 matches	2017 - 2019
Tom Nichols	5 matches	2017 - 2019
Edward Upson	5 matches	2018 - 2021
Luke Leahy	4 matches	2019 - 2021
Tony Craig	4 matches	2018 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/09/2017. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Lee Jones

68 matches

9 matches

1998 - 2006

Grant Ward

57 matches

31 matches

2020 - 2023

Marc Bola

48 matches

23 matches

2017 - 2020

Sam Slocombe

46 matches

29 matches

2016 - 2018

Rhys Evans

41 matches

7 matches

2006 - 2010

Nick Anderton

27 matches

39 matches

2017 - 2022

Total : 19 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/09/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Antony Evans

12 matches

116 matches

2019 - 2023

Richard Walker

17 matches

108 matches

2002 - 2008

Oliver Norburn

16 matches

65 matches

2011 - 2023

Nick Anderton

27 matches

39 matches

2017 - 2022

Grant Ward

57 matches

31 matches

2020 - 2023

Sam Slocombe

46 matches

29 matches

2016 - 2018

Total : 19 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/09/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 21, 2023

Derby County

3 1

Lincoln City

Video availableLine-ups available

December 22, 2023

Cambridge United

2 0

Exeter City

Line-ups available

December 23, 2023

Bolton Wanderers

3 2

Leyton Orient

Video availableLine-ups available

Line-ups available

Video availableLine-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Video availableLine-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Portsmouth	49	22	14	7	1	38	17	+21
2	Peterborough United	44	22	13	5	4	43	21	+22
+33	Bolton Wanderers	42	21	13	3	5	41	24	+17
-14	Derby County	40	21	12	4	5	38	18	+20
-15	Oxford United	40	22	12	4	6	36	24	+12
-16	Stevenage	40	23	11	7	5	33	23	+10
7	Barnsley	38	21	11	5	5	40	23	+17
8	Blackpool	36	23	10	6	7	40	28	+12
9	Lincoln City	32	23	8	8	7	28	24	+4
+210	Northampton Town	30	22	9	3	10	28	29	-1
-111	Charlton	29	21	7	8	6	34	29	+5
-112	Bristol Rovers	28	21	7	7	7	28	28	0
13	Cambridge United	27	22	7	6	9	20	28	-8
14	Shrewsbury Town	27	23	8	3	12	14	32	-18
+115	Port Vale	26	21	7	5	9	19	30	-11
-116	Leyton Orient	25	22	6	7	9	22	31	-9
+117	Wycombe Wanderers	24	21	6	6	9	25	30	-5
-118	Wigan	23	22	9	4	9	32	28	+4
19	Burton Albion	21	22	5	6	11	18	33	-15
20	Exeter City	19	21	5	4	12	13	33	-20
+221	Reading	18	22	6	4	12	27	35	-8
22	Fleetwood Town	17	21	4	5	12	19	36	-17
-223	Carlisle United	16	22	3	7	12	17	32	-15
24	Cheltenham	16	21	4	4	13	13	30	-17

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

Blackpool 3-1 Bristol Rovers - December 23, 2023 / Sky Bet League One 2023/2024

Blackpool

3 - 1

Bristol Rovers

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Critchley vs Bristol Rovers

Critchley vs Taylor

Manager

Taylor vs Blackpool

Taylor vs Critchley

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Bristol Rovers

Best historical scorers against Blackpool

Players with most games played vs Bristol Rovers

Players with most games played vs Blackpool

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking