Blackpool 0-3 Middlesbrough: Michael Carrick’s Boro consign Seasiders to third straight loss
Blackpool #Blackpool
Michael Carrick has won two of his of his four games in charge of Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough moved up to 16th in the Championship as they consigned Blackpool to a third consecutive league defeat with a comfortable win at Bloomfield Road.
Isaiah Jones gave the visitors the lead after he turned in from Marcus Forss’ cross following some good work from Chuba Akpom in the build-up.
Boro were awarded a penalty shortly after the break and Forss fired in from the spot after he was brought down by Blackpool keeper Chris Maxwell.
Akpom tapped in for Boro’s third as the visitors took control, with Blackpool offering little in the way of a response.
Victory for Middlesbrough, their sixth of the season, lifts them above Sunderland into 16th, while Blackpool’s poor form continues, as they dropped to 21st, just two points off the relegation places.
Since taking over at Boro, Michael Carrick had put together one loss, one win and a draw from his three games in charge and they took just 15 minutes to take the lead against Blackpool.
Jones scored his third goal of the season to put Boro ahead but Blackpool almost equalised just before the break when Wolves loanee Theo Corbeanu forced a save from Zack Steffen.
Forss’ penalty and Akpom’s 65th-minute strike put Boro into a comfortable lead, with the latter coming via Ryan Giles’ low delivery.
Line-ups Blackpool
Formation 4-3-3
1Maxwell
27Ward21Ekpiteta3Husband23Thompson
9Yates12Dougall28Patino
16Carey14Madine25Corbeanu
Substitutes
Middlesbrough
Formation 4-2-3-1
1Steffen
14Smith6Fry26Lenihan3Giles
16Howson30Hackney
2Jones29Akpom8McGree
21Forss
Substitutes
Live Text
Match ends, Blackpool 0, Middlesbrough 3.
90’+5′
Second Half ends, Blackpool 0, Middlesbrough 3.
90’+4′
Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90’+4′
Foul by Hayden Hackney (Middlesbrough).
90’+4′
Jerry Yates (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90’+4′
Foul by Matt Crooks (Middlesbrough).
90’+4′
Marvin Ekpiteta (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90’+2′
Attempt missed. Callum Wright (Blackpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high. Assisted by Dominic Thompson following a corner.
90’+2′
Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Pharrell Willis.
90’+2′
Foul by Rodrigo Muniz (Middlesbrough).
90’+2′
Marvin Ekpiteta (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90’+1′
Foul by Matt Crooks (Middlesbrough).
90’+1′
Kenneth Dougall (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86′
Attempt missed. Jerry Yates (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dominic Thompson.
85′
Attempt missed. Alex Mowatt (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Crooks.
84′
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Alex Mowatt replaces Jonny Howson.
83′
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Matthew Hoppe replaces Riley McGree.
83′
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Pharrell Willis replaces Isaiah Jones.
83′
Attempt saved. Isaiah Jones (Middlesbrough) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
80′
Attempt missed. Jerry Yates (Blackpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sonny Carey.