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Blackpool v Birmingham City - live updates
Key Events
- FT: Blackpool 6-1 Birmingham City
- Seasiders looking for first win in SIX
- Jordan Gabriel likely to miss out with another hamstring injury
HALF TIME
Excellent from the Seasiders, much better in all aspects of their play.
But the visitors are truly horrendous and without the points deductions elsewhere would be heading down to League One.
44 - Block!
What a tackle from Keshi.
Troy Deeney looks set to pull a goal back, but Anderson somehow manages to make a last-ditch challenge to deny him.
40 - GOAL BLACKPOOL!!!! (3-0)
Kenny Dougall heads home completely unopposed inside the six-yard box for his first goal of the season.
This is too easy.
40 - Corner
Charlie Kirk curls in yet another dangerous fall after being set up by Kenny Dougall, who showed some speed of thought in the middle of the park.
The cross is cleared away for a corner.
37 - Possession football
Got to factor in the state of the opposition, but this has been the best Blackpool have performed in possession of the ball for some time.
Very calm and composed, working the ball from one end of the pitch to the other with ease.
34 - Poor
Birmingham pull the ball back to dangerman Lyle Taylor on the edge of the box, but he makes a mess of his shot and it’s easy for Blackpool to clear away.
31 - Pool corner
Pool break immediately from the corner, as Charlie Kirk does superbly to nip the ball ahead of a Birmingham player.
He holds onto it before eventually slipping in Shayne Lavery, who is wiped out by a defender - winning the Seasiders a corner.
30 - Defending
Onel Hernandez embarks on a dangerous run before letting fly from the edge of the box, but Marvin Ekpiteta does well to deflect it behind for a corner.