Blackpool 3-2 Aston Villa U21 | Result & Match Report

Blackpool 3 - 2 Aston Villa U21
EFL Trophy · Group North - 2 · Full Time

EFL Trophy · Group North - 2: Blackpool beat Aston Villa U21 3-2. The match was played on Tuesday, 27 October 2026 at Bloomfield Road (Blackpool).

⚽ Goals

Fletcher Boyd 29' (Aston Villa U21) · Zachary Ashworth 42' (Blackpool) · Jerry Yates 71' (P) (Blackpool) · Jordan Brown 79' (Blackpool) · Markie Meade 90+4' (Aston Villa U21)

Match Analysis

After a 1-1 first half, the game finished 3-2.

Blackpool held 56% of possession against 44%, attempting 19 shots to Aston Villa U21's 8.

Shots on target read 10-3 and corners 8-2.

⏱️ Match Events

29'⚽Fletcher Boyd (max jenner)
31'🟨Jordan Brown
42'⚽Zachary Ashworth (Andy Lyons)
45+1'🟨Leon Routh
45'🔄▲ Jerry Yates ▼ Dale Taylor
45'🔄▲ Tom Bloxham ▼ Dion Charles
45'🔄▲ Josh Bowler ▼ Ilmari Niskanen
49'🟨Zachary Ashworth
58'🔄▲ Joshua Blake ▼ A. Lynskey
58'🔄▲ Jack McGrath ▼ Fletcher Boyd
59'🔄▲ Markie Meade ▼ Mason Cotcher
71'⚽(P)Jerry Yates
71'🔄▲ Fraser Horsfall ▼ Zachary Ashworth
71'🔄▲ Albie Morgan ▼ Hayden Coulson
75'🔄▲ Oscar Johnson ▼ max jenner
79'⚽Jordan Brown (Josh Bowler)
83'🟨Woody Burgess
87'🟨Albie Morgan
90+4'⚽Markie Meade (Keilan Quinn)

👕 Line-ups

Blackpool · 3-1-4-2 · ⌀ 6.83
4
6.8
2
6.9
6
7.9
18
6.5
19
6.7

Substitutes: J. Bowler, T. Bloxham, F. Horsfall, O. Hunter, A. Morgan, T. Upton, J. Yates

Coach: I. Evatt

Aston Villa U21 · 4-2-3-1 · ⌀ 6.26
42
6.3
70
5.5
66
5.9
71
6.4
80
5.8
73
6.7
77
6.6
63
5.8
79
7.5
68
6.1
67
Cotcher

Substitutes: J. McGrath, T. Bloomfield, Joshua Blake, Clay Atkins, O. Asemota, Markie Meade, O. Johnson

Coach: Gombau

📊 Match Stats

56%Possession44%
2.99Expected goals (xG)0.96
19Total shots8
10Shots on target3
7Shots off target2
2Blocked shots3
14Shots inside box8
5Shots outside box0
8Corners2
1Offsides0
18Fouls14
3Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
1Goalkeeper saves7
508Total passes414
426Accurate passes322

⭐ Player of the Match

J. Brown (Blackpool) — named player of the match with a 7.9 rating.

📝 Player Ratings

Blackpool
⭐ J. Brown ⚽90'7.9J. Yates ⚽45'7.8Z. Ashworth ⚽71'7.7L. Clarkson90'7.2Finley Munroe90'7.1A. Lyons 🅰️90'6.9O. Casey90'6.8T. Bloxham45'6.7D. Charles45'6.7D. Taylor45'6.5J. Bowler 🅰️45'6.3H. Coulson71'6.2L. Southwood90'6.2A. Morgan19'6.1
Aston Villa U21
Fletcher Boyd ⚽58'7.5Markie Meade ⚽31'7.1M. Jenner 🅰️75'6.7K. Quinn 🅰️90'6.6T. Carroll90'6.4J. Wright90'6.3Mason Cotcher59'6.3O. Johnson15'6.2T. Mulley90'6.1J. McGrath32'6.0Joshua Blake32'6.0L. Routh90'5.9Woody Burgess90'5.8A. Lynskey58'5.8
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