Blackpool comfortably defeated League Two strugglers Forest Green Rovers to set up an FA Cup third-round tie at Nottingham Forest on 7 January.
Owen Dale’s first-half goal gave Neil Critchley’s side the lead.
Further goals after the break from Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel and Marvin Ekpiteta sealed the win for the League One promotion hopefuls.
The Seasiders thrashed Forest 4-1 at the same stage of the competition last term although that match was at home.
Blackpool’s second-round match against Forest Green was initially postponed as David Horseman’s side had fielded an ineligible player in their first-round replay win over non-league Scarborough Athletic, which led to another replay.
Line-ups
Blackpool
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 1O’Donnell
- 20Casey
- 21Ekpiteta
- 2Connolly
- 4Lawrence-Gabriel
- 8MorganSubstituted forWeirat 79′minutes
- 17VirtueSubstituted forNorburnat 71′minutes
- 23Thompson
- 7DaleSubstituted forRhodesat 79′minutes
- 9JosephSubstituted forDembéléat 71′minutes
- 18Beesley
Substitutes
- 5Pennington
- 6Norburn
- 10Carey
- 11Dembélé
- 15Weir
- 16Rhodes
- 22Hamilton
- 24Lyons
- 32Grimshaw
Forest Green
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Daniels
- 28JonesSubstituted forDeeneyat 66′minutes
- 5InnissSubstituted forJohnsonat 76′minutes
- 15Moore-Taylor
- 22WelchBooked at 82mins
- 17Robson
- 6JenksSubstituted forMcAllisterat 66′minutes
- 8McCann
- 27BunkerSubstituted forBrownat 77′minutes
- 23Omotoye
- 9StevensSubstituted forMortonat 65′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Johnson
- 7McAllister
- 12Bendle
- 14Deeney
- 20Searle
- 24Sully
- 29Brown
- 39Morton
- Referee:
- Scott Jackson
- Attendance:
- 3,188
Live Text
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Match ends, Blackpool 3, Forest Green Rovers 0.
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Second Half ends, Blackpool 3, Forest Green Rovers 0.
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Attempt saved. Charlie McCann (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Corner, Forest Green Rovers. Conceded by Marvin Ekpiteta.
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Attempt blocked. Tyrese Omotoye (Forest Green Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
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Attempt blocked. Karamoko Dembélé (Blackpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
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Karamoko Dembélé (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Reece Brown (Forest Green Rovers).
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Goal! Blackpool 3, Forest Green Rovers 0. Marvin Ekpiteta (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karamoko Dembélé following a set piece situation.
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Reece Welch (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jordan Rhodes (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Reece Welch (Forest Green Rovers).
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Foul by Dominic Thompson (Blackpool).
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Reece Brown (Forest Green Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Blackpool. Jensen Weir replaces Albie Morgan.
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Substitution, Blackpool. Jordan Rhodes replaces Owen Dale.
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Oliver Norburn (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Reece Brown (Forest Green Rovers).
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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