Match ends, Blackpool 2, Peterborough United 0.
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Blackpool earned a third successive win in League One and ended in-form Peterborough United's seven-game unbeaten run in all competitions.
Mark Cullen scored inside two minutes, turning in the rebound after Ben Alnwick pushed his penalty onto the post following a foul on Elliot Lee.
Brad Potts rounded Alnwick to double the lead after 30 minutes.
Michael Bostwick twice shot wide for Posh after half-time as Blackpool kept a third clean sheet in a row.
Peterborough manager Graham Westley told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:
"We didn't start the best, that's for sure, and you don't want to come to anywhere and give them the boost and yourselves the uphill battle.
"Their two centre-halves were inspired, they defended their goal with real aggression, real determination.
"Despite our best efforts, and there were a lot of forward efforts in that second half, they just showed that little bit more desire to keep a clean sheet than we did to put the ball in the net."
Line-ups
Blackpool
Formation 4-4-2
- 26Lyness
- 3Ferguson
- 5Robertson
- 15Aldred
- 2White
- 4McAlister
- 19NorrisBooked at 49mins
- 25AimsonBooked at 37mins
- 8Potts
- 38LeeSubstituted forPatersonat 60'minutesSubstituted forBoyceat 90+2'minutes
- 9CullenSubstituted forLittleat 60'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Rivers
- 14Herron
- 16Boyce
- 20Paterson
- 21Osayi-Samuel
- 23Letheren
- 27Little
Peterborough
Formation 4-4-2
- 1AlnwickBooked at 2mins
- 32ElderSubstituted forFoxat 16'minutes
- 8Bostwick
- 12Almeida SantosBooked at 74mins
- 2Smith
- 36SamuelsenSubstituted forCoulibalyat 67'minutes
- 33ForresterBooked at 52mins
- 10Oztumer
- 7Taylor
- 14Washington
- 24AngolSubstituted forMaddisonat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 6Baldwin
- 11Maddison
- 16Beautyman
- 18Fox
- 26Henry
- 28Coulibaly
- 35Addison
- Referee:
- Robert Lewis
- Attendance:
- 6,204
Match Stats
Home TeamBlackpoolAway TeamPeterborough
- Possession
- Home44%
- Away56%
- Shots
- Home6
- Away18
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away5
- Corners
- Home5
- Away12
- Fouls
- Home11
- Away6
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Blackpool 2, Peterborough United 0.
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Attempt missed. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Jim McAlister.
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Dean Lyness.
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Attempt saved. Erhun Oztumer (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Tom Aldred.
Substitution
Substitution, Blackpool. Emmerson Boyce replaces Martin Paterson because of an injury.
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Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by Tom Aldred.
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Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Martin Paterson (Blackpool).
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Attempt missed. Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt saved. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Corner, Blackpool. Conceded by Chris Forrester.
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Attempt missed. Jon Taylor (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
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Erhun Oztumer (Peterborough United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Hayden White (Blackpool).
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Ricardo Santos (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Andy Little (Blackpool).
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Ricardo Santos (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
