Derby County 1-0 Blackpool
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Ebou Adams scored his first goal for Derby to boost their automatic promotion hopes with a win over Blackpool.
Derby went with an attacking formation but the first clear chance fell to the away side in the 29th minute, with George Byers scuffing a shot wide from 15 yards.
It brought an instant response from Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, whose curling shot was touched behind by Daniel Grimshaw and the corner was almost forced in at the near post.
But Grimshaw could do nothing in the 40th minute when a cross was half cleared to Adams, who scored with a quality first-time shot from the edge of the area.
Derby should have added a second in the 55th minute when Mendez-Laing put Conor Washington through on the right but he failed to beat Grimshaw.
The Seasiders almost took advantage in the 71st minute through a Sonny Carey free-kick which Rams keeper Joe Wildsmith clawed away.
There was another late scare for the Rams when Kyle Joseph twice had goalbound shots blocked by Curtis Nelson and Eiran Cashin.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Derby
Formation 4-4-2
1Wildsmith
2Wilson35Nelson6Cashin17Sibley
23Ward32Adams12Smith27Blackett-Taylor
11Méndez-Laing14Washington
- 1Wildsmith
- 2Wilson
- 35Nelson
- 6Cashin
- 17SibleyBooked at 90mins
- 23WardSubstituted forWaghornat 90+5'minutes
- 32Adams
- 12SmithSubstituted forHourihaneat 83'minutes
- 27Blackett-TaylorSubstituted forThompsonat 70'minutes
- 11Méndez-LaingSubstituted forFornahat 83'minutes
- 14WashingtonSubstituted forCollinsat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Hourihane
- 9Collins
- 10Waghorn
- 13Loach
- 16Thompson
- 22Fornah
- 49Robinson
Blackpool
Formation 3-5-1-1
32Grimshaw
5Pennington21Ekpiteta20Casey
4Lawrence-Gabriel7Byers6Norburn10Carey15Coulson
11Dembélé
18Beesley
- 32Grimshaw
- 5Pennington
- 21Ekpiteta
- 20Casey
- 4Lawrence-GabrielSubstituted forHamiltonat 71'minutes
- 7Byers
- 6NorburnBooked at 64minsSubstituted forVirtueat 79'minutes
- 10Carey
- 15CoulsonBooked at 60mins
- 11DembéléBooked at 33minsSubstituted forLaveryat 72'minutes
- 18BeesleySubstituted forJosephat 72'minutes
Substitutes
- 1O'Donnell
- 2Connolly
- 9Joseph
- 17Virtue
- 19Lavery
- 22Hamilton
- 27Kouassi
Match Stats
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Match ends, Derby County 1, Blackpool 0.