Blackpool 1-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 October 2017
Result
Blackpool 1-3 Wigan Athletic
League One · Saturday 21 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackpool 1-3 Wigan Athletic: match report
Blackpool were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Kyle Vassell opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Blackpool's goal came from Kyle Vassell (8'). Wigan Athletic scored through Chey Dunkley (45+1'), Chey Dunkley (54') and David Perkins (82').
Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackpool were 7th on 22 points from 13 and Wigan Athletic 2nd on 32 points from 14. Blackpool went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 98.
Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackpool wins, 0 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Blackpool's last five read W-D-L-D-L and Wigan Athletic's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Kyle Vassell
- 40'Yellow card · Sessi D'Almeida
- 40'Yellow card · Ivan Toney
- 45+1'Goal · Chey Dunkley
- 54'Goal · Chey Dunkley
- 69'Yellow card · N. Powell
- 70'Yellow card · Nathan Byrne
- 82'Goal · David Perkins
- 90+5'Yellow card · Noel Hunt
- 90+5'Yellow card · N. Hunt
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)
Ryan Allsop, Kelvin Mellor, Will Aimson, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, Colin Daniel, Sessi D'Almeida, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Jay Spearing, K. Vassell, Nathan Delfouneso
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Jamie Jones, Nathan Byrne, Callum Elder, Chey Dunkley, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Max Power, Gavin Massey, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Ivan Toney