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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Kyle VassellBlackpool · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Sessi D'AlmeidaBlackpool
  • 40'Yellow card · Ivan ToneyWigan Athletic
  • 45+1'Goal · Chey DunkleyWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 54'Goal · Chey DunkleyWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 69'Yellow card · N. PowellWigan Athletic
  • 70'Yellow card · Nathan ByrneWigan Athletic
  • 82'Goal · David PerkinsWigan Athletic · 1-3
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Noel HuntWigan Athletic
  • 90+5'Yellow card · N. HuntWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Blackpool 4, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 4.

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