Blackpool 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 April 2023

Result

Blackpool 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 15 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackpool 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Blackpool beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 15 April 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Jerry Yates of Blackpool in the 2nd minute.

Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 24th on 35 points from 41 and Wigan Athletic 23rd on 37 points from 41. Blackpool went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 45.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Keshi Anderson of Blackpool (8.1), ahead of Daniel Grimshaw (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackpool wins, 0 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Wigan Athletic's L-L-W-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Jerry YatesBlackpool · 1-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Callum LangWigan Athletic
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Keshi AndersonBlackpool
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Tom PearceWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Blackpool 3, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Grimshaw, Andy Lyons, James Husband, Lewis Fiorini, Curtis Nelson, Jordan Thorniley, Josh Bowler, Keshi Anderson, Jerry Yates, Ian Poveda, Morgan Rogers

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-5-1-1)

Ben Amos, Ryan Nyambe, James McClean, Omar Rekik, Jack Whatmough, Charlie Hughes, Thelo Aasgaard, Max Power, Callum Lang, Will Keane, Tom Naylor