Wigan Athletic 0-2 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Tuesday 13 February 2018

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-2 Blackpool

League One · Tuesday 13 February 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

Wigan Athletic · Blackpool · League One predictions

Wigan Athletic 0-2 Blackpool: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Blackpool 0-2 in the League One on Tuesday 13 February 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.

A. Gnanduillet opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Blackpool scored through A. Gnanduillet (3') and Kelvin Mellor (37').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Blackpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 1st on 63 points from 29 and Blackpool 19th on 35 points from 31. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Blackpool 12th with 60.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 4 for Blackpool.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · A. GnanduilletBlackpool · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Kelvin MellorBlackpool · 0-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Reece JamesWigan Athletic
  • 49'Yellow card · Colin DanielBlackpool
  • 56'Yellow card · Dan BurnWigan Athletic
  • 58'Yellow card · Kelvin MellorBlackpool
  • 85'Yellow card · Joe LumleyBlackpool
  • 89'Yellow card · Samy MorsyWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Wigan Athletic 5, draws 0, Blackpool 4.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Christian Walton, Nathan Byrne, Chey Dunkley, Reece James, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Max Power, Gavin Massey, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Will Grigg

Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Lumley, Kelvin Mellor, Clark Robertson, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, Colin Daniel, Jimmy Ryan, Sean Longstaff, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Armand Gnanduillet, Nathan Delfouneso