Wigan Athletic 0-5 Blackpool: result and report

League One · Tuesday 26 January 2021

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-5 Blackpool

League One · Tuesday 26 January 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Wigan Athletic · Blackpool · League One predictions

Wigan Athletic 0-5 Blackpool: match report

Wigan Athletic lost to Blackpool 0-5 in the League One on Tuesday 26 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-2.

Marvin Ekpiteta opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Blackpool scored through Marvin Ekpiteta (40'), Jerry Yates (42'), Matty Virtue (53'), Ellis Simms (87') and Ellis Simms (90+1').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 22nd on 21 points from 22 and Blackpool 16th on 28 points from 21. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Blackpool 3rd with 87.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ellis Simms of Blackpool (8.7), ahead of Matty Virtue (8.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Marvin EkpitetaBlackpool · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Jerry YatesBlackpool · 0-2
  • 53'Goal · Matty VirtueBlackpool · 0-3
  • 54'Yellow card · Tendayi DarikwaWigan Athletic
  • 87'Goal · Ellis SimmsBlackpool · 0-4
  • 90+1'Goal · Ellis SimmsBlackpool · 0-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 5, draws 0, Blackpool 5.

Team news

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

Jamie Jones, Tendayi Darikwa, Corey Whelan, George Johnston, Tom Pearce, Alex Perry, Chris Merrie, Callum Lang, Will Keane, Zach Clough, Kyle Joseph

Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Chris Maxwell, Jordan Gabriel, Marvin Ekpiteta, Jordan Thorniley, James Husband, Matty Virtue, MJ Williams, Ethan Robson, Beryly Lubala, Gary Madine, Jerry Yates