Wigan Athletic 1-0 Blackpool: result and report
League One · Saturday 16 March 2024
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Blackpool
League One · Saturday 16 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Blackpool: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Blackpool 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 16 March 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Scott Smith of Wigan Athletic in the 26th minute.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards; Blackpool received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 10th on 55 points from 38 and Blackpool 7th on 60 points from 38. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 70 points, and Blackpool 8th with 73.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackpool in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Hughes of Wigan Athletic (7.8), ahead of Jordan Jones (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 6 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Blackpool's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Babajide Adeeko
- 23'Yellow card · Shaun Maloney
- 26'Goal · Scott Smith
- 42'Yellow card · George Byers
- 45'Yellow card · Charlie Hughes
- 49'Yellow card · Jordan Jones
- 62'Yellow card · Matthew Pennington
Head-to-head
Team news
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Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sam Tickle, Scott Smith, Charlie Hughes, Jason Kerr, Luke Chambers, Baba Adeeko, Matthew Smith, Martial Godo, Thelo Aasgaard, Jordan Jones, Stephen Humphrys
Blackpool line-up (3-5-2)
Daniel Grimshaw, Matthew Pennington, Marvin Ekpiteta, Oliver Casey, Jordan Gabriel, Karamoko Dembélé, Oliver Norburn, George Byers, Hayden Coulson, J. Rhodes, Jake Beesley