Blackpool 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Blackpool 2-1 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackpool beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 2 September 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Jordan Rhodes (4') and Kenny Dougall (90+4'). Wigan Athletic scored through Josh Magennis (89').

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

Going into the game Blackpool were 17th on 6 points from 5 and Wigan Athletic 5th on 10 points from 5. Blackpool went on to finish that season 8th with 73 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 70.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to CJ Hamilton of Blackpool (8.2), ahead of Kenny Dougall (7.8).

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 L-D-D-D-W and Wigan Athletic's L-W-D-W-W.