Blackpool 2-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Monday 28 October 2024

Result

Blackpool 2-2 Wigan Athletic

League One · Monday 28 October 2024, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Blackpool 2-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Blackpool drew with Wigan Athletic 2-2 in the League One on Monday 28 October 2024. The half-time score was 1-2.

Dion Rankine opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Jason Kerr (45+1') and Will Aimson (90+2'). Wigan Athletic scored through Dion Rankine (20') and Matthew Smith (41').

Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 18th on 15 points from 12 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 13 points from 12. Blackpool went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 56.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonny Smith of Wigan Athletic (8.1), ahead of Matthew Smith (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Dion RankineWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Sonny CareyBlackpool
  • 41'Goal · Matthew SmithWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 45+1'Goal · Jason KerrBlackpool · 1-2
  • 50'Yellow card · Tyrese FrancoisWigan Athletic
  • 56'Yellow card · Dion RankineWigan Athletic
  • 62'Yellow card · Oliver CaseyBlackpool
  • 69'Yellow card · Silko ThomasWigan Athletic
  • 90+2'Goal · Will AimsonBlackpool · 2-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Richard O'Donnell, O. Offiah, Matthew Pennington, Oliver Casey, Hayden Coulson, Rob Apter, Lee Evans, Sonny Carey, Elliot Embleton, Kyle Joseph, Ashley Fletcher

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

Sam Tickle, Calvin Ramsay, Jason Kerr, Will Aimson, Steven Sessegnon, Matthew Smith, Dion Rankine, Tyrese Francois, Thelo Aasgaard, Michael Olakigbe, Dale Taylor