Blackpool 1-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 March 2026

Result

Blackpool 1-1 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 7 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Blackpool · Wigan Athletic · League One predictions

Blackpool 1-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Blackpool drew with Wigan Athletic 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 7 March 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Oliver Casey opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Blackpool's goal came from Oliver Casey (4'). Wigan Athletic scored through Owen Moxon (39').

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

Going into the game Blackpool were 20th on 37 points from 34 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 37 points from 33. Blackpool went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 56.

Blackpool lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oliver Casey of Blackpool (7.5), ahead of Jordan Brown (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackpool wins, 2 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Oliver CaseyBlackpool · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Owen MoxonWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Fraser MurrayWigan Athletic
  • 65'Yellow card · Karoy AndersonBlackpool
  • 67'Yellow card · Michael IhiekweBlackpool
  • 68'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackpool 4, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (3-1-4-2)

Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Michael Ihiekwe, Fraser Horsfall, Oliver Casey, Jordan Brown, Reuell Walters, George Honeyman, Karoy Anderson, Hayden Coulson, Tom Bloxham, Ashley Fletcher

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

Sam Tickle, Llyton Chapman, Jason Kerr, Will Aimson, Fraser Murray, Jensen Weir, Owen Moxon, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Callum Wright, Joe Taylor, Christian Saydee