Wigan Athletic 1-0 Blackpool: result and report
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2014
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Blackpool
Championship · Saturday 23 August 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Blackpool: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Blackpool 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Oriol Riera of Wigan Athletic in the 35th minute.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Blackpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 21st on 1 point from 3 and Blackpool 24th on 0 points from 3. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 40 points, and Blackpool 24th with 26.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackpool in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 0 draws and 3 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-L-D and Blackpool's L-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · James McArthur
- 6'Yellow card · David Perkins
- 32'Yellow card · Peter Clarke
- 35'Goal · Oriol Riera
- 58'Yellow card · Sergei Zenjov
- 77'Yellow card · Emyr Huws
Head-to-head
Team news
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Wigan Athletic expected line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, James Perch, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Jean Beausejour, Thomas Rogne, James McArthur, Callum McManaman, Jordi Gómez, James McClean
Blackpool expected line-up (4-5-1)
Matthew Gilks, Chris Basham, Craig Cathcart, Kirk Broadfoot, Gary MacKenzie, Jack Robinson, Isaiah Osbourne, Neal Bishop, Barry Ferguson, Tom Ince