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 · Blackpool · League One predictions

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 5 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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Babajide AdeekoWigan Athletic
  • 23'Yellow card · Shaun MaloneyWigan Athletic
  • 26'Goal · Scott SmithWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · George ByersBlackpool
  • 45'Yellow card · Charlie HughesWigan Athletic
  • 49'Yellow card · Jordan JonesWigan Athletic
  • 62'Yellow card · Matthew PenningtonBlackpool

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Wigan Athletic 4, draws 0, Blackpool 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Josh StonesWigan Athletic · injury (Ankle Ligament Tear)

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