Wigan Athletic 1-1 Blackpool: result and report
League One · Saturday 26 April 2025
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Blackpool
League One · Saturday 26 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Blackpool: match report
Wigan Athletic drew with Blackpool 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 26 April 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jon Mellish opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Jon Mellish (3'). Blackpool scored through Lee Evans (74', penalty).
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 15th on 53 points from 43 and Blackpool 10th on 63 points from 43. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Blackpool 9th with 67.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Evans of Blackpool (8.6), ahead of Albie Morgan (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 4 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-W-D-D-D and Blackpool's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Jon Mellish
- 70'Yellow card · Lee Evans
- 70'Yellow card · Callum McManaman
- 74'Penalty goal · Lee Evans
Head-to-head
Team news
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Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sam Tickle, James Carragher, Jason Kerr, Will Aimson, Luke Robinson, Owen Dale, Baba Adeeko, Jon Mellish, Jensen Weir, Dale Taylor, Maleace Asamoah
Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)
Harry Tyrer, O. Offiah, Oliver Casey, Elkan Baggott, James Husband, Rob Apter, Lee Evans, Albie Morgan, CJ Hamilton, Niall Ennis, Ashley Fletcher