Wigan Athletic 0-2 Blackpool: result and report
League One · Saturday 20 December 2025
Result
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Blackpool
League One · Saturday 20 December 2025, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Blackpool: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Blackpool 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 20 December 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Ashley Fletcher opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Blackpool scored through Ashley Fletcher (59') and Dale Taylor (64').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Blackpool received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 12th on 26 points from 19 and Blackpool 23rd on 20 points from 20. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Blackpool 13th with 60.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Blackpool in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ashley Fletcher of Blackpool (8.3), ahead of Dale Taylor (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 4 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read D-W-D-W-D and Blackpool's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Dara Costelloe
- 42'Yellow card · Fraser Horsfall
- 45+4'Yellow card · Oliver Casey
- 49'Yellow card · James Husband
- 59'Goal · Ashley Fletcher
- 64'Goal · Dale Taylor
- 83'Yellow card · Raphael Borges Rodrigues
- 88'Yellow card · Andy Lyons
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-1-4-2)
Sam Tickle, Will Aimson, James Carragher, Morgan Fox, Matthew Smith, Fraser Murray, Jensen Weir, Callum Wright, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Dara Costelloe, Christian Saydee
Blackpool line-up (3-4-1-2)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Oliver Casey, Fraser Horsfall, James Husband, Danny Imray, George Honeyman, Jordan Brown, Hayden Coulson, Josh Bowler, Ashley Fletcher, Tom Bloxham