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Wigan Athletic v Blackpool: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Wigan Athletic's last 9 home games and Blackpool's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 19, over 2.5 goals in 5 of 19, with 10.4 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.4 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Wigan Athletic's 19 League One games and Blackpool's 20 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Wigan Athletic v Blackpool, full match

54%

Possession

46%

2.31

Expected goals (xG)

0.92

22

Shots

8

3

Shots on target

3

6

Corners

1

13

Fouls

18

2

Yellow cards

4

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

11'

Yellow card

Dara Costelloe WIG

42'

Yellow card

Fraser Horsfall BLA

45+4'

Yellow card

Oliver Casey BLA

49'

Yellow card

James Husband BLA

59'

Goal

Ashley Fletcher BLA

64'

Goal

Dale Taylor BLA

83'

Yellow card

Raphael Rodrigues WIG

88'

Yellow card

Andy Lyons BLA

At a glance

Wigan Athletic

16th in the table

D

W

D

W

D

Blackpool

13th in the table

D

W

L

D

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Wigan Athletic's home games and Blackpool's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Wigan Athletic's last 9 home games and Blackpool's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

26%

5/19 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

53%

10/19 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

26%

5/19 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

11%

2/19 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

68%

13/19 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

32%

6/19 games · League 56%

Wigan Athletic clean sheet

56%

5/9 games · League 27%

Blackpool clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Wigan Athletic fail to score

33%

3/9 games · League 27%

Blackpool fail to score

60%

6/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.9

League 2.6

Corners

10.4

League 10.0

Cards

3.4

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Wigan Athletic

3-1-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Sam Tickle

DEFENDERS

3

4

7

21

23

MIDFIELDERS

6

Jensen Weir

8

Callum Wright

17

Matthew Smith

FORWARDS

9

Christian Saydee

11

Dara Costelloe

SUBSTITUTES

30

5

19

43

20

35

10

Blackpool

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

DEFENDERS

3

4

5

15

30

MIDFIELDERS

6

Jordan Brown

10

George Honeyman

19

Josh Bowler

FORWARDS

11

Ashley Fletcher

14

Tom Bloxham

SUBSTITUTES

2

26

7

8

22

23

18

Referee: John Busby

3 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.0

Red cards per game

0.33

Fouls per game

21.0

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.67

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

WIG

BLA

Match

League

Goals per match

2.3

2.6

2.4

2.5

Over 0.5

95%

18/19

100%

20/20

97%

38/39

94%

Over 1.5

74%

14/19

70%

14/20

72%

28/39

71%

Over 2.5

32%

6/19

45%

9/20

38%

15/39

47%

Over 3.5

21%

4/19

30%

6/20

26%

10/39

23%

Over 4.5

5%

1/19

15%

3/20

10%

4/39

10%

Bet

WIG

BLA

Match

League

Yes

53%

10/19

50%

10/20

51%

20/39

50%

Yes and win

11%

2/19

15%

3/20

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

26%

5/19

35%

7/20

31%

12/39

37%

Yes and draw

37%

7/19

25%

5/20

31%

12/39

18%

Yes and loss

5%

1/19

10%

2/20

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/19

5%

1/20

3%

1/39

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Bet

WIG

BLA

Match

League

Corners per match

11.5

8.7

10.1

9.9

Over 7.5

79%

15/19

70%

14/20

74%

29/39

76%

Over 8.5

79%

15/19

50%

10/20

64%

25/39

61%

Over 9.5

74%

14/19

50%

10/20

62%

24/39

48%

Over 10.5

63%

12/19

35%

7/20

49%

19/39

39%

Over 11.5

58%

11/19

25%

5/20

41%

16/39

32%

Over 12.5

32%

6/19

10%

2/20

21%

8/39

22%

Referee John Busby: 4.3 cards and 21.0 fouls per game in 3 games this season

Bet

WIG

BLA

Match

League

Cards per match

3.2

3.6

3.4

3.8

Over 2.5

68%

13/19

80%

16/20

74%

29/39

76%

Over 3.5

32%

6/19

40%

8/20

36%

14/39

54%

Over 4.5

11%

2/19

20%

4/20

15%

6/39

31%

Over 5.5

11%

2/19

15%

3/20

13%

5/39

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Ashley Fletcher

15 starts · 0.5 per 90

13%

2/15

40%

6/15

7%

1/15

0%

0/15

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Wigan Athletic

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Huddersfield Town

(A)

1-1

D

2 Dec

Burton Albion

(H)

1-0

W

29 Nov

Stevenage

(H)

0-0

D

22 Nov

AFC Wimbledon

(A)

2-1

W

8 Nov

Exeter City

(A)

1-1

D

Blackpool

Last 5 games before this match

13 Dec

Lincoln City

(H)

2-2

D

10 Dec

Rotherham United

(A)

3-0

W

29 Nov

Reading

(H)

0-3

L

22 Nov

Leyton Orient

(A)

1-1

D

15 Nov

Burton Albion

(A)

0-1

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Wigan Athletic and Blackpool haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Wigan Athletic v Blackpool: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Wigan Athletic

Blackpool

Referee: John Busby

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Wigan Athletic

Blackpool

Head to head

League One table