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Wigan Athletic v Blackpool : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 20th Dec, 12:30 BST, DW Stadium, Wigan

Home advantage can be vital in the League One, and Ryan Lowe’s Wigan Athletic will have the joy of it on Saturday lunch time. Ian Ross Evatt’s Blackpool are their opponents at the DW Stadium. All stats, including 20-game form for both teams and head to head (H2H) records, will update as you browse each of the 17 major markets using the tabs below. Odds and, of course, our predictions will too.


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Wigan
51%
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Draw
30%
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Blackpool
19%
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Wigan 1-0
19%
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Draw 0-0
15%
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Draw 1-1
12%
--
Wigan 2-0
12%
--
Blackpool 1-0
10%
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Wigan 2-1
8%
--
Wigan 3-0
5%
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Blackpool 2-1
4%
--
Wigan 3-1
3%
--
Blackpool 2-0
3%
--
Draw 2-2
2%
--
Wigan 4-0
2%
--
Wigan 3-2
1%
--
Wigan 4-1
1%
--
Blackpool 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
71%
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Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
35%
--
No 1st Goal
11%
--
BTTS - Yes
33%
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BTTS - No
67%
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BTTS - Home Win
13%
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BTTS - Draw
15%
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BTTS - Away Win
5%
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Home/draw
81%
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Away/draw
49%
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Home/away
70%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
56%
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Under 1.5 Goals
44%
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Over 3.5 Goals
12%
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Under 3.5 Goals
88%
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Over 4.5 Goals
4%
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Under 4.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
1%
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Under 5.5 Goals
99%
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Over 0.5 Goals
85%
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Under 0.5 Goals
15%
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Home DNB
72%
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Away DNB
40%
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Wigan win to nil
38%
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Blackpool win to nil
13%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Wigan have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 4 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Wigan have outscored their opponents by 21 goals to 20 goals.

Home League Performance

Wigan have played 9 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 11 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

Blackpool are in 22nd position in the League One on 19 points having played 19 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 4 and won 5. Blackpool have conceded 27 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Wigan
Blackpool
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff1812241538 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 4
w
 
3-1F
Mar 21
2
Bradford18972834 
Mar 14
Dec 26
Jan 4
l
 
1-0A
3
Lincoln191045734 
Jan 31
d
 
2-2F
Dec 13
Feb 28
4
Stockport18954432 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 21
Jan 27
l
 
1-0A
5
Bolton18873931 
Jan 17
l
 
4-1A
d
 
1-1F
Feb 21
6
Stevenage17944731 
d
 
0-00-0
May 2
l
 
2-3F
Apr 6
7
Luton19847-128 
Feb 17
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
Jan 31
8
Huddersfield19838227 
Feb 28
Dec 13
w
 
3-2A
Feb 7
9
AFC Wim18828-326 
Apr 25
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-2A
Jan 10
10
Barnsley16745525 
Jan 1
Mar 17
w
 
1-0F
Jan 17
11
Wigan18675125 
-
-
Mar 7
Dec 20
12
L Orient19748025 
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
Apr 25
d
 
1-1A
13
Wycombe19667524 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
Apr 18
14
Northampton18738-124 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 6
Jan 24
l
 
1-0A
15
Rotherham19667-324 
Feb 14
d
 
2-2F
Dec 29
w
 
0-3F
16
Mansfield18648-122 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
Feb 17
l
 
2-0A
17
Reading18576-122 
-
Mar 28
l
 
0-3A
May 2
18
Burton18648-822 
w
 
1-0F
Dec 29
Mar 28
l
 
1-0A
19
Doncaster19649-922 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 24
Dec 26
Mar 14
20
Exeter186210-120 
Mar 21
d
 
1-1F
Apr 3
l
 
4-1A
21
Peterborough186111-519 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 7
Apr 11
w
 
1-2F
22
Blackpool195410-819 
Dec 20
Mar 7
-
-
23
Plymouth196112-1219 
Jan 10
d
 
1-1A
Feb 14
l
 
1-0A
24
Port Vale183510-1014 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
Mar 17
Jan 1
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Wigan have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games
Wigan 11TH
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan1 - 0Burton
Wigan0 - 0Stevenage
Wigan1 - 0Port Vale
Wigan0 - 1Wycombe
Wigan0 - 2Cardiff
Wigan3 - 0Doncaster
Wigan1 - 1Stockport
Wigan2 - 0Peterborough
Wigan3 - 1Northampton
Wigan1 - 1Blackpool
Wigan1 - 0Rotherham
Wigan0 - 0Wrexham
Wigan0 - 1Bolton
Wigan1 - 1Barnsley
Wigan1 - 0Cambridge
Wigan1 - 2Reading
Wigan2 - 1Huddersfield
Wigan0 - 2Stockport
Wigan1 - 1Lincoln
Wigan2 - 0Bristol R
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWigan1 - 0Burton
HWigan0 - 0Stevenage
AWigan2 - 1AFC Wim
AWigan1 - 1Exeter
AWigan1 - 1Mansfield
HWigan1 - 0Port Vale
HWigan0 - 1Wycombe
AWigan1 - 1Plymouth
HWigan0 - 2Cardiff
AWigan1 - 4Bolton
HWigan3 - 0Doncaster
AWigan2 - 2Lincoln
HWigan1 - 1Stockport
AWigan2 - 2Rotherham
AWigan0 - 1Luton
HWigan2 - 0Peterborough
AWigan0 - 2L Orient
HWigan3 - 1Northampton
AWigan1 - 1Northampton
AWigan1 - 1Burton
Blackpool 22ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Rotherham0 - 3Blackpool
L Orient1 - 1Blackpool
Burton1 - 0Blackpool
Peterborough1 - 2Blackpool
Stockport1 - 0Blackpool
Bradford1 - 0Blackpool
Northampton1 - 0Blackpool
Plymouth1 - 0Blackpool
Mansfield2 - 0Blackpool
Exeter4 - 1Blackpool
Wigan1 - 1Blackpool
Stevenage1 - 3Blackpool
Rotherham2 - 1Blackpool
Northampton0 - 2Blackpool
Barnsley0 - 3Blackpool
Stockport2 - 1Blackpool
Burton1 - 1Blackpool
Lincoln0 - 2Blackpool
Exeter1 - 3Blackpool
Wycombe1 - 1Blackpool
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackpool3 - 0Rotherham
HBlackpool0 - 3Reading
ABlackpool1 - 1L Orient
ABlackpool0 - 1Burton
HBlackpool3 - 1Cardiff
ABlackpool2 - 1Peterborough
HBlackpool1 - 1Wycombe
ABlackpool0 - 1Stockport
HBlackpool0 - 2AFC Wim
HBlackpool2 - 2Luton
ABlackpool0 - 1Bradford
HBlackpool1 - 0Barnsley
ABlackpool0 - 1Northampton
HBlackpool1 - 1Bolton
ABlackpool0 - 1Plymouth
ABlackpool0 - 2Mansfield
HBlackpool3 - 2Huddersfield
ABlackpool1 - 4Exeter
HBlackpool2 - 3Stevenage
HBlackpool4 - 1Bristol R
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Wigan since 2010
Wigan
Blackpool
Goals: Scored
5
16
Games: Scored
4 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
5 / 9
WIG
3
D
1
BLP
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
Draw1 - 1Draw
Wigan1 - 0
Wigan2 - 1
0 - 5Blackpool
0 - 2Blackpool
0 - 1Blackpool
Wigan1 - 0
0 - 2Blackpool
0 - 4Blackpool
League games at Blackpool since 2011
Blackpool
Wigan
Goals: Scored
10
16
Games: Scored
8 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
1 / 9
WIG
4
D
1
BLP
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackpool
Draw2 - 2Draw
Blackpool2 - 1
Blackpool1 - 0
Blackpool1 - 0
1 - 3Wigan
0 - 4Wigan
1 - 3Wigan
Blackpool1 - 0
1 - 3Wigan
Goal Statistics
Wigan 11th Blackpool 22nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
0.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
4+
There is a 65% probability that Wigan will score no more than 1 goal
0
53%
1
34%
2
3
4+
There is a 53% probability that Blackpool will fail to score
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-11
Wigan have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted
+3
Blackpool’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Wigan
PG (predicted goals)
Blackpool
1.2
0.6
Attack rating
16%
better
WIG
BLP
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Games scored13
10
Failed to score5
8
Scored first8
7
Goals scored21
17
Avg. goals scored1.2
0.9
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for1.3
0.8
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
25%
better
WIG
BLP
view stats
Games conceded13
17
Clean sheets5
1
Conceded first9
11
Goals conceded20
28
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded8
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against14%
15%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+25%

Wigan v Blackpool League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Wigan League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18435
S TickleP MullinC SaydeeM Smith
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Tickle GLK181
-
P Mullin FWD1841
1
-
F Murray MID1741
4
-
W Aimson DEF16
2
-
J Kerr  DEF161
1
-
C Saydee FWD1623
1
1
M Fox DEF153
1
1
C Wright MID1521
1
-
D Costelloe FWD151
1
1
J Hungbo FWD142
1
-
M Smith MID121
5
-
J Weir MID121
1
-
M. Asamoah FWD1111
-
R Rodrigues FWD10
-
O Cooper MID91
-
R Trevitt MID91
1
-
S Sessegnon DEF7
2
1
L Robinson DEF7
1
-
B Adeeko MID7
-
T Francois MID7
1
-
J Carragher DEF6
-
C McManaman FWD6
-
I Mabaya DEF2
-
Blackpool League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18636
M IhiekweA FletcherJ BrownL Evans
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Brown MID1913
5
-
M Ihiekwe DEF18
3
-
O Casey DEF181
3
-
C Hamilton FWD1821
1
-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK17
1
-
E Hansson FWD171
-
A Fletcher FWD1762
4
-
H Coulson DEF16
1
-
L Evans MID1611
6
-
T Bloxham FWD1622
1
-
A Lyons DEF13
-
G Honeyman MID1311
-
A Morgan MID12
2
-
Z Ashworth DEF10
2
-
F Horsfall DEF9
2
-
J Bowler MID93
2
-
D Taylor FWD91
1
-
S Banks FWD81
-
D. Imray DEF71
1
-
N Ennis FWD63
1
F Ravizzoli GLK2
-
J Husband DEF2
-