England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Blackpool and Wigan Athletic, taking place on Saturday, 15 April 2023, at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool.
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Blackpool, Recent FormLosing 3-1 away to Luton Town won't leave the Blackpool squad too downbeat, given the former sits a full 14 places above them in the league. Their share of possession in that meeting was 43%, while racking up 11 shots along the way, 5 of which were on target, in contrast to Luton Town, who had 21 shots on goal with 4 on target.
They have bagged 10 goals in their last 6 matches but haven't taken the points they might have hoped for, primarily due to some indecisive defending that has seen their goal breached 16 times in that period. They are showing great consistency in finding the back of the net, having scored in 5 of their last 6 games. This season, their defensive frailties have certainly been apparent, having conceded at least 1 goal in 33 of their 41 league games.
Blackpool will not be enjoying their recent run of poor form, having lost 4 league games in a row.
On an individual basis, Jerry Yates has scored in each of Blackpool's last 3 league games.
Wigan Athletic, Recent FormThe 2-0 home defeat to Swansea City will not have sat easily with the Wigan Athletic squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. In that game they recorded 41 % of the possession, with 8 attempts on goal, 4 on target. Their opponents found the target on 3 of their 14 shots on goal.
Having conceded 8 goals and scored just 3 in their last 6 games, they have been very fortunate to pick up 5 points. They are in some turmoil defensively at the moment and have been unable to record a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
An away win for Wigan Athletic is just a distant memory, having not won on the road in 15 games.
The last league encounter between these two sides concluded with a 2-1 win for Wigan Athletic.
Blackpool will be confident of finding the net in this one against The Latics, with an impressive scoring record of at least 1 goal in their previous 5 encounters between the two sides. Wigan have a good attacking record away to The Seasiders in the league, having scored a total of 7 goals in their last 3 visits, which gives an average of 2.33 goals per game.
James McClean has scored in each of Wigan's last league game against Blackpool.
Blackpool manager Mick McCarthy has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Liam Bridcutt (Leg), Marvin Ekpiteta (Hamstring), Charlie Goode (Hamstring), Shayne Lavery (Hamstring), Gary Madine (Knee), Kevin Stewart (Broken foot) and Tom Trybull (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With Jason Kerr (Cruciate ligament) and Danel Sinani (Knock) both unavailable and Martin Kelly (Knee) being out for the rest of the season, Wigan manager Shaun Maloney will be glad to have no other major fitness concerns going into this tie.
Blackpool Playing at home | Wigan Athletic Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 1.5 | Goals conceded | 1.4 |
| 30' | Time first goal scored | 43' |
| 36' | Time first goal conceded | 42' |
| 1.6 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.5 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 6-1 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 4-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
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