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Commentary
GOAL!! A great piece of skill from GRANT gave SPITTAL space on the left and McGRATH rattled in his accurate pass. (1-0 Wigan Athletic)
13¹GOAL!! A long ball from WATSON had the Blackpool defence back-pedalling and SHANKLAND made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (2-0 Wigan Athletic)
15¹The bemused CLARK stared in disbelief as a backpass from CLARKSON dropped just over.
21¹WATSON stroked a simple chance past the righthand post.
23¹GOAL!! A one-handed save from CLARK enabled KEANE to chip the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Wigan Athletic)
24¹WARD beat McGRATH and fired the ball to PIROE who toe-poked his effort wide.
26¹SHANKLAND flicked a right foot shot just beyond the far post from twenty-five yards out.
40¹KEANE charged through the Wigan Athletic defence but shot straight at CLARK.
42¹MacKENZIE ran onto a great ball from GRANT but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
SPITTAL made space on the left and knocked the ball to SHANKLAND who fired the ball over.
The Blackpool 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from SHANKLAND.
A good ball from WARD on the left bobbled toward HAMILTON who sliced his effort wide.
10²McGRATH fluffed an easy chance.
20²A mix up in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled KEANE to hammer the ball over.
22²GOAL!! A long ball from BATTH down the middle bobbled toward the lurking PIROE who drilled a left foot shot into the roof of the net. (2-2)
25²SHANKLAND headed over the bar.
26²SHANKLAND shot over.
26²GOAL!! Wigan Athletic's SHANKLAND beat three defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's near post. (3-2 Wigan Athletic)
28²CLARKSON beat a number of Blackpool players and blasted a great chance wide.
34²DEAS was put clear by SHANKLAND and he dummied the Blackpool 'keeper but rammed his shot over the bar.
36²A pin-point pass was collected by WATSON and his deadly effort raced narrowly wide.
37²An exceptional effort from WATSON scraped the top of the crossbar.

 
Blackpool
 
League position: 15
Home league form: OLXW
Overall league form: LOLLXXWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Lee NICHOLLS1Zander CLARK(c)
Marvin EKPITETA2Jack MacKENZIE
(c)Enda STEVENS3Stephen KINGSLEY
Jacob SØRENSEN4Leighton CLARKSON
Danny BATTH5Craig HALKETT
Nathan SMITH6Robbie DEAS
Grant WARD7Blair SPITTAL
C.J. HAMILTON8Jorge GRANT
(p)Will KEANE9David WATSON(p)
(f)HWANG Ui-jo10Jamie McGRATH(f)
Joël PIROE11Lawrence SHANKLAND
ManagerScott SMILLIE
Jerry YATES  12  Graeme SHINNIE
David BUTTON  13  Dimitar MITOV
Kevin STEWART  14  Ryan DUNCAN
James HUSBAND15  Daniel ARMSTRONG
Kenny DOUGALL  16  Kenneth VARGAS
 
Wigan Athletic
 
League position: 8
Away league form: LLWX
Overall league form: XLWLWWXW
Formation: 4-5-1

Statistics
Blackpool 2 Wigan Athletic 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 15,972, Stadium: Bloomfield Road Ground, Referee: Mick Russell 6)

Keane 23¹, Piroe 22²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
McGrath 7¹, Shankland 13¹, Shankland 26²
HwangóHusband 23² 
  
  
412
54
58
54
714
1218
31
43%57%
Man of the match: Craig Halkett