Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 22 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Blackburn Rovers beat Wigan Athletic 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 March 2008. It was 2-1 at half-time.

R. Santa Cruz opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from R. Santa Cruz (12'), Jason Roberts (45') and R. Santa Cruz (63'). Wigan Athletic scored through Marlon King (17', penalty).

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 46 points from 30 and Wigan Athletic 12th on 31 points from 30. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Wigan Athletic.