Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Monday 7 May 2012

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Monday 7 May 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-1 in the Premier League on Monday 7 May 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from A. Alcáraz of Wigan Athletic in the 87th minute.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 31 points from 36 and Wigan Athletic 17th on 37 points from 36. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 31 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 43.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 3 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Wigan Athletic's W-L-W-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 60'Yellow card · Radosav PetrovicBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers
  • 72'Yellow card · Victor MosesWigan Athletic
  • 87'Goal · A. AlcárazWigan Athletic · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 5, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 3.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Scott Dann, Bradley Orr, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Lowe, Anthony Modeste, Junior Hoilett, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, David Dunn

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)

Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Franco Di Santo, G. Caldwell, Shaun Maloney, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez