Rotherham United 3-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Monday 26 December 2016
Result
Rotherham United 3-2 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Rotherham United · Wigan Athletic · Championship predictions
Rotherham United 3-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Rotherham United defeated Wigan Athletic 3-2 in the Championship on Monday 26 December 2016. It was 3-0 at half-time.
A. Belaïd opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Rotherham United's goals came from A. Belaïd (8'), Richard Wood (32') and an own goal by Dan Burn (45+1'). Wigan Athletic scored through Yanic Wildschut (51') and Jordi Gómez (79').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 4 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 24th on 10 points from 22 and Wigan Athletic 23rd on 18 points from 22. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 24th with 23 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 42.
Rotherham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordi Gómez of Wigan Athletic (8.3), ahead of Y. Wildschut (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 8'Goal · A. Belaïd
- 20'Yellow card · Joe Mattock
- 25'Yellow card · Danny Ward
- 31'Yellow card · Craig Davies
- 32'Goal · Richard Wood
- 36'Yellow card · A. Belaïd
- 45'Yellow card · Darnell Fisher
- 45+1'Own goal · Dan Burn
- 51'Goal · Yanic Wildschut
- 79'Goal · Jordi Gómez
- 90+1'Yellow card · Michael Jacobs
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)
Lewis Price, Darnell Fisher, Richard Wood, Aymen Belaïd, Joe Mattock, A. Forde, Tom Adeyemi, Lee Frecklington, Joe Newell, Isaiah Brown, Daniel Ward
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-3)
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Andy Kellett, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Michael Jacobs, Max Power, Jordi Gómez, Will Grigg, Craig Davies, Y. Wildschut