Wigan Athletic 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2008
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 13 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Wigan Athletic 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Wigan Athletic beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Emile Heskey opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Emile Heskey (10'), Antonio Valencia (12') and Lee Cattermole (77'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 12th on 19 points from 16 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 13 points from 16. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 1 draw and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-W-W-D-D and Blackburn Rovers's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 12'Goal · Antonio Valencia
- 64'Yellow card · Michael Brown
- 77'Goal · Lee Cattermole
- 81'Yellow card · Ryan William Nelsen
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Roque Santa Cruz, Matt Derbyshire, Ryan Nelsen