Wigan Athletic 4-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011
Result
Wigan Athletic 4-3 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Wigan Athletic 4-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Wigan Athletic won against Blackburn Rovers 4-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 February 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Jason Roberts opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from James McCarthy (35'), Hugo Rodallega (50'), James McCarthy (56') and Ben Watson (65', penalty). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jason Roberts (23'), Christopher Samba (58') and David Dunn (81', penalty).
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 19th on 23 points from 25 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 31 points from 25. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 35'Goal · James McCarthy
- 50'Goal · Hugo Rodallega
- 56'Goal · James McCarthy
- 58'Goal · Christopher Samba
- 65'Yellow card · Míchel Salgado
- 65'Penalty goal · Ben Watson
- 73'Yellow card · Jermaine Jones
- 81'Penalty goal · David Dunn
- 90'Yellow card · Franco Di Santo
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-3)
Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Antolín Alcaraz, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Charles N'Zogbia, Victor Moses, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Ben Watson, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Míchel Salgado, Jermaine Jones, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Junior Hoilett, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen