Wigan Athletic 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 17 January 2015
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 17 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Wigan Athletic 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Wigan Athletic drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 17 January 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.
Corry Evans opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from James McClean (63'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Corry Evans (15').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 21 points from 25 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 35 points from 25. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 40 points, and Blackburn Rovers 9th with 67.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Blackburn Rovers's L-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Corry Evans
- 45+3'Yellow card · Grant Hanley
- 45+3'Yellow card · James McClean
- 59'Yellow card · Martyn Waghorn
- 63'Goal · James McClean
- 63'Yellow card · Matthew Kilgallon
- 68'Yellow card · James Perch
- 70'Yellow card · Ben Marshall
- 76'Yellow card · Corry Evans
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Scott Carson, James Perch, Robert Kiernan, Leon Barnett, Callum McManaman, Shaun Maloney, Jean Beausejour, Jordi Gómez, James McArthur, Róger Espinoza, Emmerson Orlando Boyce
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-2)
Grant Hanley, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Scott Dann, Ben Marshall, Jason Lowe, Alan Judge, J. Rhodes, Joshua King