Wigan Athletic 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 August 2016

Result

Wigan Athletic 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 13 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Wigan Athletic 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Wigan Athletic won against Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 13 August 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Will Grigg opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Will Grigg (14'), N. Powell (33') and an own goal by Shane Duffy (63'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 51.

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 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Will GriggWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Jason LoweBlackburn Rovers
  • 33'Goal · N. PowellWigan Athletic · 2-0
  • 33'Yellow card · David PerkinsWigan Athletic
  • 35'Yellow card · Shane DuffyBlackburn Rovers
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Gordon GreerBlackburn Rovers
  • 48'Yellow card · Alex GilbeyWigan Athletic
  • 63'Own goal · Shane DuffyWigan Athletic · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 3, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Wigan Athletic expected line-up (4-4-2)

James Perch, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Robert Kiernan, James McClean, Jean Beausejour, Jordi Gómez, Callum McManaman, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Shaun Maloney, G. Caldwell

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

Grant Hanley, Shane Duffy, Tommy Spurr, Jason Lowe, Ben Marshall, Josef Dvornik, Tom Cairney, Ryan Tunnicliffe, J. Rhodes, Craig Conway, Rudy Gestede