Wigan Athletic 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 28 November 2018
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Wednesday 28 November 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Wigan Athletic 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Wigan Athletic won against Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 28 November 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Gary Roberts opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Gary Roberts (37'), James Vaughan (54', penalty) and Callum McManaman (86'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Dan Burn (83').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 18th on 21 points from 18 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 26 points from 18. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kal Naismith of Wigan Athletic (7.8), level with James Vaughan (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · James Vaughan
- 9'Yellow card · Lee Evans
- 15'Yellow card · Danny Graham
- 37'Goal · Gary Roberts
- 54'Penalty goal · James Vaughan
- 73'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 83'Own goal · Dan Burn
- 86'Goal · Callum McManaman
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-1-1)
Christian Walton, Reece James, Cédric Kipré, Dan Burn, Kal Naismith, Nathan Byrne, Lee Evans, Sam Morsy, Gary Roberts, Nick Powell, James Vaughan
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Raya, Ryan Nyambe, Jack Rodwell, Charlie Mulgrew, Amari'i Bell, Richard Smallwood, Josef Dvornik, Harrison Reed, Bradley Dack, Adam Armstrong, Danny Graham