Wigan Athletic 0-5 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Tuesday 15 December 2020

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-5 Rochdale

League One · Tuesday 15 December 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Wigan Athletic 0-5 Rochdale: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Rochdale 0-5 in the League One on Tuesday 15 December 2020. It was 0-2 at half-time.

K. Baah opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Rochdale scored through K. Baah (4'), Matty Lund (18'), Stephen Dooley (58'), Alex Newby (64', penalty) and Alex Newby (90+2').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards; Rochdale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 14 points from 16 and Rochdale 20th on 16 points from 16. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Rochdale 21st with 47.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-5-2 and Rochdale in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Newby of Rochdale (8.5), level with Matthew Lund (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 0 for Rochdale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · K. BaahRochdale · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · Matty LundRochdale · 0-2
  • 37'Yellow card · Adam LongWigan Athletic
  • 45'Yellow card · Alex PerryWigan Athletic
  • 52'Yellow card · Stephen DooleyRochdale
  • 55'Yellow card · Curtis TiltWigan Athletic
  • 58'Goal · Stephen DooleyRochdale · 0-3
  • 60'Yellow card · Matty LundRochdale
  • 61'Yellow card · Tom JamesWigan Athletic
  • 64'Penalty goal · Alex NewbyRochdale · 0-4
  • 90+2'Goal · Alex NewbyRochdale · 0-5

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Wigan Athletic 4, draws 0, Rochdale 0.

Team news

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Wigan Athletic line-up (3-5-2)

Jamie Jones, Darnell Johnson, Curtis Tilt, Adam Long, Tom James, Dan Gardner, Alex Perry, Chris Merrie, Tom Pearce, Will Keane, Kyle Joseph

Rochdale line-up (4-4-2)

Jay Lynch, Jimmy Keohane, Eoghan O'Connell, Jimmy McNulty, Haydon Roberts, Alex Newby, Aaron Morley, Jimmy Ryan, Kwadwo Baah, Matthew Lund, Stephen Humphrys