Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 March 2008
Result
Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 22 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Wigan Athletic 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 March 2008. It was 2-1 at half-time.
R. Santa Cruz opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from R. Santa Cruz (12'), Jason Roberts (45') and R. Santa Cruz (63'). Wigan Athletic scored through Marlon King (17', penalty).
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 46 points from 30 and Wigan Athletic 12th on 31 points from 30. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 12'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 14'Yellow card · Wilson Palacios
- 16'Red card · Christopher Samba
- 17'Penalty goal · Marlon King
- 45'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 59'Yellow card · Michael Brown
- 61'Yellow card · Mario Melchiot
- 63'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 69'Second yellow · Wilson Palacios
- 78'Yellow card · Daniel Bentley
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, David Dunn
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-3)
Erik Kenneth Edman, Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Mario Melchiot, Wilson Palacios, Kevin Kilbane, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Marlon King, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown