Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 27 January 2010

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Wednesday 27 January 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 27 January 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

Morten Gamst Pedersen opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Morten Gamst Pedersen (20') and Nikola Kalinic (76'). Wigan Athletic scored through Gary Caldwell (58').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 12th on 24 points from 22 and Wigan Athletic 14th on 22 points from 20. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 36.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-L-D-D-L and Wigan Athletic's W-L-D-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 58'Goal · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Steven ReidBlackburn Rovers
  • 71'Yellow card · Mohamed DiaméWigan Athletic
  • 76'Goal · Nikola KalinicBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · S. NzonziBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 5, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Paul Robinson, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Martin Olsson, Pascal Chimbonda, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Steven Nzonzi, El-Hadji Diouf, Nikola Kalinić, Junior Hoilett, Ryan Nelsen

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-5-1)

Vladimir Stojkovic, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, James McCarthy, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, G. Caldwell, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez