Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 November 2010

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 6 November 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 November 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

Morten Gamst Pedersen opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Morten Gamst Pedersen (58') and Jason Roberts (67'). Wigan Athletic scored through Charles N'Zogbia (74').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 18th on 9 points from 10 and Wigan Athletic 17th on 10 points from 10. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 42.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Mohamed DiaméWigan Athletic
  • 58'Goal · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 67'Goal · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 74'Goal · Charles N'ZogbiaWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Lohoré GohouriWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 6, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

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

Paul Robinson, Christopher Samba, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Míchel Salgado, Phil Jones, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, El-Hadji Diouf, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Mame Diouf, Ryan Nelsen

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Antolín Alcaraz, Ronnie Stam, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Charles N'Zogbia, Jordi Gómez, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, G. Caldwell, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez