Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Saturday 13 September 2014
Result
Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Saturday 13 September 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Blackburn Rovers defeated Wigan Athletic 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 13 September 2014. The half-time score was 0-0.
James Perch opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Ben Marshall (53'), Jordan Rhodes (56') and Ben Marshall (82'). Wigan Athletic scored through James Perch (51').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 14th on 7 points from 5 and Wigan Athletic 12th on 7 points from 5. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 40.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Wigan Athletic's W-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Andy Delort
- 39'Missed penalty · Ramis
- 51'Goal · James Perch
- 52'Yellow card · Tom Cairney
- 53'Goal · Ben Marshall
- 56'Goal · Jordan Rhodes
- 82'Goal · Ben Marshall
- 90'Yellow card · Martyn Waghorn
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best
Wigan Athletic expected line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, James Perch, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Jean Beausejour, Thomas Rogne, James McArthur, Callum McManaman, Jordi Gómez, James McClean