Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from M. Emnes of Blackburn Rovers in the 58th minute.

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

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 21st on 33 points from 33 and Wigan Athletic 23rd on 31 points from 34. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 42.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Derrick Williams of Blackburn Rovers (8.0), ahead of Darragh Lenihan (7.8).

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 W-D-L-D-W and Wigan Athletic's D-L-D-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 58'Goal · M. EmnesBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Charlie MulgrewBlackburn Rovers
  • 87'Yellow card · Samy MorsyWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

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

Jason Steele, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Charlie Mulgrew, Derrick Williams, Liam Feeney, Jason Lowe, Danny Guthrie, Craig Conway, Marvin Emnes, Sam Gallagher

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

Matthew Gilks, Jamie Hanson, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Callum Connolly, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Sam Morsy, Michael Jacobs, Omar Bogle