Rochdale 1-4 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Tuesday 10 April 2018

Result

Rochdale 1-4 Wigan Athletic

League One · Tuesday 10 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rochdale 1-4 Wigan Athletic: match report

Rochdale were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-4 in the League One on Tuesday 10 April 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Dan Burn opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Rochdale's goal came from Steven Davies (87', penalty). Wigan Athletic scored through Dan Burn (17'), James Vaughan (54'), Michael Jacobs (60') and Will Grigg (62').

Discipline: Rochdale received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 21st on 42 points from 39 and Wigan Athletic 2nd on 83 points from 39. Rochdale went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 98.

Rochdale lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rochdale wins, 0 draws and 3 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Dan BurnWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · James VaughanWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 60'Goal · Michael JacobsWigan Athletic · 0-3
  • 62'Goal · Will GriggWigan Athletic · 0-4
  • 71'Yellow card · Joe RaffertyRochdale
  • 87'Penalty goal · Steven DaviesRochdale · 1-4
  • 88'Yellow card · Christian WaltonWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Rochdale 0, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 3.

Team news

Rochdale line-up (4-3-1-2)

Josh Lillis, Joe Rafferty, Jimmy McNulty, Harrison McGahey, Callum Camps, Oliver Rathbone, Brad Inman, Stephen Humphrys, Calvin Andrew, Matt Done, Ian Henderson

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Christian Walton, Nathan Byrne, Callum Elder, Chey Dunkley, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Max Power, Gavin Massey, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Will Grigg