Rotherham United 1-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report
League One · Saturday 25 November 2017
Result
Rotherham United 1-3 Wigan Athletic
League One · Saturday 25 November 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Rotherham United 1-3 Wigan Athletic: match report
Rotherham United were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 25 November 2017. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Will Grigg opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Rotherham United's goal came from David Ball (16'). Wigan Athletic scored through Will Grigg (14'), Alex Bruce (28') and Michael Jacobs (60').
Discipline: Rotherham United received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Rotherham United were 9th on 26 points from 18 and Wigan Athletic 2nd on 39 points from 18. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 98.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rotherham United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Rotherham United's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Wigan Athletic's W-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Michael Ihiekwe
- 14'Goal · Will Grigg
- 16'Goal · David Ball
- 28'Goal · Alex Bruce
- 45+1'Yellow card · Richard Wood
- 47'Yellow card · R. Towell
- 56'Yellow card · Chey Dunkley
- 60'Goal · Michael Jacobs
Head-to-head
Team news
Rotherham United line-up
Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Richard Wood, A. Forde, Michael Ihiekwe, Shaun Cummings, Lee Frecklington, Darren Potter, Richie Towell, David Ball, Kieffer Moore
Wigan Athletic line-up
Jamie Jones, Nathan Byrne, Alex Bruce, Chey Dunkley, Reece James, Sam Morsy, Max Power, Lee Evans, Michael Jacobs, Will Grigg, Ryan Colclough