Rotherham United 0-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Thursday 26 December 2024

Result

Rotherham United 0-1 Wigan Athletic

League One · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Rotherham United 0-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Rotherham United were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-1 in the League One on Thursday 26 December 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Baba Adeeko of Wigan Athletic in the 45th minute.

Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 18th on 23 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 17th on 24 points from 20. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 56.

Rotherham United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Steven Sessegnon of Wigan Athletic (7.7), ahead of Jonny Smith (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rotherham United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+3'Goal · Baba AdeekoWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Joe RaffertyRotherham United
  • 90+3'Yellow cardWigan Athletic
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jensen WeirWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Rotherham United 2, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

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Rotherham United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Dillon Phillips, Joe Rafferty, Hakeem Odoffin, Jamie McCart, Reece James, Liam Kelly, Joe Powell, Mallik Wilks, Andre Green, Sam Nombe, Jonson Clarke-Harris

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

Sam Tickle, Toby Sibbick, Jason Kerr, Will Aimson, Steven Sessegnon, Matthew Smith, Jonny Smith, Baba Adeeko, Thelo Aasgaard, Silko Thomas, Dale Taylor