Wigan Athletic 4-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011

Result

Wigan Athletic 4-3 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Wigan Athletic 4-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Wigan Athletic won against Blackburn Rovers 4-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 February 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jason Roberts opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from James McCarthy (35'), Hugo Rodallega (50'), James McCarthy (56') and Ben Watson (65', penalty). Blackburn Rovers scored through Jason Roberts (23'), Christopher Samba (58') and David Dunn (81', penalty).

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 19th on 23 points from 25 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 31 points from 25. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 43.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · James McCarthyWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 50'Goal · Hugo RodallegaWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 56'Goal · James McCarthyWigan Athletic · 3-1
  • 58'Goal · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers · 3-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Míchel SalgadoBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Penalty goal · Ben WatsonWigan Athletic · 4-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Jermaine JonesBlackburn Rovers
  • 81'Penalty goal · David DunnBlackburn Rovers · 4-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Franco Di SantoWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 6.

Team news

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Antolín Alcaraz, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Charles N'Zogbia, Victor Moses, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Ben Watson, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Martin Olsson, Christopher Samba, Míchel Salgado, Jermaine Jones, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Junior Hoilett, Jason Roberts, Ryan Nelsen