Wigan Athletic 3-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Wigan Athletic 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 28 November 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wigan Athletic won against Blackburn Rovers 3-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 28 November 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Gary Roberts opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Gary Roberts (37'), James Vaughan (54', penalty) and Callum McManaman (86'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Dan Burn (83').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 18th on 21 points from 18 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 26 points from 18. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Blackburn Rovers 16th with 60.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kal Naismith of Wigan Athletic (7.8), level with James Vaughan (7.8).

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