Wigan Athletic 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 27 June 2020

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 27 June 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wigan Athletic 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 27 June 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Lee Evans opened the scoring in the 80th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Lee Evans (80') and Michael Jacobs (90+4'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 18th on 44 points from 38 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 56 points from 38. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Blackburn Rovers 11th with 63.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Williams of Wigan Athletic (8.2), ahead of Antonee Robinson (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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 80'Goal · Lee EvansWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 90'Yellow card · C. KipréWigan Athletic
  • 90+4'Goal · Michael JacobsWigan Athletic · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 4, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

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

Txiki Acaz, Nathan Byrne, Cédric Kipré, Danny Fox, Antonee Robinson, Joe Williams, Sam Morsy, Anthony Pilkington, Kieran Dowell, Jamal Lowe, Kieffer Moore

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Christian Walton, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Tosin Adarabioyo, Elliott Bennett, Lewis Travis, Stewart Downing, Joe Rothwell, Lewis Holtby, Sam Gallagher, Ben Brereton Díaz