Wigan Athletic 1-0 Doncaster Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 3 October 2020

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Doncaster Rovers

League One · Saturday 3 October 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wigan Athletic 1-0 Doncaster Rovers: match report

Wigan Athletic won against Doncaster Rovers 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 3 October 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Joe Garner of Wigan Athletic in the 59th minute.

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

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 17th on 3 points from 3 and Doncaster Rovers 4th on 7 points from 3. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Doncaster Rovers 14th with 64.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Jones of Wigan Athletic (8.0), ahead of Kal Naismith (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · James CoppingerDoncaster Rovers
  • 59'Goal · Joe GarnerWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Taylor RichardsDoncaster Rovers
  • 81'Yellow card · Joe GarnerWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Wigan Athletic 0, draws 1, Doncaster Rovers 1.

Team news

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

Jamie Jones, Tom James, Darnell Johnson, Kal Naismith, Tom Pearce, Alex Perry, Chris Merrie, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Lee Evans, Gavin Massey, Joe Garner

Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Josef Bursik, Brad Halliday, Joe Wright, Tom Anderson, Reece James, Ben Whiteman, Madger Gomes, Jon Taylor, Taylor Richards, James Coppinger, Tyreece John-Jules