Wigan Athletic 3-2 Rotherham United: result and report
Championship · Saturday 8 April 2017
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-2 Rotherham United
Championship · Saturday 8 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Wigan Athletic 3-2 Rotherham United: match report
Wigan Athletic beat Rotherham United 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 8 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Danny Ward opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from G. Obertan (34'), Alex Gilbey (65') and N. Powell (90+7'). Rotherham United scored through Danny Ward (29') and Anthony Forde (61').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 34 points from 40 and Rotherham United 24th on 17 points from 40. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Rotherham United 24th with 23.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-3-3 and Rotherham United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gabriel Obertan of Wigan Athletic (8.6), ahead of Jamie Hanson (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 0 draws and 2 for Rotherham United.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Danny Ward
- 34'Goal · G. Obertan
- 61'Goal · Anthony Forde
- 65'Goal · Alex Gilbey
- 83'Yellow card · Darnell Fisher
- 90+6'Yellow card · N. Powell
- 90+6'Yellow card · Lewis Price
- 90+7'Goal · N. Powell
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-3)
Jakob Haugaard, Jamie Hanson, Craig Morgan, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Alex Gilbey, Shaun MacDonald, Max Power, Michael Jacobs, Gabriel Obertan, Ryan Colclough
Rotherham United line-up (4-4-2)
Lewis Price, Darnell Fisher, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, Joe Mattock, A. Forde, Richard Smallwood, Will Vaulks, Joe Newell, Carlton Morris, Daniel Ward