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Wigan Athletic vs Blackburn Rovers

Championship
Wigan
WGA
3-2
Final
Blackburn
BLK
The Brick Community Stadium

Match pulse

WGAAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTBLK
21'Jan Paul van HeckeBLK33'Tyrhys DolanBLK64'John BuckleyBLK72'Daniel ButterworthBLK73'James McCleanWGA86'Max PowerWGA
Team1H2HT
WGA033
BLK022

Who won: Wigan 3-2

Wigan Athletic beat Blackburn Rovers 3-2 on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at The Brick Community Stadium. Goals for Wigan: Max Power (61'), Aynsley Pears (own goal) (75') and Thelo Aasgaard (90'+4'). Goals for Blackburn: Reda Khadra (49') and Daniel Ayala (89').

Player of the game

Jamie Jones

WGA · 90'

6.3

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Wigan Athletic 3, Blackburn Rovers 2.
  2. Second Half ends, Wigan Athletic 3, Blackburn Rovers 2.
  3. 90'+6'

    Attempt missed. Daniel Butterworth (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.

  4. GOAL90'+4'

    Goal! Right footed shot

    T. Aasgaard

    Goal! Wigan Athletic 3, Blackburn Rovers 2. Thelo Aasgaard (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Max Power.

    WGA 3 - 2 BLK
  5. 90'+3'Jan Paul van Hecke

    Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.

  6. 90'

    Attempt missed. Jack Whatmough (Wigan Athletic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

  7. 89'

    Free kick won

    Gwion Edwards (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  8. 89'

    Foul by Joe Rothwell (Blackburn Rovers).

  9. GOAL89'

    Goal! Header

    D. Ayala

    Goal! Wigan Athletic 2, Blackburn Rovers 2. Daniel Ayala (Blackburn Rovers) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Reda Khadra.

    WGA 2 - 2 BLK
  10. 88'

    Foul by Thelo Aasgaard (Wigan Athletic).

  11. 88'

    Free kick won

    Ben Brereton (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  12. 87'
    Sub

    Subbed on for C. Lang

    Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Jordan Jones replaces Callum Lang.

    J. Jones

  13. 86'

    Yellow card

    Max Power (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.

    M. Power

  14. 86'

    Free kick won

    Joe Rothwell (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  15. 86'

    Foul by Max Power (Wigan Athletic).

  16. 84'

    Attempt missed. Daniel Butterworth (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.

  17. 83'

    Foul by Stephen Humphrys (Wigan Athletic).

  18. 83'

    Free kick won

    Daniel Ayala (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  19. 81'

    Attempt missed. Callum Lang (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

  20. 79'
    Sub

    Subbed on for T. Naylor

    Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Thelo Aasgaard replaces Tom Naylor.

    T. Aasgaard

  21. 79'
    Sub

    Subbed on for W. Keane

    Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Stephen Humphrys replaces Will Keane.

    S. Humphrys

  22. 78'

    Free kick won

    Tom Naylor (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  23. 78'

    Foul by Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers).

  24. OWN GOAL75'

    Own goal

    A. Pears

    Own Goal by Aynsley Pears, Blackburn Rovers. Wigan Athletic 2, Blackburn Rovers 1.

    WGA 2 - 1 BLK
  25. 73'

    Yellow card

    James McClean (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.

    J. McClean

Leaders

WGABLK
Total Shots
Max Power
1
Aynsley Pears
1

Season seriesWGA leads series 2-1-2