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Commentary
A great effort from BROJA scraped the woodwork.
A shot from CHONG seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
A penalty box meleé resulted in GORDON knocking the ball wide.
11¹A fine ball from EGAN-RILEY on the right bobbled toward GORDON who sliced his shot just beyond the far post.
12¹The stunned 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from ROTHWELL fell just wide.
16¹A free-kick from BROJA flew over the bar.
21¹A thirty yard drive from PIROE caused the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper no problem.
23¹A clumsy foul on NAISMITH by EGAN-RILEY results in a booking.
24¹BROJA brought the ball away from KIPRÉ and stabbed a tame shot well wide.
27¹A mix up in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled BROJA to fire an effort over the bar.
34¹DRMIC headed over the bar.
37¹A pin-point pass fell to PIROE and his deadly effort went narrowly wide.
42¹CARVALHO shot over.
A shot from GORDON was smothered by the 'keeper.
10²KETO was able to claw away a tame header from BROJA.
10²BROJA was put clear by MORTON and he pulled away from KETO but thrust his shot wide.
16²PIROE stabbed an easy chance past the far post.
19²DRMIC booted the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
27²A cross from GORDON left MARC GUIU in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
33²CARVALHO made space on the right and dragged the ball to GORDON who fired the ball wide.
37²SHINNIE dummied MORTON but knocked the ball into the arms of the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper.
41²GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled PIROE to run through the Blackburn Rovers defence and score. (1-0 Wigan Athletic)
43²A perfect strike from BRERETON DÍAZ was dealt with by a good stop from the Wigan Athletic 'keeper.

 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 7
Home league form: LWWW
Overall league form: LWWWWLXW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
James TRAFFORD1Hugo KETO
Milan VAN EWIJK2Tendayi DARIKWA
(c)Tosin ADARABIOYO3Lloyd KELLY
Tyler MORTON4Joe WILLIAMS
Callum DOYLE5Cédric KIPRÉ
C.J. EGAN-RILEY6Kal NAISMITH
Fábio CARVALHO7Graeme SHINNIE
Joe ROTHWELL8Tahith CHONG
Armando BROJA9ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa(c,p)
Josip DRMIC10Jamal LOWE(f)
(p,f)Anthony GORDON11Joël PIROE
Luke MURRAYManager
Grant HANLEY  12  Joe BENNETT
Christian WALTON  13  Joe BURSIK
MARC GUIU Paz14  Joe GELHARDT
Cesare CASADEI  15  Josh MAGENNIS
Ben BRERETON DÍAZ16Tom PEARCE
 
Wigan Athletic
 
League position: 5
Away league form: XWXW
Overall league form: XXWWLXXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Blackburn Rovers 0 Wigan Athletic 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 31,279, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Scott Mathieson 5½)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Piroe 41²
DrmicóMarc Guiu 25², BrojaóBrereton Díaz 25²Roberto FirminoóPearce 38²
  
Egan-Riley 23¹ 
23
157
21
34
123
157
33
52%48%
Man of the match: Cédric Kipré