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Commentary
1¹ALEXANDRE PATO nutmegged KOUMAS but knocked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
4¹The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper dived to his left to stop a fierce shot from Wigan Athletic's KILBANE.
7¹The 'keeper was able to block a tame shot from GUARDADO.
8¹A header from ALEXANDRE PATO was booted off the line by MELCHIOT.
16¹A free-kick from JARQUE went inches wide.
18¹GOAL!! A terrible backpass by DELPIERRE enabled ALEXANDRE PATO to nip in and crack the ball past the Wigan Athletic 'keeper. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
21¹A cynical foul on GUARDADO by BROWN results in a booking.
23¹ALEXANDRE PATO rattled a simple chance past the righthand post.
24¹GOAL!! A glorious inswinging corner was forced in at the far post by ALEXANDRE PATO. (2-0 Blackburn Rovers)
27¹ANELKA headed over.
32¹A corner found CAREW who flicked an effort just beyond the far post.
33¹BOUAOUZAN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Blackburn Rovers woodwork.
35¹ANELKA steamed through the Blackburn Rovers defence but shot straight at OCHOA.
35¹A refined pass from O'NEIL was knocked goalbound by BOUAOUZAN only for OCHOA to block.
37¹ALEXANDRE PATO ran onto a wonderful ball from RAÚL GARCÍA but dragged his effort wide.
0²GOAL!! A short corner was chipped out to CAREW who knocked the ball into the net. (3-0 Blackburn Rovers)
3²ALEXANDRE PATO shot over.
7²ANELKA booted the ball wide of the goal from just inside the area.
10²The Blackburn Rovers 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from MELCHIOT.
17²A poor strike from WARNOCK rolled agonisingly wide.
23²WARNOCK waltzed past DELPIERRE and rifled a weak shot wide.
30²PIQUÉ beat two Blackburn Rovers players and slammed a golden opportunity wide.
38²NASH was able to claw away a fierce shot.

 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 9
Home league form: LWLL
Overall league form: LXWLLXLW
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Guillermo OCHOA7 17 Carlo NASH
Ezequiel GARAY7 27 Mario MELCHIOT
RAÚL GARCÍA Escudero6½37½Kevin KILBANE
Stephen WARNOCK7½47½Kim KÄLLSTRÖM
Daniel JARQUE6 57½Gerard PIQUÉ
André OOIJER7½66½Matthieu DELPIERRE
(c,f)Rodrigo TADDEI7½76 Gary O'NEIL
Andrés GUARDADO7½86½Jason KOUMAS
(p)John CAREW7 96 Rachid BOUAOUZAN(p)
JOÃO Filipe MOUTINHO6½106 Michael BROWN(f)
ALEXANDRE PATO6 115½Nicolas ANELKA(c)
Robert RICHARDSONManager
Lorenzo DE SILVESTRI  12  David COTTERILL
Eddie NOLAN  13  Kasper SCHMEICHEL
Sergio BUSQUETS  14  Glen LITTLE
Sergio PETER  15  Maynor FIGUEROA
Matt DERBYSHIRE  16  Josip SKOKO
 
Wigan Athletic
 
League position: 20
Away league form: LLLO
Overall league form: LLLLLLLO
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Blackburn Rovers 3 Wigan Athletic 0
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 31,313, Stadium: Ewood Park, Referee: Rob Styles 6)

Alexandre Pato 18¹, Alexandre Pato 24¹, Carew 0²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
  
  
 Brown 21¹
64
108
71
75
73
148
25
59%41%
Man of the match: Gerard Piqué