Wigan vs Blackburn Rovers Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Wigan Athletic

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Wigan will be looking for another win after the 0-6 EFL Trophy victory vs Oldham Athletic.

Wigan Athletic haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They have totted up the amount of 15 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6. Such a trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, however.

Blackburn Rovers

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Previously, Blackburn Rovers drew 0-0 in the Championship tie with Huddersfield Town.

In that match, Blackburn Rovers managed 48% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Huddersfield Town got 4 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

The trend of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Blackburn Rovers has become evident in recent matches. Checking on their last six games reveals that it’s happened 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 1 and Blackburn Rovers have scored 10.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 28/10/2017 shows that Wigan have won 2 of these & Blackburn Rovers 1, with the tally of draws being 3.

A combined total of 13 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 of them for The Latics and 6 for Rovers. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Championship match day 39 on 27/06/2020 when the final score was Wigan Athletic 2-0 Blackburn Rovers.

In that game, Wigan Athletic had 44% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorers were Lee Evans (80') and Michael Jacobs (94').

On the other side, Blackburn Rovers had 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Darren England.

ℹ️ Team News: Wigan

The Wigan boss Leam Richardson doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad ready to go.

🗞️ Team News: Blackburn Rovers

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there is just a single fitness problem for the Blackburn Rovers gaffer Tony Mowbray to be concerned about. Bradley Dack (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be in action.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic could end up without much reward for their efforts here.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, and it’s not easy to pick a clear winner. We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 0-0 scoreline after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:18 04/01/2022