Wigan Athletic vs. Blackburn Rovers Match Analysis and Prediction

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Wigan Athletic will be bidding to return to the winning ways in the EFL Championship this week when they lock horns with Blackburn Rovers at DW Stadium in the 13th game week of the campaign. Kickoffs on October 11 at 21:45 EAT.

The home team occupies the 16th spot in the league standings with 16 points after the 12 matches they have played so far. Wigan appears to be on a downward trajectory after losing three of their last four matches in the second tier (LWLL).

Wigan Athletic come into this game following 1-3 Championship defeat to beat Cardiff City in their most recent match. In that game, Wigan Athletic managed 61% possession, 10 shots with one of them on target and a goal scored by Charlie Wyke (83′). Cardiff City got 10 shots with six of them on target and goals by Callum Robinson (7′), Sheyi Ojo (65′) and Ryan Wintle (91′).

Blackburn Rovers occupies the seventh spot in the league standings with 21 points after 12 matches. In normal circumstances, losing six of your opening 13 league games at a new club would lead to pressure, but that is not the case for head coach Jon Dahl Tomasson who has guided his side to victory in the other seven games. Coming into trhis game, Blackburn won threee and lost three of their last six matches (LWLWLW).

The Rovers takes this trip looking for another win following 3-0 Championship victory over Rotherham United in their previous amtch. In that game, Blackburn Rovers had 55% possession, 19 shots shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Ben Brereton Díaz (21′, 63′) and Sammie Szmodics (75′). Rotherham United got nine shots with two of them on target.

Wigan Athletic vs. Blackburn Rovers head to head

Blackburn Rovers has a slight upper hand in the head to head history of this having won 13 times from the 29 encounters since 2002; Wigan Athletic won nine times while seven matches ended in draws.