Both Wigan and Blackburn Rovers will be looking maintain their unbeaten runs when they lock horns at the DW Stadium on Saturday evening for an interesting FA Cup tie in the third round. The match will kick off at 18:00.
Both sides have been impressive in their respective league divisions and are both chasing promotions with Wigan collecting 45 points from their 21 League One matches to sit third in the table with just four points off the summit, while Blackburn have collected 46 points from their 25 Championship matches and currently sit in the second spot in the league standings with just three points behind Bournemouth at the top.
The two sides head into the Saturday’s clash in good forms with Wigan maintaining a 13-match unbeaten run across all competitions and are coming off a dominant 6-0 win against Oldham at away in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday night, while Blackburn are coming off a nine-match unbeaten run in the Championship, but are coming off a disappointing 0-0 draw against Huddersfield at home on Sunday which ended their six-match win streak.
Both sides would have wished to continue with their respective league action as they have been building good momentum but will break for the important FA Cup with both looking to keep their momentum going inn this fixture. The last time these two met in FA Cup was back in 1998 with Rovers winning 4-2 at Ewood Park and will fascinating to see what happens in this one.
Wigan vs Blackburn head to head
Both sides have met in 28 encounters since 2002 with Blackburn claiming 13 victories while Wigan have claimed eight and there have been seven draw. However, when playing at home, Wigan have not lost to Blackburn in their last 11 meetings.
- Wigan 2-0 Blackburn 27/06/20
- Blackburn 0-0 Wigan 23/12/19
- Blackburn 3-0 Wigan 12/03/19
- Wigan 3-1 Blackburn 28/11/18
- Blackburn 2-2 Wigan 04/03/18
Home
- Oldham 0-6 Wigan
- Oxford 2-3 Wigan
- Wigan 1-1 Ipswich
- Wigan 2-1 Shrewsbury
- Colchester 1-2 Wigan
Away
- Blackburn 0-0 Huddersfield
- Blackburn 2-1 Barnsley
- Blackburn 4-0 Birmingham
- Bournemouth 0-2 Blackburn
- Blackburn 1-0 Preston
Wigan team news
Wigan have a fully-fit squad with Joe Bennett and James McClean expected to make a return.
Blackburn team news
Blackburn will be without Bradley Dack, Ian Poveda and Harry Pickering due to injuries while Joe Rankin-Costello is doubt.
Prediction and odds
- Blackburn win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
