English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 22, 2008
Wigan Athletic LWDDW 1
–
Blackburn Rovers LWWDL 3
Ewood Park · 23,541 att.

Team Stats

15
Fouls
19
3
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
2
9
Corner Kicks
1
5
Saves
13
47
Possession
53
14
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
2
Accurate Passes
4
2
Passes
4
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
9
Accurate Crosses
5
18
Crosses
9
0.5
Cross %
0.6
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
1
Effective Clearances
5
1
Clearances
5

Head to Head

BLK leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BLK

  1. 1Brad FriedelG
  2. 2Andre OoijerD
  3. 4Christopher SambaD
  4. 13Zurab KhizanishviliD
  5. 3Stephen WarnockD
  6. 11David BentleyM
  7. 14Steven ReidM
  8. 19David DunnM
  9. 12Morten PedersenM
  10. 9Roque Santa CruzF
  11. 30Jason RobertsF

WGA

  1. 1Chris KirklandG
  2. 25Mario MelchiotD
  3. 17Emmerson BoyceD
  4. 18Paul ScharnerD
  5. 3Erik EdmanD
  6. 16Antonio ValenciaM
  7. 11Michael BrownM
  8. 5Wilson PalaciosM
  9. 8Kevin KilbaneM
  10. 14Marlon KingF
  11. 9Emile HeskeyF

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal!! Roque Santa Cruz hits a very good header low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Blackburn now leads 1 - 0
  2. 14' Wilson Palacios is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 16' Christopher Samba has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: professional foul
  4. 17' Marlon King places the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower right corner and scores!! The goalkeeper guessed correctly but could not stop the shot.
  5. 41' Wigan makes a sub: Ryan Taylor enters for Erik Edman. Reason: Serious Injury
  6. 45' Goal!! Jason Roberts hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the left penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Blackburn now leads 2 - 1
  7. 59' Michael Brown is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 61' Mario Melchiot is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  9. 63' Goal!! Roque Santa Cruz hits a very good header to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Blackburn now leads 3 - 1
  10. 64' Wigan makes a sub: Marcus Bent enters for Marlon King. Reason: Tactical
  11. 69' Wilson Palacios has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: second bookable offence
  12. 78' David Bentley is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  13. 78' Blackburn makes a sub: Tugay Kerimoglu enters for Jason Roberts. Reason: Tactical
  14. 84' Blackburn makes a sub: Aaron Mokoena enters for David Dunn. Reason: Tactical
  15. 89' Blackburn makes a sub: Benedict McCarthy enters for Roque Santa Cruz. Reason: Tactical
  16. 90' End of the game

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