Wigan vs Bristol Rovers

25 January 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee S Jackson

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • James Carragher 6’
  • Jonny Smith 70’

Match summary

Wigan beat Bristol Rovers 2-0. Wigan led 1-0 at half-time.

James Carragher put Wigan ahead with a header in the 6th minute and Jonny Smith made it 2-0 in the 70th minute.

Shots finished 10-5 to Wigan, with 2 on target for Wigan and 3 for Bristol Rovers.

Match stats

Wigan Bristol Rovers
10 Shots 5
2 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Wigan Bristol Rovers
Kick-off
James Carragher1-0 (Wigan)
6’
Half-time1-0
Jonny Smith2-0 (Wigan)
70’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Wigan
  • Joseph Hungbo
Bristol Rovers
  • James Wilson
  • Romaine Sawyers
  • Luke Thomas

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bristol Rovers attacking Wigan attacking 
3’ Joseph Hungbo (Wigan), open play, blocked 6’ James Carragher (Wigan), set piece, goal 8’ Dale Taylor (Wigan), open play, off target 11’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 23’ Luke Robinson (Wigan), open play, blocked 29’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 38’ Thelo Aasgaard (Wigan), open play, blocked 60’ Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, blocked 61’ Jonny Smith (Wigan), open play, blocked 61’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, saved 61’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, saved 70’ Jonny Smith (Wigan), open play, goal 71’ Thelo Aasgaard (Wigan), open play, hit the woodwork 90+3’ Jon Mellish (Wigan), open play, off target 3’ Joseph Hungbo (Wigan), open play, blocked 6’ James Carragher (Wigan), set piece, goal 8’ Dale Taylor (Wigan), open play, off target 11’ Ruel Sotiriou (Bristol Rovers), open play, off target 23’ Luke Robinson (Wigan), open play, blocked 29’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), open play, saved 38’ Thelo Aasgaard (Wigan), open play, blocked 60’ Connor Taylor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, blocked 61’ Jonny Smith (Wigan), open play, blocked 61’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, saved 61’ Gatlin O'Donkor (Bristol Rovers), from a corner, saved 70’ Jonny Smith (Wigan), open play, goal 71’ Thelo Aasgaard (Wigan), open play, hit the woodwork 90+3’ Jon Mellish (Wigan), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Luke Robinson
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Joseph Hungbo Taken off
54′ – – 1 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Ollie Norburn Taken off
69′ – – – – – – –
Silko Thomas Taken off
87′ – – – – – – –
Dale Taylor Taken off
87′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Jonny Smith Came on as a substitute
36′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Harry McHugh Came on as a substitute
21′ – – – – – – –
Jon Mellish Came on as a substitute
3′ – – 1 – – – –
Will Goodwin Came on as a substitute
3′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Wigan win 51% Avg odds 1.85
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.42
Bristol Rovers win 22% Avg odds 4.36

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.