Wigan 1 - 1 Blackburn

Benni McCarthy scored his first league goal of the season but it was not enough for Blackburn to edge their derby clash with Wigan.

Hugo Rodallega levelled for the home side just after the break with a powerful close-range header.
Neither team were prepared to settle for a point though and a frenetic second-half ensued.
But Jason Scotland fluffed a one-on-one with Paul Robinson and McCarthy had an overhead kick saved by Chris Kirkland.
With both sides desperate for points in a congested bottom half of the table, the result did not deliver the three "precious" points that Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce had sought ahead of the match.
Lining up to face a Wigan team that had conceded 38 goals in 17 games, Allardyce was conscious of his own side's inability to both score and keep a clean sheet.

Blackburn had managed to score only once in six matches and were without a win in 12 away league games.

McCarthy quietened some of his manager's qualms when he made the most of Wigan's woeful marking to place Ryan Nelsen's header-on beyond Kirkland.

But Blackburn blotted their manager's copy book in the second period when they allowed the in-form Rodallega to score.

Displaying all the confidence that has seen him notch up six league goals this season, Wigan's leading scorer rose above the defence to power the ball beyond Robinson.

Own goals had almost proved the difference early on with Wigan surviving a scare after Titus Bramble threw himself in the way of a Junior Hoilett cross.