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Wigan's Gary Roberts fired home to give the hosts the lead after 42 minutes

Goals from Gary Roberts, James Vaughan and Callum McManaman gave Wigan a deserved victory over Blackburn at the DW Stadium.

Midfielder Roberts opened the scoring with a stunning long-range strike on 37 minutes, before Vaughan converted from the spot after Rovers midfielder Jack Rodwell brought down Joshua Windass.

A late own goal from Burn made for an interesting finish as Blackburn halved the deficit, but Callum McManaman's finish three minutes later sealed victory for the Latics.

The result marked Wigan's first win in six attempts in the Championship, while Blackburn have lost three of their past four away league matches.

After a slow start to the game, Wigan took control on the half-hour mark when Burn's effort hit the bar, with Roberts' stunning goal from long range coming just two minutes later.

After Vaughan's firm penalty doubled the hosts' lead in the second half, Paul Cook's side hit the woodwork twice before Burn bundled into his own net.

But McManaman's second goal of the season quickly put any Rovers' hopes of a comeback to bed after excellent forward play by Windass.

Rovers manager Tony Mowbray made four changes to his team for the trip to Wigan, but his side were under par throughout, and rarely threatened a Wigan team who have not lost to Rovers at home since 2007.

If it had not been for the heroics of Rovers goalkeeper David Raya, the scoreline would have been much worse for the visitors, who have now lost three of their last four away league matches.

Wigan assistant manager Leam Richardson said:

"The lads have been working hard. They thoroughly deserved the win.

"This squad is together and they want to cover every blade of grass for each other.

"That's the league - you're up against quality opposition and quality players and you've got to pit your wits against them."

Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray said:

"There might be another four or five changes at the weekend if that's the performance level to be honest - there's some players that deserve an opportunity.

"That's the first angry words I've seen among our footballers in 20 months in the dressing room, which is good to an extent.

"My job is to keep a rein on it and make sure they use their anger and frustration in the right manner."