The Latics are now six points adrift of the Millers, who are directly above them in the table, and the race for survival is well and truly on.
There wasn't much to cheer for Steve Evans' men, here's the game dissected into numbers.
-17 – The number the Millers’ goal difference stands on
after this defeat, worse than Wigan below them in the table and Fulham above
them.
1 - The number of changes boss Steve Evans made to his side,
with the fit-again Paul Green replacing suspended Lee Frecklington.
2 – The number of times the Millers have lost back-to-back
league home games in the Championship this season after this defeat followed last week’s
loss to Cardiff.
3 – The number of wins the Millers have recorded on a
Saturday in front of their own crowd this season after another disappointing
weekend.
6 – The number of points the Millers are now above the
dropzone after Wigan cut the gap.
6 – The number of assists Ben Pringle has racked up this
season after his cross was headed home by Matt Derbyshire, with the left-winger
also making 87 key passes.
7 – The number of home defeats the Millers have suffered
this season, still one less than the 2012/13 campaign in League Two.
8 – The number of times the Millers have failed to score in
the second half at home after they failed to get past Ali Al-Habsi.
8 – The number of goals the Millers have scored in the 41-45
minute period of the game after Derbyshire’s strike, their most prolific time
of a match.
9 – The number of games the Millers have left to play this
season, with 27 points still up for grabs.
11 – The number of months since the Millers last won more
than one league game in a row, going back to last April when they beat
Gillingham after seeing off Bristol City.
14 - The number of times in the Championship this season
where the Millers have been losing at half-time.
16 – The number of shots the Millers had on Wigan’s goal, but
only four of those tested Latics goalkeeper Al-Habsi.
19 – The number of months since Jermaine Pennant last scored
in English football before his brace here.
21 – The number of times the Millers have conceded the first
goal in Championship games this season.
22 - The number of
years since the Millers last beat Wigan at home, going back to 1993.
23 - The number of first-half goals the Millers have
conceded this season after they went in at the break 2-1 down.
44 – The number of shots Paul Green has had for the Millers
this season, only three of them resulting in goals, after the Republic of
Ireland midfielder had four efforts on goal against the Latics.
44 – The number of aerial battles lost by the Millers in the
90 minutes, nine of them won by Latics defender Harry Maguire.
477 – The number of minutes between Matt Derbyshire’s
first-half goal and his last strike, in the 3-3 draw against Derby last month.
905 – The number of total minutes the Millers have been
trailing in Championship games this season after going behind in the 31st
minute.
