Manchester United 4-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Manchester United 4-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Wednesday 14 December 2005, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 14 December 2005. The half-time score was 2-0.

Rio Ferdinand opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Rio Ferdinand (29'), Wayne Rooney (34'), Wayne Rooney (54') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (69', penalty). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 31 points from 15 and Wigan Athletic 7th on 25 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Wigan Athletic's L-L-L-L-W.