Manchester United 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 14 January 2009
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Wednesday 14 January 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Manchester United 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 14 January 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Wayne Rooney of Manchester United in the 1st minute.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 41 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 7th on 31 points from 20. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Wigan Athletic 11th with 45.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Wigan Athletic's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 49'Yellow card · Titus Bramble
- 52'Yellow card · Paul Scharner
- 52'Yellow card · Amr Zaki
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez