Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 30 December 2009

Result

Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Wednesday 30 December 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Manchester United won against Wigan Athletic 5-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 December 2009. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (28'), Michael Carrick (32'), Rafael (44'), Dimitar Berbatov (50') and Antonio Valencia (75'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 40 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 19 points from 18. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 36.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Michael CarrickManchester United · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · RafaelManchester United · 3-0
  • 50'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovManchester United · 4-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Charles N'ZogbiaWigan Athletic
  • 75'Goal · Antonio ValenciaManchester United · 5-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Manchester United 9, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Carlos Alberto Tevez

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-3)

Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Cho Won-Hee, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Jordi Gómez, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez