Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2011
Result
Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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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 Monday 26 December 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.
Park Ji-Sung opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Park Ji-Sung (8'), Dimitar Berbatov (41'), Dimitar Berbatov (58'), Antonio Valencia (75') and Dimitar Berbatov (78', penalty). Wigan Athletic did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 42 points from 17 and Wigan Athletic 18th on 14 points from 17. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 43.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 5-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Wigan Athletic's D-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Park Ji-Sung
- 22'Yellow card · David Jones
- 24'Yellow card · Jonny Evans
- 39'Red card · C. Sammon
- 41'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 58'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 62'Yellow card · Ryan Giggs
- 75'Goal · Antonio Valencia
- 78'Penalty goal · Dimitar Berbatov
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)
Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Darron Gibson, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Nani, Ryan Giggs, Anders Lindegaard
Wigan Athletic line-up (5-4-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, Jordi Gómez, Mohamed Diamé, Conor Sammon, G. Caldwell, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez