Wigan Athletic 4-3 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005

Result

Wigan Athletic 4-3 Manchester City

Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Wigan Athletic 4-3 Manchester City: match report

Wigan Athletic beat Manchester City 4-3 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2005. The half-time score was 3-1.

A. Sibierski opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Jason Roberts (11'), Lee McCulloch (23'), Jason Roberts (45') and Henri Camara (71'). Manchester City scored through A. Sibierski (3'), Joey Barton (77') and Andy Cole (88').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 7th on 28 points from 17 and Manchester City 8th on 27 points from 17. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · A. SibierskiManchester City · 0-1
  • 11'Goal · Jason RobertsWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 23'Goal · Lee McCullochWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 45'Goal · Jason RobertsWigan Athletic · 3-1
  • 71'Goal · Henri CamaraWigan Athletic · 4-1
  • 77'Goal · Joey BartonManchester City · 4-2
  • 88'Goal · Andy ColeManchester City · 4-3

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up

Mike Pollitt, Pascal Chimbonda, Matt Jackson, Arjan de Zeeuw, Leighton Baines, Jimmy Bullard, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh, Gary Teale

Manchester City line-up

David Sommeil, Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Nedum Onuoha, Claudio Reyna, Antoine Sibierski, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton, Sun Jihai