Wigan Athletic 1-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Monday 6 March 2006
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Monday 6 March 2006, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Wigan Athletic 1-2 Manchester United: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 6 March 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Paul Scharner opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Paul Scharner (60'). Manchester United scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (74') and an own goal by Pascal Chimbonda (90').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 10th on 40 points from 27 and Manchester United 3rd on 54 points from 26. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read D-L-D-D-W and Manchester United's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Arjan de Zeeuw
- 19'Yellow card · G. Kavanagh
- 55'Yellow card · Paul Scharner
- 60'Goal · Paul Scharner
- 70'Yellow card · Ryan Giggs
- 74'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 81'Yellow card · Lee McCulloch
- 83'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 87'Yellow card · Gary Neville
- 90'Own goal · Pascal Chimbonda
- 90'Yellow card · L. Baines
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up
John Filan, Pascal Chimbonda, Arjan de Zeeuw, Leighton Baines, Paul Scharner, Jimmy Bullard, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh, Gary Teale
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, John O'Shea