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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Arjan de ZeeuwWigan Athletic
  • 19'Yellow card · G. KavanaghWigan Athletic
  • 55'Yellow card · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic
  • 60'Goal · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Ryan GiggsManchester United
  • 74'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 1-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Lee McCullochWigan Athletic
  • 83'Yellow card · John O'SheaManchester United
  • 87'Yellow card · Gary NevilleManchester United
  • 90'Own goal · Pascal ChimbondaManchester United · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · L. BainesWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Wigan Athletic 0, draws 0, Manchester United 1.

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