Wigan Athletic 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 October 2006

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 14 October 2006, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wigan Athletic 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Wigan Athletic lost to Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 October 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

L. Baines opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from L. Baines (5'). Manchester United scored through Nemanja Vidic (62'), Louis Saha (66') and Ole Solskjær (90').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 15th on 5 points from 6 and Manchester United 1st on 16 points from 7. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Manchester United 1st with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · L. BainesWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Rio FerdinandManchester United
  • 40'Yellow card · John O'SheaManchester United
  • 62'Goal · Nemanja VidicManchester United · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 1-2
  • 90'Goal · Ole SolskjærManchester United · 1-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Wigan Athletic 0, draws 0, Manchester United 2.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up

Fitz Hall, Arjan de Zeeuw, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Leighton Baines, Kevin Kilbane, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Henri Camara, Emile Heskey, Chris Kirkland, Gary Teale

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville