Manchester City 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2009

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 17 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Manchester City beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Pablo Zabaleta of Manchester City in the 52nd minute.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 15th on 22 points from 20 and Wigan Athletic 7th on 31 points from 21. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Wigan Athletic 11th with 45.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Lee CattermoleWigan Athletic
  • 41'Yellow card · Titus BrambleWigan Athletic
  • 52'Goal · Pablo ZabaletaManchester City · 1-0
  • 54'Red card · Richard DunneManchester City
  • 70'Yellow card · RobinhoManchester City
  • 86'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosWigan Athletic
  • 90'Yellow card · Chris KirklandWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester City 0, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 5.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)

Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez