Manchester City 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2011

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2011, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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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 5 March 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from David Silva of Manchester City in the 37th minute.

Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 50 points from 28 and Wigan Athletic 20th on 27 points from 28. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 42.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Micah RichardsManchester City
  • 32'Yellow card · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 37'Goal · David SilvaManchester City · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic
  • 56'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 3, draws 3, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Micah Richards, Jérôme Boateng, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Piscu, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, G. Caldwell, Ben Watson, Tom Cleverley, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez