Manchester United 4-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 14 December 2005

Result

Manchester United 4-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Wednesday 14 December 2005, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 4-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 14 December 2005. The half-time score was 2-0.

Rio Ferdinand opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Rio Ferdinand (29'), Wayne Rooney (34'), Wayne Rooney (54') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (69', penalty). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 31 points from 15 and Wigan Athletic 7th on 25 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Rio FerdinandManchester United · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 3-0
  • 69'Penalty goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 4-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 89'Yellow card · G. KavanaghWigan Athletic

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Gary Neville

Wigan Athletic line-up

Mike Pollitt, Pascal Chimbonda, Matt Jackson, Leighton Baines, Jimmy Bullard, Josip Skoko, Henri Camara, David Connolly, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Alan Mahon