Manchester United 3-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006
Result
Manchester United 3-1 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester United · Wigan Athletic · Premier League predictions
Manchester United 3-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (46'), Cristiano Ronaldo (50', penalty) and Ole Solskjær (59'). Wigan Athletic scored through L. Baines (90+2', penalty).
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 47 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 13th on 22 points from 19. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Wigan Athletic 17th with 38.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Wigan Athletic's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 46'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 50'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 59'Goal · Ole Solskjær
- 90+2'Penalty goal · L. Baines
Head-to-head
Team news
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
Wigan Athletic line-up
Matt Jackson, Fitz Hall, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Leighton Baines, Kevin Kilbane, Andreas Johansson, Emile Heskey, Chris Kirkland, David Wright, Gary Teale, Svetoslav Todorov