Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 30 December 2009
Result
Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Wednesday 30 December 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
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Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Manchester United won against Wigan Athletic 5-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 December 2009. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (28'), Michael Carrick (32'), Rafael (44'), Dimitar Berbatov (50') and Antonio Valencia (75'). Wigan Athletic did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 40 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 19 points from 18. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 36.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Wigan Athletic's D-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 28'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 32'Goal · Michael Carrick
- 44'Goal · Rafael
- 50'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 58'Yellow card · Charles N'Zogbia
- 75'Goal · Antonio Valencia
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tomasz Kuszczak, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Anderson, Darron Gibson, Danny Welbeck, Nani, Federico Macheda, Michael Owen, Gary Neville
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-3)
Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Cho Won-Hee, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Jordi Gómez, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez