Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Monday 26 December 2011

Result

Manchester United 5-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Monday 26 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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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 Monday 26 December 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Park Ji-Sung opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Park Ji-Sung (8'), Dimitar Berbatov (41'), Dimitar Berbatov (58'), Antonio Valencia (75') and Dimitar Berbatov (78', penalty). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 42 points from 17 and Wigan Athletic 18th on 14 points from 17. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 43.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 5-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 10 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Park Ji-SungManchester United · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · David JonesWigan Athletic
  • 24'Yellow card · Jonny EvansManchester United
  • 39'Red card · C. SammonWigan Athletic
  • 41'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovManchester United · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovManchester United · 3-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Ryan GiggsManchester United
  • 75'Goal · Antonio ValenciaManchester United · 4-0
  • 78'Penalty goal · Dimitar BerbatovManchester United · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 10, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ashley YoungManchester United · injury (Ankle Injury)
  • Tom CleverleyManchester United · injury (Ankle Injury)
  • FábioManchester United · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)

Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Darron Gibson, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Nani, Ryan Giggs, Anders Lindegaard

Wigan Athletic line-up (5-4-1)

Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, Jordi Gómez, Mohamed Diamé, Conor Sammon, G. Caldwell, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez