Manchester United 4-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2012
Result
Manchester United 4-0 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 4-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 September 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Scholes (51'), Chicharito (63'), Alexander Büttner (66') and N. Powell (82'). Wigan Athletic did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 6 points from 3 and Wigan Athletic 9th on 4 points from 3. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 36.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-L and Wigan Athletic's D-W-L.
Key events
- 6'Missed penalty · Chicharito
- 45+1'Yellow card · Alexander Büttner
- 49'Yellow card · Emmerson Boyce
- 51'Goal · Paul Scholes
- 56'Yellow card · James McArthur
- 63'Goal · Chicharito
- 66'Goal · Alexander Büttner
- 82'Goal · N. Powell
- 90+2'Yellow card · Danny Welbeck
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)
Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Alexander Büttner, Michael Carrick, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Nani, Danny Welbeck, Ryan Giggs, Anders Lindegaard, Paul Scholes
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ali Al-Habsi, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Iván Ramis, James McCarthy, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Arouna Koné, Franco Di Santo, G. Caldwell, Shaun Maloney, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez