Wigan Athletic 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 September 2008

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 28 September 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Wigan Athletic · Manchester City · Premier League predictions

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 September 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.

Antonio Valencia opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Antonio Valencia (16') and Amr Zaki (32'). Manchester City scored through Vincent Kompany (21').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 16th on 5 points from 5 and Manchester City 8th on 9 points from 5. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Antonio ValenciaWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 21'Goal · Vincent KompanyManchester City · 1-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Antonio ValenciaWigan Athletic
  • 32'Yellow card · Vincent KompanyManchester City
  • 32'Goal · Amr ZakiWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 32'Yellow card · RobinhoManchester City
  • 33'Yellow card · Javier GarridoManchester City
  • 57'Yellow card · Michael BrownWigan Athletic
  • 70'Yellow card · Micah RichardsManchester City
  • 71'Yellow card · Mario MelchiotWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Wigan Athletic 4, draws 2, Manchester City 0.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)

Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Hart, Vedran Ćorluka, Martin Petrov, Michael Johnson, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano, Richard Dunne, Sun Jihai