Wigan Athletic 0-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 28 November 2012

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Wednesday 28 November 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wigan Athletic 0-2 Manchester City: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Manchester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 28 November 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Manchester City scored through Mario Balotelli (69') and James Milner (72').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 16th on 14 points from 13 and Manchester City 2nd on 29 points from 13. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 74.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-3 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 3 draws and 6 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+2'Yellow card · Jordi GómezWigan Athletic
  • 64'Yellow card · Gareth BarryManchester City
  • 69'Goal · Mario BalotelliManchester City · 0-1
  • 72'Goal · James MilnerManchester City · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 1, draws 3, Manchester City 6.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)

Jordi Gómez, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Jean Beausejour, Ali Al-Habsi, Ronnie Stam, Piscu, James McCarthy, Arouna Koné, Franco Di Santo, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Javi García, Joe Hart, Sergio Agüero, Matija Nastasić, David Silva, Yaya Touré, Maicon, Gareth Barry, Mario Balotelli