Wigan Athletic 0-5 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 August 2009

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-5 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 22 August 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wigan Athletic 0-5 Manchester United: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Manchester United 0-5 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 August 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (56'), Dimitar Berbatov (58'), Wayne Rooney (65'), Michael Owen (85') and Nani (90').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 7th on 3 points from 2 and Manchester United 10th on 3 points from 2. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 85.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 8 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 49'Yellow card · Patrice EvraManchester United
  • 56'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 58'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovManchester United · 0-2
  • 65'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-3
  • 76'Yellow card · Hugo RodallegaWigan Athletic
  • 85'Goal · Michael OwenManchester United · 0-4
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic
  • 90'Goal · NaniManchester United · 0-5

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Wigan Athletic 0, draws 0, Manchester United 8.

Team news

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

Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Jason Koumas, Charles N'Zogbia, Jordi Gómez, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

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

Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Carlos Alberto Tevez