Premiership · Matchday 20
Manchester United v Wigan Athletic
1–0
Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 1–0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 14th January 2009 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (1') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 1' Wayne Rooney 1–0
- 8' Carlos Tevez for Rooney
- Half Time
- 48' Titus Bramble
- 52' Paul Scharner
- 54' Amr Zaki
- 59' Oliveira Anderson for Nani
- 85' Darren Fletcher for Scholes
- Full Time 1–0
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Carlos Tevez
8' for Rooney
Oliveira Anderson
59' for Nani
Darren Fletcher
85' for Scholes
Wigan Athletic Lineup
Starting XI
1 Chris Kirkland G
2 Ryan Taylor LM
4 Lee Cattermole CM-R
5 Wilson Palacios CM-L
7 Paul Scharner CD-R
9 Emile Heskey CF-L
13 Amr Zaki CF-R
16 Antonio Valencia RM
19 Titus Bramble CD-L
25 Mario Melchiot RB
31 Maynor Figueroa LB
Substitutes
3 Erik Edman
11 Michael Brown
17 Emmerson Boyce
18 Daniël De Ridder on
22 Richard Kingson
23 Olivier Kapo on
27 Henri Camara on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Steve Bruce
Wigan Athletic
Match Information
United vs Wigan Athletic History
Meeting 8 of 20
20
Played
19
Won
0
Drawn
1
Lost
62
Goals For
5
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Wednesday 14th December 2005. After this match United had played Wigan Athletic 8 times: 8W 0D 0L.
26 Dec 2006 W 3–1 PL 6 Oct 2007 W 4–0 PL 11 May 2008 W 2–0 PL
14 Jan 2009 W 1–0 This match
13 May 2009 W 2–1 PL 22 Aug 2009 W 5–0 PL 30 Dec 2009 W 5–0 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Away | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 88.9 |
| Neutral | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →