Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 20

Manchester United v Wigan Athletic

1–0
Wednesday 14th January 2009 · Old Trafford · Att: 73,917

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
  1. Kick Off
  2. 1' Wayne Rooney 1–0
  3. 8' Carlos Tevez for Rooney
  4. Half Time
  5. 48' Titus Bramble
  6. 52' Paul Scharner
  7. 54' Amr Zaki
  8. 59' Oliveira Anderson for Nani
  9. 85' Darren Fletcher for Scholes
  10. Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

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

Man Utd Wigan Athletic
59%
Possession
41%
11
Shots
17
2
Shots on Target
3
4
Corners
6
9
Fouls
12
4
Offsides
1
3
Saves
1

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.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 9900 321100.0
Away 9801 24488.9
Neutral 2200 60100.0
All 20 meetings with Wigan Athletic →

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 →