League Cup · Final
Manchester United v Wigan Athletic
4–0
Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 4–0 at Millennium Stadium (N) on Sunday 26th February 2006 in the League Cup. Wayne Rooney (33', 61'), Louis Saha (55') and Cristiano Ronaldo (59') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 33' Wayne Rooney 1–0
- Half Time
- 55' Louis Saha 2–0
- 59' Cristiano Ronaldo 3–0
- 61' Wayne Rooney 4–0
- 73' Kieran Richardson for Ronaldo
- 83' Nemanja Vidic for Brown
- 83' Patrice Evra for Silvestre
- Full Time 4–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Substitutes
Kieran Richardson
73' for Ronaldo
Nemanja Vidic
83' for Brown
Patrice Evra
83' for Silvestre
Wigan Athletic Lineup
Starting XI
2 Pascal Chimbonda D
6 Stephane Henchoz D
7 Henri Camara F
11 Graham Kavanagh M
12 Michael Pollitt G
16 Arjan De Zeeuw D
18 Paul Scharner D
20 Gary Teale F
21 Jimmy Bullard M
26 Leighton Baines D
30 Jason Roberts F
Substitutes
1 John Filan on
4 Matt Jackson
8 Andreas Johansson
10 Lee McCulloch on
23 Reto Ziegler on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Paul Jewell
Wigan Athletic
United vs Wigan Athletic History
Meeting 2 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 2 times: 2W 0D 0L.
14 Dec 2005 W 4–0 PL
26 Feb 2006 W 4–0 This match
6 Mar 2006 W 2–1 PL 14 Oct 2006 W 3–1 PL 26 Dec 2006 W 3–1 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 FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →