Premiership · Matchday 18
Manchester United v Wigan Athletic
5–0
HT 2–0
Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 5–0 at Old Trafford on Monday 26th December 2011 in the Premiership. Ji-Sung Park (8'), Dimitar Berbatov (41', 58', 78') and Antonio Valencia (75') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 8' Ji-Sung Park Assist: Patrice Evra 1–0
- 22' David Jones
- 24' Jonny Evans
- 40' Conor Sammon
- 41' Dimitar Berbatov Assist: Darron Gibson 2–0
- Half Time 2–0
- 46' Ezekiel Fryers for Evans
- 58' Dimitar Berbatov Assist: Antonio Valencia 3–0
- 62' Ryan Giggs
- 64' Wayne Rooney for Giggs
- 64' Federico Macheda for Nani
- 75' Antonio Valencia Assist: Michael Carrick 4–0
- 78' Dimitar Berbatov pen 5–0
- Full Time 5–0
Match Facts
- Dimitar Berbatov scored a hat-trick.
- Ji-Sung Park scored his 25th goal for United in all competitions.
- Dimitar Berbatov scored his 50th goal for United in all competitions.
- Dimitar Berbatov's 3 goals took him to 6 in 2011-2012 and 52 for United.
- Antonio Valencia's 3rd goal of 2011-2012, and his 13th for United.
Starting XI
Player
9 Dimitar Berbatov 41', 58', 78'
Wigan Athletic Lineup
3-5-1-1
Starting XI
3 Antolin Alcaraz CD-R
4 James McCarthy CM-R
5 Gary Caldwell CD
11 Victor Moses RM
14 Jordi Gómez LM
18 Conor Sammon F
19 David Jones LB
21 Mohamed Diamé CM-L
23 Ronnie Stam RB
26 Ali Al-Habsi G
31 Maynor Figueroa CD-L
Substitutes
2 Steve Gohouri
7 Albert Crusat
8 Ben Watson
9 Franco Di Santo on
12 Michael Pollitt
16 James McArthur on
20 Hugo Rodallega on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Roberto Martinez
Wigan Athletic
Match Information
Man Utd
4-4-2
Formation
Wigan Athletic
3-5-1-1
United vs Wigan Athletic History
Meeting 14 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 14 times: 14W 0D 0L.
30 Dec 2009 W 5–0 PL 20 Nov 2010 W 2–0 PL 26 Feb 2011 W 4–0 PL
26 Dec 2011 W 5–0 This match
11 Apr 2012 L 0–1 PL 15 Sep 2012 W 4–0 PL 1 Jan 2013 W 4–0 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 FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →