Premiership · Matchday 27
Wigan Athletic v Manchester United
1–2
Manchester United beat Wigan Athletic 2–1 at JJB Stadium on Monday 6th March 2006 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (74') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 5' Arjan De Zeeuw
- 19' Graham Kavanagh
- Half Time
- 55' Paul Scharner
- 60' Matt Scharner 1–0
- 70' Ryan Giggs
- 71' Ruud van Nistelrooy for Park
- 74' Cristiano Ronaldo 1–1
- 81' Lee McCulloch
- 83' John O'Shea
- 85' Patrice Evra for Silvestre
- 87' Gary Neville
- 90' Leighton Baines
- 90+2' Pascal Chimbonda OG 1–2
- Full Time 1–2
Starting XI
Player
Wigan Athletic Lineup
Starting XI
1 John Filan G
2 Pascal Chimbonda D
7 Henri Camara F
10 Lee McCulloch F
11 Graham Kavanagh M
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
4 Matt Jackson
8 Andreas Johansson
13 Gary Walsh
23 Reto Ziegler on
27 David Thompson
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
Match Information
United vs Wigan Athletic History
Meeting 3 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 3 times: 3W 0D 0L.
14 Dec 2005 W 4–0 PL 26 Feb 2006 W 4–0 LC
6 Mar 2006 W 2–1 This match
14 Oct 2006 W 3–1 PL 26 Dec 2006 W 3–1 PL 6 Oct 2007 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 ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →