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Man United 1-0 Wigan - January 14, 2009 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 18

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

January 14, 2009

73 917

1 - 0

Wigan

Assist by Cristiano RonaldoWayne Rooney

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1' - Goal Wayne Rooney1

8' - Substitution Wayne Rooneyis substituted by Carlos Tévez8

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59' - Substitution Naniis substituted by Anderson59

75' - Substitution Amr Zakiis substituted by Henri Camara

81' - Substitution Ryan Tayloris substituted by Daniël De Ridder

85' - Substitution Darren Fletcheris substituted by Michael Carrick85

88' - Substitution Lee Cattermoleis substituted by Olivier Kapo

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

1 - 0

Wigan

Man United Wigan

Team line-ups

Man United

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age38 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

Evans

Jonny Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1988

Age21 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age27 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

Rafael

Brazil

B.date09/07/1990

Age18 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

Fletcher85

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Scholes

Paul Scholes

England

B.date16/11/1974

Age34 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Nani59

Nani

Portugal

B.date17/11/1986

Age22 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Rooney18

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

Berbatov

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgaria

B.date30/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		38	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nemanja Vidic		27	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jonny Evans		21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John O'Shea		27	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafael		18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Fletcher	85	24	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scholes		34	586	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nani	59	22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Rooney	18	23	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cristiano Ronaldo		23	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Berbatov		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

181

Wigan

Kirkland

Chris Kirkland

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Bramble

Titus Bramble

England

B.date21/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Scharner

Paul Scharner

Austria

B.date11/03/1980

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Taylor81

Ryan Taylor

England

B.date19/08/1984

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age32 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Figueroa

Maynor Figueroa

Honduras

B.date02/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

Cattermole88

Lee Cattermole

England

B.date21/03/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Palacios

Wilson Palacios

Honduras

B.date29/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Valencia

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Zaki75

Amr Zaki

Egypt

B.date01/04/1983

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Kirkland		27	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Titus Bramble		27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Scharner		28	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Taylor	81	24	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		32	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maynor Figueroa		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Cattermole	88	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilson Palacios		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Antonio Valencia		23	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Amr Zaki	75	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		31	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Michael Carrick	85	27	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anderson	59	20	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlos Tévez	8	24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Daniël De Ridder	81	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Olivier Kapo	88	28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Henri Camara	75	31	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John O'Shea

Patrice Evra

OUT

Nani

Ryan Giggs

OUT

Rafael

Gary Neville

OUT

Paul Scholes

Ji-sung Park

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1248

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Wigan

8 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 14, 2009

Ferguson vs Bruce

10 victories

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 14, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bruce vs Man United

0 victory

2 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on January 14, 2009

Bruce vs Ferguson

0 victory

2 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on January 14, 2009

Referee

Steve Bennett

27 victories	5 draws	6 losses	Man United38 matches	General total	Wigan20 matches	3 victories	5 draws	12 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Man United3 matches	Season total	Wigan5 matches	1 victory	0 draw	4 losses
Latest figure on May 02, 2010					Latest figure on March 16, 2010

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Comments

Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has reached 42% of clean sheets in Premier League.

Man United keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Premier League running (since 15/11/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 05/05/2007-27/10/2007 time period (14 matches).

It's the first time Wayne Rooney scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 06/10/2007 (with vs )

Read the next 28 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 5-0 Stoke City15/11/2008

VManchester United 5-3 Blackburn03/12/2008

VManchester United 1-0 Sunderland06/12/2008

DManchester United 2-2 Aalborg10/12/2008

VManchester United 1-0 Middlesbrough29/12/2008

VManchester United 3-0 Chelsea11/01/2009

Overall

VLDU Quito 0-1 Manchester United21/12/2008

VStoke City 0-1 Manchester United26/12/2008

VManchester United 1-0 Middlesbrough29/12/2008

VSouthampton 0-3 Manchester United04/01/2009

LDerby County 1-0 Manchester United07/01/2009

VManchester United 3-0 Chelsea11/01/2009

Current form

Away

VPortsmouth 1-2 Wigan01/11/2008

LArsenal 3-0 Wigan11/11/2008

DNewcastle United 2-2 Wigan15/11/2008

LArsenal 1-0 Wigan06/12/2008

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Wigan28/12/2008

LTottenham 3-1 Wigan02/01/2009

Overall

LArsenal 1-0 Wigan06/12/2008

VWigan 3-0 Blackburn13/12/2008

VWigan 2-1 Newcastle United26/12/2008

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Wigan28/12/2008

LTottenham 3-1 Wigan02/01/2009

VWigan 1-0 Tottenham11/01/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	22	1
Drawless streak	2	7
Scoring streak	13	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	8
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	52
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	20
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
12	Victories (Competition total)	9
8	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	7
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	21
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.68	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.25
2.56	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.44
0.53	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.05
0.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.22

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Cristiano Ronaldo	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Amr Zaki
Cristiano Ronaldo	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Amr Zaki
Cristiano Ronaldo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Amr Zaki
Cristiano Ronaldo	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Amr Zaki
Cristiano Ronaldo	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Emile Heskey
Cristiano Ronaldo	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Emile Heskey
Dimitar Berbatov	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Maynor Figueroa

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

11 gf

1 ga

Away

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Total

7 matches

7 v

0 d

0 l

22 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

7 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

1 gf

11 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

7 matches

0 v

0 d

7 l

3 gf

22 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 06, 2007
Home	4 - 0	October 06, 2007

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

May 11, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Wigan

0 - 2

Man United

October 06, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Man United

4 - 0

Wigan

December 26, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Man United

3 - 1

Wigan

October 14, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Wigan

1 - 3

Man United

March 06, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Wigan

1 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Wigan

Cristiano Ronaldo	7 goals	2006 - 2008
Wayne Rooney	5 goals	2005 - 2007
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Louis Saha	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Rio Ferdinand	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/12/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

	Leighton Baines	2 goals	2006 - 2006
	Paul Scharner	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/12/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wigan

Wayne Rooney	7 matches	2005 - 2008
Ryan Giggs	6 matches	2005 - 2008
Rio Ferdinand	6 matches	2005 - 2008
Edwin Van der Sar	6 matches	2005 - 2008
John O'Shea	6 matches	2005 - 2007
Patrice Evra	6 matches	2006 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/12/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Leighton Baines	5 matches	2005 - 2006
Paul Scharner	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Gary Teale	4 matches	2006 - 2006
Lee McCulloch	4 matches	2005 - 2006
Emmerson Boyce	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Henri Camara	4 matches	2005 - 2006