English Premier League

FT Sunday, May 11, 2008
Manchester United DDLWW 2
–
Wigan Athletic WDDDW 0
The JJB Stadium · 25,133 att.

Team Stats

5
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
12
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
5
67
Possession
33
11
SHOTS
15
6
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
5
Accurate Passes
2
5
Passes
2
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
2
7
Crosses
10
0.0
Cross %
0.2
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
3
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
7
Effective Clearances
10
7
Clearances
10

Head to Head

MAN leads series 5-0

Lineups

WGA

  1. 1Chris KirklandG
  2. 17Emmerson BoyceD
  3. 19Titus BrambleD
  4. 18Paul ScharnerD
  5. 31Maynor FigueroaD
  6. 16Antonio ValenciaM
  7. 5Wilson PalaciosM
  8. 11Michael BrownM
  9. 10Jason KoumasM
  10. 23Marcus BentF
  11. 9Emile HeskeyF

Substitutes

  1. 12Michael PollittG
  2. 2Ryan TaylorD
  3. 6Antoine SibierskiM
  4. 24Josip SkokoM
  5. 14Marlon KingF

MAN

  1. 1Edwin van der SarG
  2. 6Wes BrownD
  3. 5Rio FerdinandD
  4. 15Nemanja VidićD
  5. 3Patrice EvraD
  6. 7Cristiano RonaldoM
  7. 16Michael CarrickM
  8. 18Paul ScholesM
  9. 13Park Ji-SungF
  10. 32Carlos TevezF
  11. 10Wayne RooneyF

Substitutes

  1. 29Tomasz KuszczakG
  2. 27Mikaël SilvestreD
  3. 4Owen HargreavesM
  4. 11Ryan GiggsM
  5. 9Louis SahaF

Timeline

  1. 14' Paul Scholes is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  2. 33' Cristiano Ronaldo places the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower right corner and scores!! The goalkeeper was nowhere near the shot.
  3. 58' Wayne Rooney is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  4. 67' Man Utd makes a sub: Owen Hargreaves enters for Paul Scholes. Reason: Tactical
  5. 68' Man Utd makes a sub: Ryan Giggs enters for Ji-Sung Park. Reason: Tactical
  6. 70' Wigan makes a sub: Antoine Sibierski enters for Marcus Bent. Reason: Tactical
  7. 71' Wilson Palacios is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 71' Emile Heskey is awarded a yellow card. Reason: dissent
  9. 77' Antonio Valencia is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  10. 80' Goal!! Ryan Giggs hits a very good left footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Man Utd now leads 2 - 0
  11. 81' Wigan makes a sub: Marlon King enters for Michael Brown. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game

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