Liverpool 3-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2005

Result

Liverpool 3-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2005, 12:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Liverpool 3-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Liverpool defeated Wigan Athletic 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 December 2005. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Peter Crouch (19'), Peter Crouch (42') and Luis García (70'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 25 points from 13 and Wigan Athletic 5th on 25 points from 13. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 82 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Wigan Athletic's L-L-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Peter CrouchLiverpool · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · Peter CrouchLiverpool · 2-0
  • 70'Goal · Luis GarcíaLiverpool · 3-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Pascal ChimbondaWigan Athletic
  • 82'Yellow card · Stephane HenchozWigan Athletic
  • 84'Yellow card · Sami HyypiaLiverpool

Team news

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Jamie Carragher, Stephen Warnock, Luis García, Peter Crouch, Morientes, Sami Hyypia, Harry Kewell, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso

Wigan Athletic line-up

Mike Pollitt, Pascal Chimbonda, Arjan de Zeeuw, Leighton Baines, Damien Francis, Jimmy Bullard, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh