Liverpool 3-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 October 2008

Result

Liverpool 3-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 18 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Liverpool · Wigan Athletic · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 3-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Liverpool won against Wigan Athletic 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 October 2008. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Amr Zaki opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Dirk Kuyt (37'), Albert Riera (80') and Dirk Kuyt (85'). Wigan Athletic scored through Amr Zaki (29') and Amr Zaki (45+2').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 17 points from 7 and Wigan Athletic 13th on 8 points from 7. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Wigan Athletic 11th with 45.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Amr ZakiWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Andrea DossenaLiverpool
  • 45+2'Goal · Amr ZakiWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 69'Yellow card · Antonio ValenciaWigan Athletic
  • 74'Second yellow · Antonio ValenciaWigan Athletic
  • 80'Goal · Albert RieraLiverpool · 2-2
  • 85'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 3-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Pepe Reina, Andrea Dossena, Daniel Agger, Álvaro Arbeloa, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Jermaine Pennant, Dirk Kuyt, R. Keane, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Paul Scharner, Amr Zaky, Daniel De Ridder, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez