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 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.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Amr Zaki
- 37'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
- 39'Yellow card · Andrea Dossena
- 45+2'Goal · Amr Zaki
- 69'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 74'Second yellow · Antonio Valencia
- 80'Goal · Albert Riera
- 85'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
Head-to-head
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