Liverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2009
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2009, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Liverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Liverpool defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Steven Gerrard opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Liverpool's goals came from Steven Gerrard (62') and Yossi Benayoun (70'). Wolverhampton Wanderers did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 8th on 27 points from 18 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 15th on 19 points from 18. Liverpool went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 15th with 38.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Liverpool win, 1 draw and 0 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Wolverhampton Wanderers's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 48'Yellow card · Stephen Ward
- 53'Second yellow · Stephen Ward
- 62'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 70'Goal · Yossi Benayoun
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Fábio Aurélio, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Alberto Aquilani, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Richard Stearman, Jody Craddock, Kevin Foley, Karl Henry, Matt Jarvis, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, Christophe Berra, Nenad Milijaš