Premier League
Liverpool vs Wigan
Stadium Anfield
Wed, Dec 16 2009
kick off:20:00 GMT
Referee: Phil Dowd
squads
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Benayoun, Gerrard, Mascherano, Aquilani, Kuyt, Torres, Cavalieri, Lucas, Aurelio, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, Ngog, Degen.
Wigan Athletic: Kirkland, Edman, Bramble, Scharner, Melchiot, Figueroa, Boyce, N’Zogbia, Diame, Scotland, Koumas, Sinclair, Cho, Rodallega, Amaya, De Ridder, Thomas, Gomez, McCarthy, Kingson, Pollitt
Liverpool
Suspended: None
Doubtful: Johnson (unspecified), Mascherano (thigh)
Injured: Babel (ankle), El Zhar (ankle), Riera (hamstring)
Wigan
Suspended: None Doubtful: None Injured: None
| L A S T 6 M A T C H E S | |||||
| Liverpool | Wigan | ||||
| 13.12 | Liverpool – Arsenal | 1 : 2 | 13.12 | Stoke City – Wigan | 2 : 2 |
| 05.12 | Blackburn – Liverpool | 0 : 0 | 05.12 | Wigan – Birmingham | 2 : 3 |
| 29.11 | Everton – Liverpool | 0 : 2 | 29.11 | Wigan – Sunderland | 1 : 0 |
| 21.11 | Liverpool – Manchester City | 2 : 2 | 21.11 | Tottenham – Wigan | 9 : 1 |
| 09.11 | Liverpool – Birmingham | 2 : 2 | 09.11 | Wigan – Fulham | 1 : 1 |
| 31.10 | Fulham – Liverpool | 3 : 1 | 31.10 | Portsmouth – Wigan | 4 : 0 |
| R E C E N T L E A G U E F O R M (L A S T 10 M A T C H E S) | ||||||||||
| Wigan | ||||||||||
| 12.12 | 05.12 | 28.11 | 22.11 | 08.11 | 31.10 | 24.10 | 18.10 | 03.10 | 26.09 | |
| Result (Win,Draw,Lose) | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W |
| Home/Away | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Under/Over (2,5 goal) | O | O | U | O | U | O | O | U | O | O |
| Clean Sheet | - | - | + | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fail To Score | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | - | - |
| Score First | + | + | + | - | + | - | - | + | - | + |
| Opponent Scores First | - | - | - | + | - | + | + | - | + | - |
| Half Time/Full Time | D/D | W/L | D/W | L/L | D/D | L/L | D/W | W/D | D/L | W/W |
| Early goal (1-25 min) | + | - | - | + | + | - | + | - | - | + |
Head-to-head
Liverpool have never lost to Wigan, winning eight of their 10 league and cup encounters.
Liverpool
Torres: 10 goals (10 league); Kuyt: 6 goals (5 league); Benayoun: 6 goals (4 league)
Wigan
Rodallega: 6 goals (6 league);
Boyce & Scharner: 3 goals (3 league)
MOST RECENT MEETING
Wigan 1-1 Liverpool (28 January 2009)
Wigan scorer: Mido 83′ pen
Liverpool scorer: Benayoun 41′
| Goal scorers: 10′ [1 : 0] David Ngog 79′ [2 : 0] Fernando Torres 90′ [2 : 1] Charles N’Zogbia |
Cards: 77′ Javier Mascherano 85′ Hendry Thomas |
8:54 GOAL – David Ngog:Liverpool 1 – 0 Wigan David Ngog scores a headed goal from close in.
78:28 GOAL – Fernando Torres:Liverpool 2 – 0 Wigan Fernando Torres scores a goal from close in low into the middle of the goal.
90:00+1:05 GOAL – Charles N’Zogbia : Liverpool 2 – 1 Wigan Charles N’Zogbia fires in a goal from just inside the penalty area to the bottom right corner of the goal.
