Liverpool 1-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 2 January 2008

Result

Liverpool 1-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Wednesday 2 January 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Liverpool 1-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Liverpool drew with Wigan Athletic 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 2 January 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Liverpool's goal came from Fernando Torres (49'). Wigan Athletic scored through Titus Bramble (80').

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

Going into the game Liverpool were 5th on 37 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 18th on 16 points from 20. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic
  • 79'Yellow card · J. MascheranoLiverpool
  • 80'Goal · Titus BrambleWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Fernando TorresLiverpool

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Jermaine Pennant, Fernando Torres, Harry Kewell, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso

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

Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Kevin Kilbane, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown