Liverpool 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2009

Result

Liverpool 2-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Liverpool beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 16 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

David N'Gog opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Liverpool's goals came from David N'Gog (9') and Fernando Torres (79'). Wigan Athletic scored through Charles N'Zogbia (90').

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

Going into the game Liverpool were 8th on 24 points from 16 and Wigan Athletic 14th on 18 points from 16. Liverpool went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 36.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · David N'GogLiverpool · 1-0
  • 77'Yellow card · J. MascheranoLiverpool
  • 79'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 2-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Hendry Thomas SuazoWigan Athletic
  • 90'Goal · Charles N'ZogbiaWigan Athletic · 2-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger, Fábio Aurélio, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Yossi Benayoun, Dirk Kuyt, David N'Gog, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel

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

Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Jordi Gómez, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez