Wigan Athletic 1-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 28 January 2009

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Wednesday 28 January 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Wigan Athletic 1-1 Liverpool: match report

Wigan Athletic drew with Liverpool 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 28 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Yossi Benayoun opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Mido (82'). Liverpool scored through Yossi Benayoun (41').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 7th on 31 points from 22 and Liverpool 2nd on 47 points from 22. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 86.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 6 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · Yossi BenayounLiverpool · 0-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Maynor FigueroaWigan Athletic
  • 82'Goal · MidoWigan Athletic · 1-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Wigan Athletic 0, draws 1, Liverpool 6.

Team news

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

Mike Pollitt, Ryan Taylor, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Paul Scharner, Amr Zaky, Daniel De Ridder, Mido, Michael Brown, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Ryan Babel, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel