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Liverpool 3-2 Wigan - October 18, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 8

Anfield - Liverpool - England

October 18, 2008

43 868

Liverpool

3 - 2

Wigan

(right foot) Dirk Kuyt

37'

(right foot) Albert Riera

80'

(right foot) Dirk Kuyt

85'

29'

Amr Zaki (right foot)

45'

Amr Zaki (right foot) Assist by Luis Antonio Valencia

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29' - Goal Amr Zaki

37' - Goal Dirk Kuyt37

45' - Goal Amr Zaki

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74' - Red card Luis Antonio Valencia

77' - Substitution Andrea Dossenais substituted by Nabil El Zhar77

79' - Substitution Álvaro Arbeloais substituted by Yossi Benayoun79

79' - Substitution Daniël De Ridderis substituted by Kevin Kilbane

80' - Goal Albert Riera80

82' - Substitution Olivier Kapois substituted by Michael Brown

85' - Goal Dirk Kuyt85

90' - Substitution Robbie Keaneis substituted by Sami Hyypiä90

90' - Substitution Wilson Palaciosis substituted by Jason Koumas

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

3 - 2

Wigan

Liverpool Wigan

Team line-ups

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Kuyt3785

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Keane90

Robbie Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date08/07/1980

Age28 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Riera80

Albert Riera

Spain

B.date15/04/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Pennant

Jermaine Pennant

England

B.date15/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

Alonso

Xabi Alonso

Spain

B.date25/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Dossena77

Andrea Dossena

Italy

B.date11/09/1981

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Agger

Daniel Agger

Denmark

B.date12/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Arbeloa79

Álvaro Arbeloa

Spain

B.date17/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		26	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		30	536	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Agger		23	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Álvaro Arbeloa	79	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andrea Dossena	77	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xabi Alonso		26	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jermaine Pennant		25	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard		28	450	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dirk Kuyt	3785	28	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Riera	80	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Keane	90	28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

152

Wigan

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Zaki4529

Amr Zaki

Egypt

B.date01/04/1983

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Kapo82

Olivier Kapo

France

B.date27/09/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

De Ridder79

Daniël De Ridder

Netherlands

B.date06/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

Valencia74

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Palacios90

Wilson Palacios

Honduras

B.date29/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Cattermole

Lee Cattermole

England

B.date21/03/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Figueroa

Maynor Figueroa

Honduras

B.date02/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

Scharner

Paul Scharner

Austria

B.date11/03/1980

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Bramble

Titus Bramble

England

B.date21/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age31 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Kirkland

Chris Kirkland

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Kirkland		27	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Titus Bramble		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Scharner		28	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maynor Figueroa		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilson Palacios	90	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Cattermole		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Olivier Kapo	82	28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniël De Ridder	79	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Antonio Valencia	74	23	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Amr Zaki	4529	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Sami Hyypiä	90	35	449	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	79	28	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nabil El Zhar	77	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Kevin Kilbane	79	31	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Brown	82	31	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Koumas	90	29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robbie Keane

Fernando Torres

OUT

Andrea Dossena

Fábio Aurelio

OUT

Daniel Agger

Martin Skrtel

OUT

Jermaine Pennant

Javier Mascherano

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniël De Ridder

Emile Heskey

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

252

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Benítez vs Wigan

6 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Benítez vs Bruce

3 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Liverpool

3 victories

5 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Bruce vs Benítez

2 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on October 18, 2008

Referee

Alan Wiley

26 victories	6 draws	12 losses	Liverpool44 matches	General total	Wigan19 matches	5 victories	3 draws	11 losses
5 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Liverpool6 matches	Season total	Wigan3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on May 02, 2010					Latest figure on April 24, 2010

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Kenny Dalglish head of (01/06/1985-22/02/1991), you can see a manager go over Rafa Benítez with 56% of wins in Premier League (61%).

The last time Amr Zaki scored at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with , it was on the 30/08/2008 (avec vs )

It's the first time Amr Zaki scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Wigan in his professional career

Read the next 28 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough23/08/2008

VLiverpool 1-0 Standard Liège27/08/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Manchester United13/09/2008

DLiverpool 0-0 Stoke City20/09/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Crewe Alexandra23/09/2008

VLiverpool 3-1 PSV Eindhoven01/10/2008

Overall

VMarseille 1-2 Liverpool16/09/2008

DLiverpool 0-0 Stoke City20/09/2008

VLiverpool 2-1 Crewe Alexandra23/09/2008

VEverton 0-2 Liverpool27/09/2008

VLiverpool 3-1 PSV Eindhoven01/10/2008

VManchester City 2-3 Liverpool05/10/2008

Current form

Away

DChelsea 1-1 Wigan14/04/2008

VAston Villa 0-2 Wigan03/05/2008

LWest Ham 2-1 Wigan16/08/2008

VHull City 0-5 Wigan30/08/2008

DTottenham 0-0 Wigan21/09/2008

VIpswich Town 1-4 Wigan24/09/2008

Overall

VHull City 0-5 Wigan30/08/2008

DWigan 1-1 Sunderland13/09/2008

DTottenham 0-0 Wigan21/09/2008

VIpswich Town 1-4 Wigan24/09/2008

VWigan 2-1 Manchester City28/09/2008

LWigan 0-1 Middlesbrough04/10/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	16	14
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	166
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
5	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.86
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Fernando Torres	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Amr Zaki
Steven Gerrard	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Amr Zaki
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Amr Zaki
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Emile Heskey
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Emile Heskey
Fernando Torres	4 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 7 matches	Amr Zaki

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

11 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

9 gf

0 ga

Total

8 matches

7 v

1 d

0 l

20 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

0 gf

9 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

3 gf

11 ga

Total

8 matches

0 v

1 d

7 l

3 gf

20 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	December 02, 2006
Home	3 - 0	December 03, 2005

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

January 02, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Liverpool

1 - 1

Wigan

September 29, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Wigan

0 - 1

Liverpool

April 21, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Liverpool

2 - 0

Wigan

December 02, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Wigan

0 - 4

Liverpool

February 11, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Wigan

0 - 1

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Wigan

Dirk Kuyt	3 goals	2006 - 2007
Steve Staunton	3 goals	1989 - 1989
Ian Rush	2 goals	1989 - 1989
Peter Crouch	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Craig Bellamy	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Luis García	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/09/1989. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Titus Bramble

1 goal

2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/09/1989. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wigan

Steven Gerrard	6 matches	2005 - 2008
Jamie Carragher	6 matches	2005 - 2008
Pepe Reina	5 matches	2005 - 2008
John Arne Riise	5 matches	2005 - 2007
Sami Hyypiä	5 matches	2005 - 2007
Xabi Alonso	5 matches	2005 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/09/1989. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Paul Scharner	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Leighton Baines	4 matches	2005 - 2007
Matthew Jackson	4 matches	2005 - 2007
Josip Skoko	4 matches	2005 - 2007
Kevin Kilbane	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Arjan de Zeeuw	3 matches	2005 - 2007