LIVERPOOL...... OFFICIAL MEMBERS’ PRE-MATCHDAY STATS GUIDE FC ...... v Wigan Athletic 24.03.2012 • Kick- off 3:00pm Season 2011/12

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Glen JOHNSON 2 1 José ENRIQUE 3 2 Steve GOHOURI Daniel AGGER 5 3 Antolín ALCARAZ Fabio AURELIO 6 4 James MCCARTHY Luis SUÁREZ 7 5 Steven GERRARD 8 6 9 7 Albert CRUSAT Maxi RODRIGUEZ 11 8 Ben WATSON Jordan HENDERSON14 9 Sebastian COATES16 10 Dirk KUYT18 11 Stewart DOWNING19 12 Jay SPEARING20 14 Jordi GÓMEZ Lucas LEIVA21 15 Callum MCMANAMAN Danny WILSON22 16 James MCARTHUR Jamie CARRAGHER23 17 Pepe REINA25 18 Conor SAMMON Charlie ADAM26 19 David JONES Alexander DONI32 20 Martin KELLY34 21 Mohamed DIAMÉ Martin SKRTEL37 22 Jean BEAUSEJOUR Jon FLANAGAN38 23 Ronnie Stam Craig BELLAMY39 24 Adrián LÓPEZ Jack ROBINSON49 26 Ali AL-HABSI HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v WIGAN ATHLETIC

1. At Anfi eld: Liverpool 4 wins, Wigan 0 wins, 2 draws. 2. Overall: Liverpool 7 wins, Wigan 1 wins, 5 draws. 3. Earlier this season the sides drew 0-0 at Wigan. It was the fi rst goalless draw between the teams in league football. Charlie Adam had a penalty saved by Ali Al Habsi after 51 minutes. 4. The sides also drew in the last meeting at Anfi eld. Raul Meireles scored his fi fth goal in six games to give the Reds the lead but Steve Gohouri equalised after 65 minutes. 5. Liverpool and Wigan have drawn each of the last three meetings. 6. The Reds have kept one clean sheet in the last eight clashes with the Latics. 7. Liverpool’s biggest ever win over today’s opponents was the 4-0 success at Wigan in December 2006. Craig Bellamy (2) and Dirk Kuyt were among the scorers that day with all four goals coming in the fi rst half. 8. Dirk Kuyt has scored more goals for Liverpool 14. Wigan’s only win over Liverpool in the 13 league against Wigan than any other player with 5 goals. meetings came in March 2010 when Hugo Rodallega scored the only goal at Wigan. 9. Steve Staunton is the only Liverpool player to score a hat-trick against Wigan, doing so as a second half 15. Hugo Rodallega made his Wigan debut as a substitute in October 1989 in a League Cup tie. substitute at home to Liverpool in January 2009. 10. Andy Carroll made his career league debut at Wigan 16. Hugo Rodallega along with , is Wigan’s in February 2007 – for Newcastle in a 1-0 defeat. leading scorer against Liverpool in the league with 2 goals. 11. Liverpool have failed to score in two of the 13 league meetings. 17. Wigan have picked up eight points out of 39 in their league history against the Reds. 12. The last Liverpool player to score a hat-trick in successive home league games was Fernando Torres who recorded them against Middlesbrough THE LAST FIVE LEAGUE MEETINGS and West Ham in 2007-08. 13. As a manager Roberto Martinez has lost just one of BETWEEN THE SIDES his fi ve games against Liverpool. 22ND DECEMBER 2011 WIGAN 0 LIVERPOOL 0 12TH FEBRUARY 2011 LIVERPOOL 1 WIGAN 1 11TH NOVEMBER 2010 LIVERPOOL 1 WIGAN 1 9TH MARCH 2010 WIGAN 1 LIVERPOOL 0 17TH DECEMBER 2009 LIVERPOOL 2 WIGAN 1 HEAD2HEAD LIVERPOOL FC v WIGAN ATHLETIC

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18. Wigan are unbeaten in their last four games against Liverpool and have conceded just twice in that time. 19. A victory today will see Wigan become the 51st different visiting team to beat Liverpool at Anfi eld in the league. 20. Antolin Alcaraz played for Paraguay in the 2010 World Cup Finals and scored against Italy in their opening group game. 21. Emmerson Boyce could make his 150th league appearances for the Latics today. 22. Wigan have drawn four of their last six games in the Premier League with only one defeat. 23. Wigan Athletic have won one of their last 14 league games since beating West Brom three months ago.