Arsenal vs Liverpool

9 October 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Gabriel Martinelli 1’
Bukayo Saka 45+5’, 76’ (pen)

Darwin Núñez 34’
Roberto Firmino 53’

Match summary

Arsenal saw off Liverpool 3-2. Arsenal led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead in the first minute, set up by Martin Odegaard, Darwin Núñez equalised in the 34th minute, set up by Luis Díaz, and Bukayo Saka put Arsenal back in front in first-half stoppage time, set up by Gabriel Martinelli. In the second half, Roberto Firmino equalised in the 53rd minute, set up by Diogo Jota and Saka won it from the penalty spot in the 76th minute.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.84 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Liverpool's 0.77 from 8.

Match stats

11 Shots 8

7 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.82 xG 0.77

2.06 Non-penalty xG 0.77

14 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Arsenal Liverpool

Kick-off

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Martin Odegaard

1-0

1’

34’

Darwin Núñez
Assist: Luis Díaz

1-1

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli

2-1

45+5’

Half-time2-1

53’

Roberto Firmino
Assist: Diogo Jota

2-2

Bukayo Saka
Penalty

3-2

76’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal

Martin Odegaard

Liverpool

Luis Díaz
Joseph Gomez

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 2.84 xGLiverpool 0.77 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	MID	90	2		4	1.89	0.00	0
Martin Odegaard	MID	88		1	2	0.19	0.46	1
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	90	1	1	2	0.48	1.03	2
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	90			2	0.22	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fábio Vieira	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	52			0	0.00	0.02	1
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Joel Matip	DEF	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Konstantinos Tsimikas	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thiago Alcántara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	90			1	0.04	0.04	1
Mohamed Salah	MID	75			1	0.04	0.04	1
Diogo Jota	MID	87		1	0	0.00	0.11	1
Luis Díaz	MID	41		1	0	0.00	0.48	1
Darwin Núñez	FWD	90	1		3	0.54	0.00	0
Roberto Firmino	Sub	49	1		1	0.11	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	Sub	38			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabinho	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahima Konaté	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Elliott	Sub	3			1	0.02	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 38% Avg odds 2.53

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.75

Liverpool win 36% Avg odds 2.67

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal W W L W W

Liverpool L W W D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool, 16 Mar 22 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal, 09 Apr 23 All Arsenal vs Liverpool meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.