Arsenal vs Liverpool

27 October 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Bukayo Saka 9’
Mikel Merino 43’

Virgil van Dijk 18’
Mohamed Salah 81’

Match summary

Arsenal and Liverpool drew 2-2. Arsenal led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Ben White, Virgil van Dijk equalised with a header in the 18th minute, set up by Luis Díaz, and Mikel Merino put Arsenal back in front with a header in the 43rd minute, set up by Declan Rice. In the second half, Mohamed Salah equalised in the 81st minute, set up by Darwin Núñez.

There was little between the sides on chances: Arsenal created 1.09 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Liverpool 1.35 from 9.

Match stats

9 Shots 9

3 Shots on Target 4

1 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.09 xG 1.35

1.09 Non-penalty xG 1.35

6 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Arsenal Liverpool

Kick-off

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Ben White

1-0

9’

18’

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Luis Díaz

1-1

Mikel Merino
Assist: Declan Rice

2-1

43’

Half-time2-1

81’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Darwin Núñez

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Arsenal

David Raya
Gabriel Jesus

Liverpool

Alexis Mac Allister
Darwin Núñez

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 1.09 xGLiverpool 1.35 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
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.24	1
Gabriel	DEF	58			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jurriën Timber	DEF	80			0	0.00	0.04	1
Bukayo Saka	MID	89	1		2	0.29	0.00	0
Mikel Merino	MID	90	1		2	0.47	0.06	1
Declan Rice	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.47	2
Gabriel Martinelli	MID	89			1	0.04	0.11	1
Leandro Trossard	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	FWD	90			2	0.17	0.15	2
Jakub Kiwior	Sub	32			0	0.00	0.00	0
Myles Lewis-Skelly	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel Jesus	Sub	1			2	0.12	0.00	0
Ethan Nwaneri	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Caoimhin Kelleher	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90			2	0.05	0.08	1
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90	1		1	0.47	0.02	1
Andrew Robertson	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Gravenberch	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	67			1	0.08	0.06	1
Mohamed Salah	MID	90	1		3	0.67	0.03	1
Curtis Jones	MID	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Luis Díaz	MID	67		1	0	0.00	0.47	1
Darwin Núñez	FWD	90		1	0	0.00	0.59	1
Konstantinos Tsimikas	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominik Szoboszlai	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cody Gakpo	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wataru Endo	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 43% Avg odds 2.26

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.38

Liverpool win 29% Avg odds 3.32

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal W D W W L

Liverpool L W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool, 04 Feb 24 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal, 11 May 25 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.