Aston Villa vs Liverpool

26 December 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Ollie Watkins 59’

Mohamed Salah 5’
Virgil van Dijk 37’
Stefan Bajcetic 81’

Match summary

Liverpool won 3-1 away at Aston Villa. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from a corner in the 5th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson and Virgil van Dijk made it 0-2 from a corner in the 37th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah. In the second half, Ollie Watkins pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 59th minute, set up by Douglas Luiz and Stefan Bajcetic made it 1-3 in the 81st minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.51 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Aston Villa's 1.69 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 16

6 Shots on Target 9

0 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.69 xG 3.51

1.69 Non-penalty xG 3.51

5 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Aston Villa Liverpool

Kick-off

5’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Andrew Robertson

0-1

37’

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Mohamed Salah

0-2

Half-time0-2

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Douglas Luiz

1-2

59’

81’

Stefan Bajcetic

1-3

Full-time1-3

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.

Aston Villa 1.69 xGLiverpool 3.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robin Olsen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Digne	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.44	4
John McGinn	MID	90			3	0.32	0.25	1
Douglas Luiz	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.35	3
Boubacar Kamara	MID	89			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emiliano Buendía	MID	89			1	0.04	0.08	1
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		4	0.69	0.09	1
Leon Bailey	FWD	89			3	0.56	0.00	0
Leander Dendoncker	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Philippe Coutinho	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danny Ings	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	82			0	0.00	0.40	1
Joel Matip	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90	1		1	0.04	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.79	2
Fabinho	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	82			1	0.03	0.08	1
Thiago Alcántara	MID	70			1	0.01	0.54	1
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	1	1	3	1.11	0.40	4
Darwin Núñez	FWD	90			6	1.44	0.08	1
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	FWD	70			0	0.00	0.07	1
Naby Keita	Sub	20			1	0.02	0.00	0
Harvey Elliott	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan Bajcetic	Sub	8	1		2	0.84	0.00	0
Ben Doak	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 20% Avg odds 4.79

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.05

Liverpool win 56% Avg odds 1.72

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa L W L W W

Liverpool W L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool, 10 May 22 Next meeting: Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa, 20 May 23 All Aston Villa 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.