Brighton vs Liverpool

12 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Luis Díaz 19’
  • Mohamed Salah 61’ (pen)

Match summary

Liverpool took a 2-0 win at Brighton. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Luis Díaz put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 19th minute, set up by Joel Matip and Mohamed Salah made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 61st minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.49 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Brighton's 0.63 from 8.

Match stats

Brighton Liverpool
8 Shots 18
3 Shots on Target 9
7 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.63 xG 2.48
0.63 Non-penalty xG 1.72
4 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Brighton Liverpool
Kick-off
19’
Luis Díaz
Assist: Joel Matip0-1 (Liverpool)
Half-time0-1
61’
Mohamed Salah
Penalty0-2 (Liverpool)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Yves Bissouma
  • Alexis Mac Allister
  • Neal Maupay
Liverpool
  • Fabinho

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.63 2.49 19’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 0-1 19’ 61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-2 61’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.63 2.49 19’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 0-1 Díaz 19’ 61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-2 Salah 61’
Brighton 0.63 xGLiverpool 2.49 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Brighton attacking 
61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 89’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 19’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.23 xG, goal 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.18 xG, saved 8’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 58’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 72’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 57’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 59’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+3’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 30’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 32’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 5’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+5’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 89’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 19’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.23 xG, goal 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.18 xG, saved 8’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 58’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 72’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 57’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 59’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+3’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 30’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 32’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 5’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+5’ Tariq Lamptey (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.000
Tariq Lamptey DEF901 0.020.041
Joël Veltman DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF900 0.000.000
Marc Cucurella DEF900 0.000.071
Yves Bissouma MID680 0.000.000
Steven Alzate MID480 0.000.000
Solly March MID901 0.070.101
Alexis Mac Allister MID900 0.000.063
Leandro Trossard MID902 0.370.021
Neal Maupay FWD902 0.060.351
Pascal Groß Sub350 0.000.000
Danny Welbeck Sub222 0.110.000
Adam Lallana Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 14% Avg odds 6.80
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.64
Liverpool win 65% Avg odds 1.48

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

Form going into the game

Brighton WLLLL
Liverpool WWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-2 Brighton, 30 Oct 21 Next meeting: Liverpool 3-3 Brighton, 01 Oct 22  All Brighton 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.