Brighton vs Liverpool

8 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Leandro Trossard 45’

Mohamed Salah 6’, 76’
Jordan Henderson 8’

Match summary

Liverpool took a 3-1 win at Brighton. Liverpool led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Naby Keita, Jordan Henderson made it 0-2 in the 8th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Leandro Trossard pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 45th minute, set up by Tariq Lamptey. In the second half, Salah made it 1-3 with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brighton created 2.39 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Liverpool 2.62 from 19.

Match stats

12 Shots 19

2 Shots on Target 8

6 Corners 10

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

2.36 xG 2.62

2.36 Non-penalty xG 2.62

5 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Brighton Liverpool

Kick-off

6’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Naby Keita

0-1

8’

Jordan Henderson
Assist: Mohamed Salah

0-2

Leandro Trossard
Assist: Tariq Lamptey

1-2

45’

Half-time1-2

76’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Andrew Robertson

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Brighton

Tariq Lamptey

Liverpool

Joseph Gomez
Neco Williams
Fabinho
Sadio Mané

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.

Brighton 2.39 xGLiverpool 2.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Brighton 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
Mat Ryan	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	DEF	90		1	1	0.01	0.28	1
Adam Webster	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			1	0.14	0.00	0
Dan Burn	DEF	90			1	0.52	0.00	0
Dale Stephens	MID	90			1	0.04	0.33	1
Davy Pröpper	MID	75			1	0.05	0.61	2
Pascal Groß	MID	75			0	0.00	0.05	1
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	75			0	0.00	0.01	1
Leandro Trossard	MID	90	1		4	1.04	0.48	1
Neal Maupay	FWD	90			2	0.57	0.09	1
Aaron Mooy	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.14	1
Yves Bissouma	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.03	1
Aaron Connolly	Sub	15			1	0.03	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	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Joseph Gomez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Neco Williams	DEF	50			1	0.05	0.00	0
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	84	1		3	0.14	0.00	0
Naby Keita	MID	65		1	0	0.00	1.04	4
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	2	1	8	1.87	0.14	2
Roberto Firmino	FWD	90			2	0.19	0.06	1
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	FWD	65			3	0.18	0.14	1
Andrew Robertson	Sub	40		1	0	0.00	0.31	4
Fabinho	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.19	1
Sadio Mané	Sub	25			1	0.08	0.06	1
James Milner	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Takumi Minamino	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 16% Avg odds 6.10

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.04

Liverpool win 60% Avg odds 1.58

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

Form going into the game

Brighton D W D L W

Liverpool W D W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Brighton, 30 Nov 19 Next meeting: Brighton 1-1 Liverpool, 28 Nov 20 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.