Brighton vs Liverpool

12 January 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mohamed Salah 50’ (pen)

Match summary

Liverpool beat Brighton 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from the penalty spot in the 50th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.27 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Brighton's 0.38 from 7.

Match stats

Brighton Liverpool
7 Shots 10
0 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 7
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.38 xG 2.27
0.38 Non-penalty xG 1.51
4 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Brighton Liverpool
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
50’
Mohamed Salah
Penalty0-1 (Liverpool)
Full-time0-1

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 0.38 2.27 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 50’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.38 2.27 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 Salah 50’
Brighton 0.38 xGLiverpool 2.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Brighton attacking 
50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 9’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 27’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 87’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 24’ Fabinho (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 79’ Florin Andone (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 58’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 89’ Florin Andone (Brighton), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 15’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 35’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 80’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Jürgen Locadia (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 61’ Dale Stephens (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 68’ Jürgen Locadia (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 9’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 27’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 87’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 24’ Fabinho (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 79’ Florin Andone (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 58’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 89’ Florin Andone (Brighton), set piece, 0.08 xG, off target 15’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 75’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 35’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 80’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Jürgen Locadia (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Jürgen Locadia (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 61’ Dale Stephens (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Button GK900 0.000.000
Martín Montoya DEF900 0.000.081
Shane Duffy DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF900 0.000.000
Gaëtan Bong DEF900 0.000.143
Solly March MID660 0.000.000
Davy Pröpper MID900 0.000.000
Dale Stephens MID901 0.010.000
Pascal Groß MID791 0.080.071
Jürgen Locadia MID902 0.030.081
Glenn Murray FWD661 0.070.000
Anthony Knockaert Sub240 0.000.000
Florin Andone Sub242 0.190.000
Beram Kayal Sub110 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00
Draw 16% Bet365 odds 6.00
Liverpool win 75% Bet365 odds 1.30

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton LLDWD
Liverpool WWWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 1-0 Brighton, 25 Aug 18 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Brighton, 30 Nov 19  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.