Cardiff vs Liverpool

21 April 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Georginio Wijnaldum 57’
  • James Milner 81’ (pen)

Match summary

Liverpool took a 2-0 win at Cardiff. It was goalless at half-time.

Georginio Wijnaldum put Liverpool ahead from a corner in the 57th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold and James Milner made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 81st minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.42 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Cardiff's 1.13 from 7.

Match stats

Cardiff Liverpool
7 Shots 17
2 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.12 xG 2.42
1.12 Non-penalty xG 1.66
0 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Cardiff Liverpool
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
57’
Georginio Wijnaldum
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold0-1 (Liverpool)
81’
James Milner
Penalty0-2 (Liverpool)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Cardiff
  • Aron Gunnarsson
Liverpool
  • James Milner

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 1.13 2.42 57’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), 0-1 57’ 81’ James Milner (Liverpool), 0-2 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.13 2.42 57’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), 0-1 Wijnaldum 57’ 81’ James Milner (Liverpool), 0-2 Milner 81’
Cardiff 1.13 xGLiverpool 2.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Cardiff attacking 
81’ James Milner (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 64’ Sean Morrison (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.68 xG, off target 22’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 34’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 44’ Oumar Niasse (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 90’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 61’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 31’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 48’ Sean Morrison (Cardiff), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 66’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 72’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 57’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 15’ Junior Hoilett (Cardiff), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Víctor Camarasa (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 47’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Junior Hoilett (Cardiff), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 18’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Junior Hoilett (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ James Milner (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 64’ Sean Morrison (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.68 xG, off target 22’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.45 xG, off target 34’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 44’ Oumar Niasse (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 90’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 61’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 31’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 48’ Sean Morrison (Cardiff), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 66’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 72’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 57’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 15’ Junior Hoilett (Cardiff), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Víctor Camarasa (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 47’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 60’ Junior Hoilett (Cardiff), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 18’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Junior Hoilett (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Neil Etheridge GK900 0.000.000
Lee Peltier DEF900 0.000.021
Bruno Ecuele Manga DEF900 0.000.000
Sean Morrison DEF902 0.800.000
Joe Bennett DEF900 0.000.000
Aron Gunnarsson MID900 0.000.000
Junior Hoilett MID853 0.130.000
Víctor Camarasa MID901 0.050.151
Joe Ralls MID810 0.000.681
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing MID900 0.000.233
Oumar Niasse FWD691 0.150.000
Kenneth Zohore Sub210 0.000.000
Leandro Bacuna Sub90 0.000.000
Josh Murphy Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cardiff win 6% Bet365 odds 17.00
Draw 13% Bet365 odds 7.50
Liverpool win 81% Bet365 odds 1.20

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

Form going into the game

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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.