Chelsea vs Liverpool

22 September 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • N'Golo Kanté 71’
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold 14’
  • Roberto Firmino 30’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 on the road. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

Trent Alexander-Arnold put Liverpool ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino made it 0-2 with a header in the 30th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, and N'Golo Kanté pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 71st minute, set up by César Azpilicueta.

There was little between the sides on chances: Chelsea created 1.23 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Liverpool 1.03 from 6.

Match stats

Chelsea Liverpool
13 Shots 6
2 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.23 xG 1.03
1.23 Non-penalty xG 1.03
5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Chelsea Liverpool
Kick-off
14’
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Assist: Mohamed Salah0-1 (Liverpool)
30’
Roberto Firmino
Assist: Andrew Robertson0-2 (Liverpool)
Half-time0-2
N'Golo Kanté
Assist: César Azpilicueta1-2 (Chelsea)
71’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Chelsea
  • Fikayo Tomori
  • Mateo Kovacic
  • Marcos Alonso
Liverpool
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold
  • Fabinho
  • 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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.23 1.03 14’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 0-1 14’ 30’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 0-2 30’ 71’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), 1-2 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.23 1.03 14’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 0-1 Alexander-Arnold 14’ 30’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 0-2 Firmino 30’ 71’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), 1-2 Kanté 71’
Chelsea 1.23 xGLiverpool 1.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Chelsea attacking 
30’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.50 xG, goal 90’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 24’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 47’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.22 xG, saved 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 59’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 45’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 65’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 71’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 88’ Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 17’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Willian (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Jorginho (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 30’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.50 xG, goal 90’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 24’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 47’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.22 xG, saved 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 59’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 45’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 65’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 71’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 88’ Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, goal 17’ Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 59’ Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Willian (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Jorginho (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Marcos Alonso (Chelsea), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kepa GK900 0.000.000
César Azpilicueta DEF9010 0.000.304
Fikayo Tomori DEF901 0.030.021
Andreas Christensen DEF410 0.000.321
Emerson DEF140 0.000.000
Mateo Kovacic MID901 0.030.000
N'Golo Kanté MID9012 0.100.000
Jorginho MID901 0.020.011
Willian FWD901 0.020.000
Tammy Abraham FWD803 0.470.000
Mason Mount FWD901 0.400.031
Marcos Alonso Sub761 0.010.483
Kurt Zouma Sub490 0.000.000
Michy Batshuayi Sub102 0.140.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 30% Avg odds 3.25
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70
Liverpool win 44% Avg odds 2.17

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

Form going into the game

Chelsea LDWDW
Liverpool WWWWW

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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.