Chelsea vs Liverpool

4 May 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Enzo Fernández 3’
Jarell Quansah 56’ (og)
Cole Palmer 90+6’ (pen)

Virgil van Dijk 85’

Match summary

Chelsea won 3-1 at home to Liverpool. Chelsea led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Enzo Fernández put Chelsea ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Pedro Neto. In the second half, Quansah's own goal made it 2-0 in the 56th minute, Virgil van Dijk pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Alexis Mac Allister, and Cole Palmer made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Chelsea created 3.52 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Liverpool's 1.43 from 11.

Match stats

17 Shots 11

7 Shots on Target 2

3 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.52 xG 1.43

2.76 Non-penalty xG 1.43

9 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Chelsea Liverpool

Kick-off

Enzo Fernández
Assist: Pedro Neto

1-0

3’

Half-time1-0

Jarell Quansah
Own goal

2-0

56’

85’

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Alexis Mac Allister

2-1

Cole Palmer
Penalty

3-1

90+6’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Chelsea

Trevoh Chalobah
Jadon Sancho

Liverpool

Virgil van Dijk
Jarell Quansah

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.

Chelsea 3.52 xGLiverpool 1.43 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Chelsea attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robert Sánchez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moisés Caicedo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.08	1
Trevoh Chalobah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Levi Colwill	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Cucurella	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.14	1
Enzo Fernández	MID	89	1		2	0.44	0.39	2
Romeo Lavia	MID	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pedro Neto	MID	90		1	3	0.19	0.44	2
Cole Palmer	MID	90	1		5	1.31	1.06	4
Noni Madueke	MID	90			4	1.15	0.14	2
Nicolas Jackson	FWD	73			2	0.13	0.00	0
Jadon Sancho	Sub	17			1	0.30	0.35	1
Malo Gusto	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.07	1
Reece James	Sub	1			0	0.00	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	58			1	0.04	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90	1		3	0.52	0.00	0
Jarell Quansah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Konstantinos Tsimikas	DEF	83			0	0.00	0.49	5
Curtis Jones	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wataru Endo	MID	70			0	0.00	0.04	1
Mohamed Salah	MID	90			1	0.25	0.38	2
Harvey Elliott	MID	70			2	0.09	0.00	0
Cody Gakpo	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Diogo Jota	FWD	59			2	0.11	0.00	0
Conor Bradley	Sub	32			0	0.00	0.00	0
Darwin Núñez	Sub	31			1	0.38	0.00	0
Alexis Mac Allister	Sub	20		1	0	0.00	0.35	1
Dominik Szoboszlai	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Chiesa	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Chelsea win 41% Avg odds 2.35

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.71

Liverpool win 33% Avg odds 2.86

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

Form going into the game

Chelsea W D D W W

Liverpool W L W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea, 20 Oct 24 Next meeting: Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, 04 Oct 25 All Chelsea 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.