Leicester vs Liverpool

26 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 4

Half-time: 0–1

Roberto Firmino 31’, 74’
James Milner 71’ (pen)
Trent Alexander-Arnold 78’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 4-0 away at Leicester. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Roberto Firmino put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 31st minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold. In the second half, James Milner made it 0-2 from the penalty spot in the 71st minute, Firmino made it 0-3 in the 74th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Trent Alexander-Arnold made it 0-4 in the 78th minute, set up by Sadio Mané.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.77 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Leicester's 0.12 from 3.

Match stats

3 Shots 15

0 Shots on Target 6

2 Corners 8

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

0.12 xG 3.77

0.12 Non-penalty xG 3.01

3 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Leicester Liverpool

Kick-off

31’

Roberto Firmino
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

0-1

Half-time0-1

71’

James Milner
Penalty

0-2

74’

Roberto Firmino
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

0-3

78’

Trent Alexander-Arnold
Assist: Sadio Mané

0-4

Full-time0-4

Bookings

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

Leicester

James Maddison

Liverpool

Joseph Gomez

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.

Leicester 0.12 xGLiverpool 3.77 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Leicester attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ricardo Pereira	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.06	1
Jonny Evans	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Chilwell	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Barnes	MID	59	0	0.00	0.04	1
Youri Tielemans	MID	90	1	0.04	0.00	0
Dennis Praet	MID	73	1	0.02	0.00	0
James Maddison	MID	77	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90	1	0.06	0.00	0
Marc Albrighton	Sub	31	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ayoze Pérez	Sub	17	0	0.00	0.00	0
Hamza Choudhury	Sub	13	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	90	1	2	2	0.10	0.90	3
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.57	2
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	83			1	0.07	0.00	0
Naby Keita	MID	71			0	0.00	0.15	1
Mohamed Salah	FWD	71			4	0.32	0.63	1
Roberto Firmino	FWD	90	2		3	1.32	0.13	2
Sadio Mané	FWD	90		1	3	1.16	0.18	3
Divock Origi	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Milner	Sub	19	1		1	0.76	0.00	0
Adam Lallana	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 27% Avg odds 3.53

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.03

Liverpool win 49% Avg odds 1.96

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

Form going into the game

Leicester W W W D L

Liverpool W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Leicester, 05 Oct 19 Next meeting: Liverpool 3-0 Leicester, 22 Nov 20 All Leicester 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.