Leicester vs Liverpool

1 September 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Rachid Ghezzal 63’
  • Sadio Mané 10’
  • Roberto Firmino 45’

Match summary

Liverpool took a 2-1 win at Leicester. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

Sadio Mané put Liverpool ahead in the 10th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, Roberto Firmino made it 0-2 with a header in the 45th minute, set up by James Milner, and Rachid Ghezzal pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 63rd minute, set up by James Maddison.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.36 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Leicester's 0.98 from 12.

Match stats

Leicester Liverpool
12 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.98 xG 1.23
0.98 Non-penalty xG 1.23
5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Leicester Liverpool
Kick-off
10’
Sadio Mané
Assist: Andrew Robertson0-1 (Liverpool)
45’
Roberto Firmino
Assist: James Milner0-2 (Liverpool)
Half-time0-2
Rachid Ghezzal
Assist: James Maddison1-2 (Leicester)
63’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Nampalys Mendy
  • Wilfred Ndidi
  • Rachid Ghezzal
Liverpool
  • Virgil van Dijk
  • 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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.98 1.36 10’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 0-1 10’ 45’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 0-2 45’ 63’ Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester), 1-2 63’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.98 1.36 10’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 0-1 Mané 10’ 45’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 0-2 Firmino 45’ 63’ Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester), 1-2 Ghezzal 63’
Leicester 0.98 xGLiverpool 1.36 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Leicester attacking 
63’ Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 4’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 52’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 10’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 82’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), set piece, 0.14 xG, off target 21’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 45’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 16’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 56’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 32’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Ben Chilwell (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 63’ Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 4’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 52’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.19 xG, blocked 82’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), set piece, 0.14 xG, off target 10’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 21’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 45’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, goal 16’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 23’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 56’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 86’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 26’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 32’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Ben Chilwell (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Ricardo Pereira DEF900 0.000.000
Wes Morgan DEF900 0.000.000
Harry Maguire DEF900 0.000.000
Ben Chilwell DEF901 0.010.000
Nampalys Mendy MID900 0.000.000
Wilfred Ndidi MID902 0.060.000
Rachid Ghezzal MID9011 0.500.092
James Maddison MID8415 0.310.533
Marc Albrighton MID621 0.020.043
Demarai Gray FWD772 0.090.191
Kelechi Iheanacho Sub280 0.000.021
Shinji Okazaki Sub130 0.000.000
Daniel Amartey Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 13% Bet365 odds 7.50
Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.00
Liverpool win 68% Bet365 odds 1.44

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

Form going into the game

Leicester LWW
Liverpool WWW

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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.