Liverpool vs Arsenal

9 April 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

Mohamed Salah 42’
Roberto Firmino 87’

Gabriel Martinelli 8’
Gabriel Jesus 28’

Match summary

Liverpool and Arsenal drew 2-2. Arsenal led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gabriel Martinelli put Arsenal ahead in the 8th minute, Gabriel Jesus made it 0-2 with a header in the 28th minute, set up by Gabriel Martinelli, and Mohamed Salah pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Roberto Firmino equalised with a header in the 87th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Liverpool had the better of the chances, with 4.73 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Arsenal's 1.54 from 9. Mohamed Salah missed a penalty for Liverpool.

Match stats

21 Shots 9

6 Shots on Target 5

5 Corners 4

4 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

4.64 xG 1.54

3.88 Non-penalty xG 1.54

19 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Liverpool Arsenal

Kick-off

8’

Gabriel Martinelli

0-1

28’

Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli

0-2

Mohamed Salah

1-2

42’

Half-time1-2

Roberto Firmino
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

2-2

87’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Trent Alexander-Arnold
Virgil van Dijk
Andrew Robertson
Fabinho

Arsenal

Aaron Ramsdale
Ben White
Granit Xhaka
Bukayo Saka

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.

Liverpool 4.73 xGArsenal 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Liverpool 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
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.56	4
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			2	0.70	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			1	0.26	0.59	1
Jordan Henderson	MID	90			2	0.20	0.36	2
Fabinho	MID	82			1	0.02	0.26	1
Curtis Jones	MID	64			0	0.00	0.02	1
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	1		10	2.66	0.35	2
Cody Gakpo	FWD	90			1	0.03	0.13	3
Diogo Jota	FWD	65			1	0.08	0.13	1
Thiago Alcántara	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Darwin Núñez	Sub	25			1	0.33	0.67	1
Roberto Firmino	Sub	8	1		1	0.44	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Aaron Ramsdale	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Rob Holding	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Martin Odegaard	MID	84			1	0.03	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.50	3
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	84	1		2	0.91	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90	1	1	1	0.42	0.55	3
Leandro Trossard	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jakub Kiwior	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	Sub	1			1	0.03	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 35% Avg odds 2.72

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60

Arsenal win 38% Avg odds 2.55

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool W W L L D

Arsenal W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 3-2 Liverpool, 09 Oct 22 Next meeting: Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal, 23 Dec 23 All Liverpool vs Arsenal 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.