Liverpool vs Arsenal

28 September 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Sadio Mané 28’
  • Andrew Robertson 34’
  • Diogo Jota 88’
  • Alexandre Lacazette 25’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Arsenal. Liverpool led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Alexandre Lacazette put Arsenal ahead in the 25th minute, Sadio Mané equalised in the 28th minute, and Andrew Robertson put Liverpool in front in the 34th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold. In the second half, Diogo Jota made it 3-1 in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.80 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Arsenal's 1.18 from 4.

Match stats

Liverpool Arsenal
21 Shots 4
8 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.74 xG 1.18
2.74 Non-penalty xG 1.18
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Arsenal
Kick-off
25’
Alexandre Lacazette0-1 (Arsenal)
Sadio Mané1-1 (Liverpool)
28’
Andrew Robertson
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold2-1 (Liverpool)
34’
Half-time2-1
Diogo Jota3-1 (Liverpool)
88’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold
  • Sadio Mané
Arsenal
  • Héctor Bellerín
  • Dani Ceballos

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 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.80 1.18 25’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 0-1 25’ 28’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-1 28’ 34’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), 2-1 34’ 88’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 3-1 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.80 1.18 25’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 0-1 Lacazette 25’ 28’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-1 Mané 28’ 34’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), 2-1 Robertson 34’ 88’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 3-1 Jota 88’
Liverpool 2.80 xGArsenal 1.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Liverpool attacking 
28’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.80 xG, goal 25’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 34’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 83’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 63’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 15’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 59’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 64’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 12’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 76’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 28’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 88’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 70’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 13’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 28’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.80 xG, goal 25’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 34’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 83’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 63’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 15’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 59’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 64’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 12’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 76’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 28’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 88’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 61’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 82’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 70’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 36’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alisson GK900 0.000.000
Trent Alexander-Arnold DEF9012 0.040.893
Virgil van Dijk DEF902 0.120.000
Joseph Gomez DEF900 0.000.071
Andrew Robertson DEF9011 0.480.062
Fabinho MID900 0.000.021
Georginio Wijnaldum MID901 0.060.041
Naby Keita MID802 0.050.061
Mohamed Salah FWD904 0.220.382
Roberto Firmino FWD901 0.090.122
Sadio Mané FWD8115 1.280.112
James Milner Sub100 0.000.000
Diogo Jota Sub913 0.460.000
Takumi Minamino Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 64% Avg odds 1.49
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.03
Arsenal win 17% Avg odds 5.83

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool LWWWW
Arsenal WLWWW

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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.