Liverpool vs Arsenal

29 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 4–1

Roberto Firmino 14’, 16’, 65’ (pen)
Sadio Mané 32’
Mohamed Salah 45+2’ (pen)

Ainsley Maitland-Niles 11’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 5-1 at home to Arsenal. Liverpool led 4-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ainsley Maitland-Niles put Arsenal ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Alex Iwobi, Roberto Firmino equalised in the 14th minute, Firmino put Liverpool in front in the 16th minute, Sadio Mané made it 3-1 in the 32nd minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Mohamed Salah made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Firmino made it 5-1 from the penalty spot in the 65th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.71 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Arsenal's 1.08 from 8.

Match stats

15 Shots 8

10 Shots on Target 2

5 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.71 xG 1.08

2.18 Non-penalty xG 1.08

12 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Liverpool Arsenal

Kick-off

11’

Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Assist: Alex Iwobi

0-1

Roberto Firmino

1-1

14’

Roberto Firmino

2-1

16’

Sadio Mané
Assist: Mohamed Salah

3-1

32’

Mohamed Salah
Penalty

4-1

45+2’

Half-time4-1

Roberto Firmino
Penalty

5-1

65’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Andrew Robertson

Arsenal

Sokratis
Granit Xhaka

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 3.71 xGArsenal 1.08 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

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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	0.04	0.05	1
Dejan Lovren	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabinho	MID	90			1	0.14	0.00	0
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	80			0	0.00	0.02	1
Xherdan Shaqiri	MID	90			1	0.02	0.04	2
Roberto Firmino	MID	90	3		5	1.82	0.18	2
Sadio Mané	MID	64	1		2	0.59	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	1	1	3	1.04	0.69	2
Jordan Henderson	Sub	26			2	0.07	0.00	0
Adam Lallana	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.14	1
Nathaniel Clyne	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stephan Lichtsteiner	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Sokratis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Shkodran Mustafi	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sead Kolasinac	DEF	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.09	1
Lucas Torreira	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	MID	90	1		2	0.81	0.03	1
Aaron Ramsey	MID	90			3	0.16	0.00	0
Alex Iwobi	MID	90		1	1	0.06	0.82	2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	73			1	0.02	0.03	1
Laurent Koscielny	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	17			1	0.04	0.00	0
Matteo Guendouzi	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 63% Bet365 odds 1.50

Draw 21% Bet365 odds 4.50

Arsenal win 16% Bet365 odds 5.75

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool W W W W W

Arsenal D W L W D

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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.