Liverpool vs Arsenal

11 May 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Cody Gakpo 20’
Luis Díaz 21’

Gabriel Martinelli 47’
Mikel Merino 70’

Match summary

Liverpool and Arsenal drew 2-2. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Cody Gakpo put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 20th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson and Luis Díaz made it 2-0 in the 21st minute, set up by Dominik Szoboszlai. In the second half, Gabriel Martinelli pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 47th minute, set up by Leandro Trossard and Mikel Merino equalised with a header in the 70th minute.

Liverpool had the better of the chances, with 2.75 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Arsenal's 2.20 from 15. Arsenal had a player sent off.

Match stats

14 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

2.75 xG 2.19

2.75 Non-penalty xG 2.19

10 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Liverpool Arsenal

Kick-off

Cody Gakpo
Assist: Andrew Robertson

1-0

20’

Luis Díaz
Assist: Dominik Szoboszlai

2-0

21’

Half-time2-0

47’

Gabriel Martinelli
Assist: Leandro Trossard

2-1

70’

Mikel Merino

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Conor Bradley

Arsenal

Mikel Merino
Myles Lewis-Skelly

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 2.75 xGArsenal 2.20 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
Conor Bradley	DEF	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90		1	2	0.43	0.58	2
Ryan Gravenberch	MID	86			1	0.07	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	MID	70			1	0.12	0.02	1
Mohamed Salah	MID	90			0	0.00	0.51	2
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	90		1	2	0.04	0.86	2
Cody Gakpo	MID	69	1		2	0.58	0.02	1
Luis Díaz	FWD	82	1		2	1.28	0.12	1
Alexis Mac Allister	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.08	1
Darwin Núñez	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.02	1
Trent Alexander-Arnold	Sub	20			1	0.07	0.00	0
Diogo Jota	Sub	8			1	0.08	0.00	0
Harvey Elliott	Sub	4			1	0.04	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	81			1	0.05	0.15	1
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jakub Kiwior	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Myles Lewis-Skelly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thomas Partey	MID	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Martin Odegaard	MID	90			3	0.14	0.32	2
Mikel Merino	MID	82	1		3	0.92	0.04	1
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90			4	0.51	0.21	4
Leandro Trossard	FWD	81		1	2	0.17	0.69	2
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	90	1		2	0.41	0.00	0
Riccardo Calafiori	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Tierney	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 43% Avg odds 2.24

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.56

Arsenal win 30% Avg odds 3.16

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool L W W W L

Arsenal D D W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool, 27 Oct 24 Next meeting: Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal, 31 Aug 25 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.