Liverpool vs Arsenal

23 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Mohamed Salah 29’

Gabriel 4’

Match summary

The points were shared as Liverpool and Arsenal drew 1-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Gabriel put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 4th minute, set up by Martin Odegaard and Mohamed Salah equalised in the 29th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

There was little between the sides on chances: Liverpool created 0.98 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Arsenal 0.85 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 13

3 Shots on Target 2

4 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

0.98 xG 0.85

0.98 Non-penalty xG 0.85

7 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Liverpool Arsenal

Kick-off

4’

Gabriel
Assist: Martin Odegaard

0-1

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

1-1

29’

Half-time1-1

Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Wataru Endo
Mohamed Salah

Arsenal

Ben White
Kai Havertz
Declan Rice
Bukayo Saka
Eddie Nketiah

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 0.98 xGArsenal 0.85 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	0.44	0.13	3
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Konstantinos Tsimikas	DEF	34			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Wataru Endo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	MID	72			1	0.02	0.08	1
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	1		3	0.20	0.53	2
Cody Gakpo	FWD	72			0	0.00	0.08	2
Luis Díaz	FWD	72			2	0.10	0.05	1
Joseph Gomez	Sub	56			2	0.10	0.02	1
Ryan Gravenberch	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Darwin Núñez	Sub	18			1	0.05	0.00	0
Harvey Elliott	Sub	18			1	0.02	0.05	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	2
Gabriel	DEF	90	1		1	0.22	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oleksandr Zinchenko	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Martin Odegaard	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.29	3
Declan Rice	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Bukayo Saka	FWD	90			2	0.07	0.20	3
Gabriel Jesus	FWD	82			4	0.28	0.00	0
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	72			1	0.08	0.07	1
Leandro Trossard	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 39% Avg odds 2.47

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.63

Arsenal win 34% Avg odds 2.79

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool D W W W D

Arsenal W W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal, 09 Apr 23 Next meeting: Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool, 04 Feb 24 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.