Liverpool vs Aston Villa

11 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mohamed Salah 67’ (pen)

Match summary

Liverpool won 1-0 at home to Aston Villa. It was goalless at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from the penalty spot in the 67th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.71 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Aston Villa's 0.14 from 4.

Match stats

Liverpool Aston Villa
20 Shots 4
5 Shots on Target 0
11 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.71 xG 0.14
1.95 Non-penalty xG 0.14
15 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Liverpool Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Mohamed Salah
Penalty1-0 (Liverpool)
67’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Virgil van Dijk
Aston Villa
  • Marvelous Nakamba
  • Ollie Watkins

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 2.71 0.14 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.71 0.14 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 Salah 67’
Liverpool 2.71 xGAston Villa 0.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Liverpool attacking 
67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+3’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.59 xG, off target 78’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 53’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.29 xG, saved 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 51’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 83’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 14’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 86’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 6’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 11’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 25’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 19’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 56’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 60’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 20’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 25’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 48’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+3’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.59 xG, off target 78’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 53’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.29 xG, saved 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 51’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 83’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 14’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 86’ Danny Ings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 6’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 11’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 44’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 25’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 60’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 16’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 25’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 20’ Ashley Young (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 48’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 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 DEF902 0.070.122
Joel Matip DEF902 0.050.031
Virgil van Dijk DEF901 0.290.000
Andrew Robertson DEF901 0.010.323
Fabinho MID900 0.000.072
Jordan Henderson MID900 0.000.051
Thiago Alcántara MID871 0.030.102
Mohamed Salah FWD9016 1.020.000
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain FWD611 0.020.000
Sadio Mané FWD904 0.240.072
Diogo Jota Sub292 0.980.000
James Milner Sub30 0.000.000
Takumi Minamino Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 78% Avg odds 1.24
Draw 14% Avg odds 6.71
Aston Villa win 8% Avg odds 11.84

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool LWWWW
Aston Villa LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa, 10 Apr 21 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool, 10 May 22  All Liverpool vs Aston Villa 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.