Liverpool vs Aston Villa

10 April 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Mohamed Salah 57’
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold 90+1’
  • Ollie Watkins 43’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Aston Villa, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time.

Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead in the 43rd minute, set up by John McGinn, Mohamed Salah equalised with a header in the 57th minute, and Trent Alexander-Arnold won it in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.17 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Aston Villa's 0.76 from 9.

Match stats

Liverpool Aston Villa
23 Shots 9
10 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 0
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.15 xG 0.76
2.15 Non-penalty xG 0.76
13 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Liverpool Aston Villa
Kick-off
43’
Ollie Watkins
Assist: John McGinn0-1 (Aston Villa)
Half-time0-1
Mohamed Salah1-1 (Liverpool)
57’
Trent Alexander-Arnold2-1 (Liverpool)
90+1’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Andrew Robertson
  • James Milner
Aston Villa
  • Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
  • Matt Targett
  • Douglas Luiz
  • 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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.17 0.76 43’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 0-1 43’ 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-1 57’ 90+1’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 2-1 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.17 0.76 43’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 0-1 Watkins 43’ 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-1 Salah 57’ 90+1’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 2-1 Alexander-Arnold 90+1’
Liverpool 2.17 xGAston Villa 0.76 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Liverpool attacking 
57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 22’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 90+6’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 90+1’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 54’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 43’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 36’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 32’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 41’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 50’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 51’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 5’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 38’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 5’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 74’ Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 5’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 42’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 36’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 35’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 77’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 22’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.36 xG, saved 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 90+6’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 90+1’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 54’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 43’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 36’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 32’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 41’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 51’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 50’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 56’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 5’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 38’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 62’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 5’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 74’ Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 36’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 62’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 77’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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 DEF9013 0.150.103
Ozan Kabak DEF900 0.000.000
Nathaniel Phillips DEF901 0.050.173
Andrew Robertson DEF901 0.040.173
Fabinho MID900 0.000.000
James Milner MID901 0.020.051
Georginio Wijnaldum MID751 0.050.061
Mohamed Salah FWD9017 1.060.071
Roberto Firmino FWD802 0.080.081
Diogo Jota FWD905 0.250.041
Thiago Alcántara Sub151 0.120.000
Sadio Mané Sub101 0.340.000
Xherdan Shaqiri Sub10 0.000.462

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 66% Avg odds 1.46
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.67
Aston Villa win 14% Avg odds 6.96

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WLLWW
Aston Villa LDDLW

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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.