Liverpool vs Aston Villa

5 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Sadio Mané 71’
  • Curtis Jones 89’

Match summary

Liverpool saw off Aston Villa 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Sadio Mané put Liverpool ahead in the 71st minute, set up by Naby Keita and Curtis Jones made it 2-0 in the 89th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.08 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots to Aston Villa's 0.69 from 9.

Match stats

Liverpool Aston Villa
6 Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.08 xG 0.69
1.08 Non-penalty xG 0.69
11 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Liverpool Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Sadio Mané
Assist: Naby Keita1-0 (Liverpool)
71’
Curtis Jones
Assist: Mohamed Salah2-0 (Liverpool)
89’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Andrew Robertson
Aston Villa
  • John McGinn

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 0.69 71’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 71’ 89’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), 2-0 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.08 0.69 71’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 Mané 71’ 89’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), 2-0 Jones 89’
Liverpool 1.08 xGAston Villa 0.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Liverpool attacking 
71’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 89’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 90+1’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 52’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 76’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 64’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 82’ Jota (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 90+3’ Indiana Vassilev (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 45’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 89’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 90+1’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 52’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 76’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 64’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 82’ Jota (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 33’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+3’ Indiana Vassilev (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 45’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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 DEF900 0.000.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.000
Joseph Gomez DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF900 0.000.000
Naby Keita MID8810 0.000.612
Fabinho MID640 0.000.000
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain MID640 0.000.000
Mohamed Salah FWD9011 0.070.442
Divock Origi FWD630 0.000.000
Sadio Mané FWD9012 0.560.000
Roberto Firmino Sub271 0.060.000
Georginio Wijnaldum Sub260 0.000.021
Jordan Henderson Sub260 0.000.000
Curtis Jones Sub212 0.400.000
Neco Williams Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 80% Avg odds 1.20
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.49
Aston Villa win 7% Avg odds 13.94

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool LWDWL
Aston Villa LDLDL

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Previous and next meeting

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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.