Liverpool vs Aston Villa

3 September 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Dominik Szoboszlai 3’
  • Matthew Cash 22’ (og)
  • Mohamed Salah 55’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Aston Villa. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

Dominik Szoboszlai put Liverpool ahead from a corner in the 3rd minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, Cash's own goal made it 2-0 in the 22nd minute, and Mohamed Salah made it 3-0 from a corner in the 55th minute, set up by Darwin Núñez.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.74 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Aston Villa's 0.62 from 9.

Match stats

Liverpool Aston Villa
17 Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.73 xG 0.62
2.73 Non-penalty xG 0.62
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Aston Villa
Kick-off
Dominik Szoboszlai
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold1-0 (Liverpool)
3’
Matthew Cash
Own goal2-0 (Liverpool)
22’
Half-time2-0
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Darwin Núñez3-0 (Liverpool)
55’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Aston Villa
  • Boubacar Kamara

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 2.74 0.62 3’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), 1-0 3’ 22’ Matthew Cash (Liverpool) own goal, 2-0 22’ 55’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-0 55’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.74 0.62 3’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), 1-0 Szoboszlai 3’ 22’ Matthew Cash (Liverpool) own goal, 2-0 Cash 22’ 55’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-0 Salah 55’
Liverpool 2.74 xGAston Villa 0.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Liverpool attacking 
55’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.58 xG, goal 49’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.53 xG, off target 22’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.45 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), set piece, 0.32 xG, off target 39’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.28 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 34’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 38’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 49’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 43’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 62’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 47’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Pau Torres (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 77’ Jhon Durán (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 69’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Jhon Durán (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), own goal 55’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.58 xG, goal 49’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.53 xG, off target 22’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.45 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), set piece, 0.32 xG, off target 39’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.28 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 34’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 38’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 49’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 43’ Moussa Diaby (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 62’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 47’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 63’ Pau Torres (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 75’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Jhon Durán (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 3’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 69’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Jhon Durán (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Matthew Cash (Aston Villa), own goal
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 DEF7612 0.050.625
Joel Matip DEF901 0.320.021
Joseph Gomez DEF901 0.030.031
Andrew Robertson DEF900 0.000.021
Alexis Mac Allister MID900 0.000.000
Dominik Szoboszlai MID9012 0.050.052
Curtis Jones MID690 0.000.000
Mohamed Salah FWD9014 0.790.732
Darwin Núñez FWD6915 1.400.581
Luis Díaz FWD691 0.070.000
Cody Gakpo Sub210 0.000.000
Diogo Jota Sub210 0.000.000
Harvey Elliott Sub211 0.030.000
Jarell Quansah Sub140 0.000.000
Wataru Endo Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 60% Avg odds 1.61
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.62
Aston Villa win 19% Avg odds 4.94

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool DDDWW
Aston Villa DWLWW

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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.