Liverpool vs Brentford

6 May 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Mohamed Salah 13’

Match summary

Liverpool won 1-0 at home to Brentford. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from a corner in the 13th minute, set up by Virgil van Dijk.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.99 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Brentford's 0.18 from 5.

Match stats

Liverpool Brentford
15 Shots 5
5 Shots on Target 1
7 Corners 3
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.99 xG 0.18
1.99 Non-penalty xG 0.18
13 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Brentford
Kick-off
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Virgil van Dijk1-0 (Liverpool)
13’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Alisson
  • Ibrahima Konaté
  • Virgil van Dijk
  • Fabinho
Brentford
  • Rico Henry
  • Bryan Mbeumo

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 1.99 0.18 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 13’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.99 0.18 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 Salah 13’
Liverpool 1.99 xGBrentford 0.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Liverpool attacking 
13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.94 xG, goal 29’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 45’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 21’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 84’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 53’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 58’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 39’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Rico Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 78’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.94 xG, goal 29’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 45’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 84’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 21’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 53’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 58’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 39’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Rico Henry (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 78’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 20’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), from a corner, 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 DEF903 0.080.441
Ibrahima Konaté DEF901 0.030.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF9011 0.020.941
Andrew Robertson DEF850 0.000.000
Fabinho MID900 0.000.000
Cody Gakpo MID901 0.090.000
Curtis Jones MID852 0.030.000
Mohamed Salah FWD9013 1.020.283
Diogo Jota FWD762 0.190.103
Darwin Núñez FWD682 0.530.021
Luis Díaz Sub220 0.000.000
Jordan Henderson Sub140 0.000.021
Konstantinos Tsimikas Sub50 0.000.000
James Milner Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 67% Avg odds 1.43
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.16
Brentford win 14% Avg odds 6.91

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWWWW
Brentford LLDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 3-1 Liverpool, 02 Jan 23 Next meeting: Liverpool 3-0 Brentford, 12 Nov 23  All Liverpool vs Brentford 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.