Liverpool vs Brentford

16 January 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Fabinho 44’
  • Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 69’
  • Takumi Minamino 77’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Brentford. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Fabinho put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 44th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made it 2-0 with a header in the 69th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, and Takumi Minamino made it 3-0 in the 77th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.50 expected goals (xG) from 27 shots to Brentford's 0.38 from 6.

Match stats

Liverpool Brentford
27 Shots 6
13 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 0
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.49 xG 0.38
3.49 Non-penalty xG 0.38
11 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Liverpool Brentford
Kick-off
Fabinho
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold1-0 (Liverpool)
44’
Half-time1-0
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Assist: Andrew Robertson2-0 (Liverpool)
69’
Takumi Minamino
Assist: Roberto Firmino3-0 (Liverpool)
77’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Brentford
  • Kristoffer Ajer

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.50 0.38 44’ Fabinho (Liverpool), 1-0 44’ 69’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), 2-0 69’ 77’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), 3-0 77’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.50 0.38 44’ Fabinho (Liverpool), 1-0 Fabinho 44’ 69’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), 2-0 Oxlade-Chamberlain 69’ 77’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), 3-0 Minamino 77’
Liverpool 3.50 xGBrentford 0.38 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Liverpool attacking 
77’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 44’ Fabinho (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 88’ Kaide Gordon (Liverpool), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 67’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 69’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 12’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 9’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 22’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 59’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 71’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 62’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 90+1’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 10’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 43’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 41’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 59’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 20’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 52’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 11’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 77’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 44’ Fabinho (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.49 xG, goal 88’ Kaide Gordon (Liverpool), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 67’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 69’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 12’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 9’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 22’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 59’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 62’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, hit the woodwork 71’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+1’ Sergi Canos (Brentford), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 10’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 41’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 43’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 59’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 26’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 20’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 52’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 11’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Vitaly Janelt (Brentford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 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 DEF9014 0.180.643
Joel Matip DEF903 0.180.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF902 0.160.000
Andrew Robertson DEF9011 0.050.413
Fabinho MID9012 0.510.094
Curtis Jones MID902 0.070.000
Jordan Henderson MID900 0.000.091
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain FWD7512 0.360.193
Roberto Firmino FWD7912 0.070.652
Diogo Jota FWD836 0.780.000
Takumi Minamino Sub1512 0.640.491
James Milner Sub110 0.000.081
Kaide Gordon Sub71 0.490.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 75% Avg odds 1.28
Draw 16% Avg odds 6.13
Brentford win 9% Avg odds 11.02

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWDLD
Brentford WLLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 3-3 Liverpool, 25 Sep 21 Next meeting: Brentford 3-1 Liverpool, 02 Jan 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.