Liverpool vs Brentford

25 August 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Luis Díaz 13’
  • Mohamed Salah 70’

Match summary

Liverpool saw off Brentford 2-0. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Luis Díaz put Liverpool ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah made it 2-0 in the 70th minute, set up by Luis Díaz.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.76 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Brentford's 0.46 from 8.

Match stats

Liverpool Brentford
19 Shots 8
8 Shots on Target 2
9 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.72 xG 0.46
2.72 Non-penalty xG 0.46
21 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Liverpool Brentford
Kick-off
Luis Díaz
Assist: Diogo Jota1-0 (Liverpool)
13’
Half-time1-0
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Luis Díaz2-0 (Liverpool)
70’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Ryan Gravenberch
  • Dominik Szoboszlai
Brentford
  • Mathias Jensen
  • Christian Nørgaard
  • 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 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.76 0.46 13’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 1-0 13’ 70’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 70’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.76 0.46 13’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 1-0 Díaz 13’ 70’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 Salah 70’
Liverpool 2.76 xGBrentford 0.46 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Liverpool attacking 
59’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.63 xG, blocked 47’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 13’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 70’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 32’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), set piece, 0.25 xG, off target 49’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 47’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 64’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 19’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 66’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 29’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 62’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 52’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 81’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 65’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 41’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 35’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 52’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 59’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.63 xG, blocked 47’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 13’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 70’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 32’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), set piece, 0.25 xG, off target 49’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 47’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 64’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 66’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 19’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 29’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 62’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 56’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 52’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 81’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 65’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 41’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 35’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 43’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ Keane Lewis-Potter (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 52’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 33’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), set piece, 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 DEF742 0.120.804
Ibrahima Konaté DEF902 0.130.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF901 0.020.000
Andrew Robertson DEF902 0.500.163
Alexis Mac Allister MID900 0.000.142
Ryan Gravenberch MID900 0.000.000
Mohamed Salah MID8513 0.430.000
Dominik Szoboszlai MID901 0.050.202
Luis Díaz MID74113 0.610.604
Diogo Jota FWD7414 0.880.762
Cody Gakpo Sub161 0.030.000
Darwin Núñez Sub160 0.000.000
Conor Bradley Sub160 0.000.000
Harvey Elliott Sub50 0.000.000
Wataru Endo Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 79% Avg odds 1.22
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.19
Brentford win 8% Avg odds 11.82

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool DWDWW
Brentford LDWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 1-4 Liverpool, 17 Feb 24 Next meeting: Brentford 0-2 Liverpool, 18 Jan 25  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.