Liverpool vs Brentford

12 November 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Mohamed Salah 39’, 62’
  • Diogo Jota 74’

Match summary

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

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 39th minute, set up by Darwin Núñez, Salah made it 2-0 with a header in the 62nd minute, set up by Konstantinos Tsimikas, and Diogo Jota made it 3-0 in the 74th minute, set up by Konstantinos Tsimikas.

There was little between the sides on chances: Liverpool created 1.56 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots, Brentford 1.45 from 16.

Match stats

Liverpool Brentford
17 Shots 16
10 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 8
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.56 xG 1.45
1.56 Non-penalty xG 1.45
11 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Liverpool Brentford
Kick-off
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Darwin Núñez1-0 (Liverpool)
39’
Half-time1-0
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Konstantinos Tsimikas2-0 (Liverpool)
62’
Diogo Jota
Assist: Konstantinos Tsimikas3-0 (Liverpool)
74’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Joel Matip
Brentford
  • Kristoffer Ajer
  • Christian Nørgaard

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.56 1.45 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 39’ 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 62’ 74’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 3-0 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.56 1.45 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 Salah 39’ 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 Salah 62’ 74’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 3-0 Jota 74’
Liverpool 1.56 xGBrentford 1.45 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Liverpool attacking 
50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 78’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.50 xG, saved 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 32’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 27’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 5’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 14’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 16’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 61’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 46’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 74’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 18’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 66’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 61’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 79’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+7’ Neal Maupay (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 22’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 32’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 52’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 88’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 27’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 78’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), from a corner, 0.50 xG, saved 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 32’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.24 xG, saved 27’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 5’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 14’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 16’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 61’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 46’ Ben Mee (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 74’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 18’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 50’ Mathias Jensen (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 61’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Christian Nørgaard (Brentford), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 79’ Nathan Collins (Brentford), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 61’ Frank Onyeka (Brentford), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 90+7’ Neal Maupay (Brentford), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 32’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 4’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 88’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 27’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 52’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Mads Roerslev (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 83’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.02 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 0.000.602
Joel Matip DEF901 0.030.031
Virgil van Dijk DEF901 0.090.000
Konstantinos Tsimikas DEF9021 0.030.203
Dominik Szoboszlai MID902 0.050.052
Wataru Endo MID900 0.000.000
Cody Gakpo MID892 0.050.000
Mohamed Salah FWD9023 0.980.081
Darwin Núñez FWD9013 0.140.392
Diogo Jota FWD9013 0.170.062
Luis Díaz Sub10 0.000.000
Jarell Quansah Sub10 0.000.000
Harvey Elliott Sub11 0.030.000
James McConnell Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 69% Avg odds 1.38
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.42
Brentford win 13% Avg odds 7.57

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool LDWWD
Brentford DLWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 1-0 Brentford, 06 May 23 Next meeting: Brentford 1-4 Liverpool, 17 Feb 24  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.