Liverpool vs Brighton

30 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Jordan Henderson 4’
Sadio Mané 24’

Enock Mwepu 41’
Leandro Trossard 65’

Match summary

Liverpool and Brighton drew 2-2. Liverpool led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jordan Henderson put Liverpool ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané made it 2-0 with a header in the 24th minute, set up by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and Enock Mwepu pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 41st minute, set up by Solly March. In the second half, Leandro Trossard equalised in the 65th minute, set up by Adam Lallana.

There was little between the sides on chances: Liverpool created 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Brighton 1.51 from 9.

Match stats

14 Shots 9

3 Shots on Target 6

5 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.40 xG 1.51

1.40 Non-penalty xG 1.51

11 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Liverpool Brighton

Kick-off

Jordan Henderson
Assist: Mohamed Salah

1-0

4’

Sadio Mané
Assist: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

2-0

24’

41’

Enock Mwepu
Assist: Solly March

2-1

Half-time2-1

65’

Leandro Trossard
Assist: Adam Lallana

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Andrew Robertson
Takumi Minamino

Brighton

Shane Duffy
Tariq Lamptey

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.

Liverpool 1.40 xGBrighton 1.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brighton attacking Liverpool attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.05	1
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	90	1		3	0.08	0.02	1
Curtis Jones	MID	89			0	0.00	0.00	0
Naby Keita	MID	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90		1	2	0.15	0.46	2
Roberto Firmino	FWD	80			4	0.64	0.05	1
Sadio Mané	FWD	90	1		2	0.44	0.15	2
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	Sub	71		1	2	0.07	0.44	2
Diogo Jota	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.10	1
Takumi Minamino	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robert Sánchez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Shane Duffy	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marc Cucurella	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.52	1
Enock Mwepu	MID	90	1		2	0.53	0.00	0
Yves Bissouma	MID	62			1	0.02	0.00	0
Solly March	MID	90		1	1	0.29	0.07	2
Adam Lallana	MID	79		1	1	0.06	0.54	2
Jakub Moder	MID	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leandro Trossard	FWD	90	1		2	0.54	0.31	2
Alexis Mac Allister	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pascal Groß	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.06	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 75% Avg odds 1.28

Draw 16% Avg odds 6.06

Brighton win 9% Avg odds 10.42

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool W D D W W

Brighton W D D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 0-1 Brighton, 03 Feb 21 Next meeting: Brighton 0-2 Liverpool, 12 Mar 22 All Liverpool vs Brighton 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.