Liverpool vs Brighton

30 November 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Virgil van Dijk 18’, 24’

Lewis Dunk 79’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Brighton 2-1. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

Virgil van Dijk put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 18th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk made it 2-0 with a header in the 24th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Lewis Dunk pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a direct free kick in the 79th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.39 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Brighton's 0.87 from 12. Liverpool had a player sent off.

Match stats

15 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 0

1 Red Cards 0

1.37 xG 0.87

1.37 Non-penalty xG 0.87

11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Brighton

Kick-off

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

1-0

18’

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

2-0

24’

Half-time2-0

79’

Lewis Dunk

2-1

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Alisson

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 1.39 xGBrighton 0.87 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

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90		2	1	0.05	0.07	2
Dejan Lovren	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90	2		2	0.07	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	90			1	0.02	0.14	1
Jordan Henderson	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	MID	79			4	0.30	0.05	1
Mohamed Salah	FWD	70			2	0.22	0.13	1
Roberto Firmino	FWD	77			2	0.21	0.00	0
Sadio Mané	FWD	90			2	0.50	0.31	3
Adam Lallana	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.00	0
Divock Origi	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adrián	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mat Ryan	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Martín Montoya	DEF	70		0	0.00	0.03	1
Adam Webster	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90	1	3	0.37	0.00	0
Dan Burn	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.50	2
Davy Pröpper	MID	90		3	0.08	0.00	0
Dale Stephens	MID	90		0	0.00	0.04	1
Yves Bissouma	MID	70		0	0.00	0.02	1
Pascal Groß	FWD	90		1	0.04	0.09	2
Aaron Connolly	FWD	77		1	0.03	0.00	0
Aaron Mooy	FWD	90		1	0.03	0.04	1
Leandro Trossard	Sub	20		1	0.26	0.03	1
Steven Alzate	Sub	20		0	0.00	0.04	1
Neal Maupay	Sub	13		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 80% Avg odds 1.20

Draw 13% Avg odds 7.21

Brighton win 7% Avg odds 14.46

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool D W W W W

Brighton L W W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brighton 0-1 Liverpool, 12 Jan 19 Next meeting: Brighton 1-3 Liverpool, 08 Jul 20 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.