Liverpool vs Chelsea

22 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 5 – 3

Half-time: 3–1

  • Naby Keita 23’
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold 38’
  • Georginio Wijnaldum 43’
  • Roberto Firmino 55’
  • Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 84’
  • Olivier Giroud 45+3’
  • Tammy Abraham 61’
  • Christian Pulisic 73’

Match summary

Liverpool saw off Chelsea 5-3. Liverpool led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Naby Keita put Liverpool ahead in the 23rd minute, Trent Alexander-Arnold made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 38th minute, Georginio Wijnaldum made it 3-0 from a corner in the 43rd minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Olivier Giroud pulled one back to make it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Roberto Firmino made it 4-1 with a header in the 55th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, Tammy Abraham made it 4-2 in the 61st minute, set up by Christian Pulisic, Christian Pulisic made it 4-3 in the 73rd minute, set up by Callum Hudson-Odoi, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made it 5-3 in the 84th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson.

Chelsea can feel hard done by, creating 2.62 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Liverpool's 1.45 from 10.

Match stats

Liverpool Chelsea
10 Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.45 xG 2.38
1.45 Non-penalty xG 2.38
5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Chelsea
Kick-off
Naby Keita1-0 (Liverpool)
23’
Trent Alexander-Arnold2-0 (Liverpool)
38’
Georginio Wijnaldum
Assist: Mohamed Salah3-0 (Liverpool)
43’
45+3’
Olivier Giroud3-1 (Chelsea)
Half-time3-1
Roberto Firmino
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold4-1 (Liverpool)
55’
61’
Tammy Abraham
Assist: Christian Pulisic4-2 (Chelsea)
73’
Christian Pulisic
Assist: Callum Hudson-Odoi4-3 (Chelsea)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Assist: Andrew Robertson5-3 (Liverpool)
84’
Full-time5-3

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Joseph Gomez

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 2.62 23’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), 1-0 23’ 38’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 2-0 38’ 43’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), 3-0 43’ 45+3’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), 3-1 45+3’ 55’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 4-1 55’ 61’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), 4-2 61’ 73’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), 4-3 73’ 84’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), 5-3 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.45 2.62 23’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), 1-0 Keita 23’ 38’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 2-0 Alexander-Arnold 38’ 43’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), 3-0 Wijnaldum 43’ 45+3’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), 3-1 Giroud 45+3’ 55’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 4-1 Firmino 55’ 61’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), 4-2 Abraham 61’ 73’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), 4-3 Pulisic 73’ 84’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), 5-3 Oxlade-Chamberlain 84’
Liverpool 1.45 xGChelsea 2.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Chelsea attacking Liverpool attacking 
61’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 48’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 90+2’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.50 xG, off target 8’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 55’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 48’ Willian (Chelsea), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 64’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 84’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 53’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 43’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 73’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 40’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 80’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 38’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, goal 68’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 32’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 61’ Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 48’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 90+2’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.50 xG, off target 8’ Mason Mount (Chelsea), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 55’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 48’ Willian (Chelsea), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 64’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 84’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 53’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 43’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, goal 73’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 40’ Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 80’ César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 38’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, goal 68’ Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Reece James (Chelsea), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 32’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
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 DEF90111 0.040.422
Virgil van Dijk DEF901 0.500.000
Joseph Gomez DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF9010 0.000.723
Fabinho MID900 0.000.000
Naby Keita MID6911 0.020.000
Georginio Wijnaldum MID6912 0.090.000
Mohamed Salah FWD8213 0.260.071
Roberto Firmino FWD9011 0.410.101
Sadio Mané FWD900 0.000.000
James Milner Sub210 0.000.000
Curtis Jones Sub210 0.000.000
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Sub811 0.150.000
Divock Origi Sub10 0.000.000
Takumi Minamino Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 50% Avg odds 1.91
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.73
Chelsea win 24% Avg odds 3.97

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool LWWDL
Chelsea LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

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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.