Liverpool vs Chelsea

31 January 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Diogo Jota 23’
Conor Bradley 39’
Dominik Szoboszlai 65’
Luis Díaz 79’

Christopher Nkunku 71’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Chelsea. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Diogo Jota put Liverpool ahead in the 23rd minute, set up by Conor Bradley and Conor Bradley made it 2-0 in the 39th minute, set up by Luis Díaz. In the second half, Dominik Szoboszlai made it 3-0 with a header in the 65th minute, set up by Conor Bradley, Christopher Nkunku pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 71st minute, set up by Carney Chukwuemeka, and Luis Díaz made it 4-1 in the 79th minute, set up by Darwin Núñez.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.66 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Chelsea's 0.48 from 4. Darwin Núñez hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for Liverpool.

Match stats

28 Shots 4

13 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 1

2 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

3.66 xG 0.48

2.90 Non-penalty xG 0.48

10 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Liverpool Chelsea

Kick-off

Diogo Jota
Assist: Conor Bradley

1-0

23’

Conor Bradley
Assist: Luis Díaz

2-0

39’

Half-time2-0

Dominik Szoboszlai
Assist: Conor Bradley

3-0

65’

71’

Christopher Nkunku
Assist: Carney Chukwuemeka

3-1

Luis Díaz
Assist: Darwin Núñez

4-1

79’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Ibrahima Konaté
Darwin Núñez

Chelsea

Axel Disasi
Ben Chilwell
Enzo Fernández
Moisés Caicedo

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 3.66 xGChelsea 0.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Chelsea 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	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Bradley	DEF	73	1	2	1	0.07	0.91	4
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	DEF	74			0	0.00	0.12	2
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	90			3	0.12	0.02	1
Curtis Jones	MID	88			1	0.06	0.02	1
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	74	1		3	0.22	0.04	2
Diogo Jota	FWD	73	1		2	0.74	0.09	1
Darwin Núñez	FWD	90		1	11	1.61	0.59	1
Luis Díaz	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.71	0.11	2
Cody Gakpo	Sub	17			2	0.09	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.04	1
Harvey Elliott	Sub	16			1	0.03	0.03	1
Andrew Robertson	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.43	1
Bobby Clark	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Djordje Petrovic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Axel Disasi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thiago Silva	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benoit Badiashile Mukinayi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Chilwell	DEF	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
Enzo Fernández	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Moisés Caicedo	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Noni Madueke	MID	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Gallagher	MID	51			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raheem Sterling	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cole Palmer	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Malo Gusto	Sub	39			1	0.04	0.32	1
Christopher Nkunku	Sub	39	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Mykhailo Mudryk	Sub	39			1	0.32	0.00	0
Carney Chukwuemeka	Sub	19		1	0	0.00	0.10	1
Cesare Casadei	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 58% Avg odds 1.65

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.40

Chelsea win 20% Avg odds 4.84

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool D D W W W

Chelsea W L W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Chelsea 1-1 Liverpool, 13 Aug 23 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea, 20 Oct 24 All Liverpool vs Chelsea 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.