Liverpool vs Crystal Palace

18 September 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Sadio Mané 43’
  • Mohamed Salah 78’
  • Naby Keita 89’

Match summary

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

Sadio Mané put Liverpool ahead from a corner in the 43rd minute, Mohamed Salah made it 2-0 from a corner in the 78th minute, set up by Virgil van Dijk, and Naby Keita made it 3-0 from a corner in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.01 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Crystal Palace's 0.64 from 13.

Match stats

Liverpool Crystal Palace
25 Shots 13
10 Shots on Target 2
10 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.77 xG 0.64
2.77 Non-penalty xG 0.64
8 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Liverpool Crystal Palace
Kick-off
Sadio Mané1-0 (Liverpool)
43’
Half-time1-0
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Virgil van Dijk2-0 (Liverpool)
78’
Naby Keita3-0 (Liverpool)
89’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Konstantinos Tsimikas
  • Jordan Henderson
  • Mohamed Salah
Crystal Palace
  • Joel Ward

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.01 0.64 43’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 43’ 78’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 78’ 89’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), 3-0 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.01 0.64 43’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 Mané 43’ 78’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 Salah 78’ 89’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), 3-0 Keita 89’
Liverpool 3.01 xGCrystal Palace 0.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Crystal Palace attacking Liverpool attacking 
38’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.66 xG, off target 43’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.57 xG, goal 78’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 38’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 62’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.13 xG, blocked 26’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 31’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 59’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 9’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 32’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 16’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Fabinho (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 3’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 18’ Joel Ward (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 32’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 33’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 3’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 34’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Joel Ward (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 72’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 90+2’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 27’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.66 xG, off target 43’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.57 xG, goal 78’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.48 xG, goal 38’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 62’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), direct free kick, 0.13 xG, blocked 26’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 31’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 59’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 9’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 32’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 16’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Fabinho (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Joel Ward (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 3’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 33’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 81’ Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 32’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 68’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 3’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 34’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 47’ Joel Ward (Crystal Palace), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 71’ Odsonne Edouard (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 72’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, goal 90+2’ Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ James McArthur (Crystal Palace), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), 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
James Milner DEF901 0.050.051
Ibrahima Konaté DEF900 0.000.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF9011 0.030.481
Konstantinos Tsimikas DEF901 0.020.214
Fabinho MID902 0.120.000
Jordan Henderson MID892 0.080.363
Thiago Alcántara MID633 0.440.052
Mohamed Salah FWD9016 0.750.152
Diogo Jota FWD774 0.840.031
Sadio Mané FWD9012 0.600.000
Naby Keita Sub2712 0.060.000
Curtis Jones Sub131 0.030.000
Divock Origi Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 76% Avg odds 1.27
Draw 16% Avg odds 6.16
Crystal Palace win 8% Avg odds 11.26

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

Form going into the game

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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.