Liverpool vs Ipswich

25 January 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

  • Dominik Szoboszlai 11’
  • Mohamed Salah 35’
  • Cody Gakpo 44’, 66’
  • Jacob Greaves 90’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Ipswich. Liverpool led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Dominik Szoboszlai put Liverpool ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Ibrahima Konaté, Mohamed Salah made it 2-0 in the 35th minute, set up by Cody Gakpo, and Cody Gakpo made it 3-0 in the 44th minute. In the second half, Gakpo made it 4-0 with a header in the 66th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jacob Greaves pulled one back to make it 4-1 with a header in the 90th minute, set up by Julio Enciso.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.28 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Ipswich's 0.80 from 3.

Match stats

Liverpool Ipswich
16 Shots 3
6 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.17 xG 0.80
2.17 Non-penalty xG 0.80
15 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Liverpool Ipswich
Kick-off
Dominik Szoboszlai
Assist: Ibrahima Konaté1-0 (Liverpool)
11’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Cody Gakpo2-0 (Liverpool)
35’
Cody Gakpo3-0 (Liverpool)
44’
Half-time3-0
Cody Gakpo
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold4-0 (Liverpool)
66’
90’
Jacob Greaves
Assist: Julio Enciso4-1 (Ipswich)
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Ipswich
  • Liam Delap
  • Julio Enciso

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 2.28 0.80 11’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), 1-0 11’ 35’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 35’ 44’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 3-0 44’ 66’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 4-0 66’ 90’ Jacob Greaves (Ipswich), 4-1 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.28 0.80 11’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), 1-0 Szoboszlai 11’ 35’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 Salah 35’ 44’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 3-0 Gakpo 44’ 66’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 4-0 Gakpo 66’ 90’ Jacob Greaves (Ipswich), 4-1 Greaves 90’
Liverpool 2.28 xGIpswich 0.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Ipswich attacking Liverpool attacking 
44’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.77 xG, goal 66’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 90’ Jacob Greaves (Ipswich), from a corner, 0.50 xG, goal 35’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 85’ George Hirst (Ipswich), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 44’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 71’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 78’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 11’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 33’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 8’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 1’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.77 xG, goal 66’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 90’ Jacob Greaves (Ipswich), from a corner, 0.50 xG, goal 35’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 85’ George Hirst (Ipswich), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 44’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 71’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 78’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 11’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 33’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 8’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 64’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Omari Hutchinson (Ipswich), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 1’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 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
Trent Alexander-Arnold DEF9012 0.100.531
Ibrahima Konaté DEF9010 0.000.122
Virgil van Dijk DEF902 0.030.000
Andrew Robertson DEF900 0.000.042
Alexis Mac Allister MID871 0.030.193
Ryan Gravenberch MID750 0.000.141
Mohamed Salah MID9013 0.410.081
Dominik Szoboszlai MID7514 0.300.031
Cody Gakpo MID75213 1.310.311
Luis Díaz FWD900 0.000.000
Wataru Endo Sub150 0.000.000
Darwin Núñez Sub150 0.000.000
Harvey Elliott Sub151 0.090.000
Jayden Danns Sub30 0.000.000
Federico Chiesa Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 87% Avg odds 1.11
Draw 9% Avg odds 11.32
Ipswich win 4% Avg odds 21.57

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWDDW
Ipswich LWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Ipswich 0-2 Liverpool, 17 Aug 24 Next meeting: Ipswich 0-2 Liverpool, 04 Sep 26  All Liverpool vs Ipswich 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.