Liverpool vs Leeds

23 February 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 6 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

Mohamed Salah 15’ (pen), 35’ (pen)
Joel Matip 30’
Sadio Mané 80’, 90’
Virgil van Dijk 90+3’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 6-0 at home to Leeds. Liverpool led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from the penalty spot in the 15th minute, Joel Matip made it 2-0 in the 30th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Salah made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 35th minute. In the second half, Sadio Mané made it 4-0 in the 80th minute, set up by Jordan Henderson, Mané made it 5-0 in the 90th minute, and Virgil van Dijk made it 6-0 with a header in stoppage time, set up by Andrew Robertson.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 5.33 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Leeds's 0.14 from 3.

Match stats

23 Shots 3

15 Shots on Target 2

4 Corners 0

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

5.33 xG 0.14

3.81 Non-penalty xG 0.14

13 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Leeds

Kick-off

Mohamed Salah
Penalty

1-0

15’

Joel Matip
Assist: Mohamed Salah

2-0

30’

Mohamed Salah
Penalty

3-0

35’

Half-time3-0

Sadio Mané
Assist: Jordan Henderson

4-0

80’

Sadio Mané

5-0

90’

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Andrew Robertson

6-0

90+3’

Full-time6-0

Bookings

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

Leeds

Luke Ayling
Júnior Firpo
Joe Gelhardt

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 5.33 xGLeeds 0.14 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leeds 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
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.34	2
Joel Matip	DEF	90	1		1	0.54	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90	1		1	0.33	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90		1	1	0.12	0.52	5
Fabinho	MID	90			1	0.44	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	MID	79			4	0.24	0.13	1
Thiago Alcántara	MID	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	2	1	6	2.06	0.54	1
Sadio Mané	FWD	90	2		3	1.20	0.24	4
Luis Díaz	FWD	87			4	0.24	0.20	2
Jordan Henderson	Sub	20		1	0	0.00	0.56	1
James Milner	Sub	11			1	0.03	0.13	1
Divock Origi	Sub	3			1	0.13	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Illan Meslier	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Stuart Dallas	DEF	90	1	0.09	0.00	0
Pascal Struijk	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Ayling	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Júnior Firpo	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.09	1
Adam Forshaw	MID	90	1	0.02	0.00	0
Raphinha	MID	90	1	0.04	0.00	0
Mateusz Klich	MID	48	0	0.00	0.00	0
Rodrigo	MID	48	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Harrison	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel James	FWD	63	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamie Shackleton	Sub	42	0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyler Roberts	Sub	42	0	0.00	0.04	1
Joe Gelhardt	Sub	27	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 82% Avg odds 1.18

Draw 12% Avg odds 8.24

Leeds win 6% Avg odds 15.04

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool W W W W W

Leeds W L D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Leeds 0-3 Liverpool, 12 Sep 21 Next meeting: Liverpool 1-2 Leeds, 29 Oct 22 All Liverpool vs Leeds 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.