Liverpool vs Leeds

12 September 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 4 – 3

Half-time: 3–2

  • Mohamed Salah 4’ (pen), 33’, 88’ (pen)
  • Virgil van Dijk 20’
  • Jack Harrison 12’
  • Patrick Bamford 30’
  • Mateusz Klich 66’

Match summary

Liverpool saw off Leeds 4-3, with a late winner. Liverpool led 3-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from the penalty spot in the 4th minute, Jack Harrison equalised in the 12th minute, set up by Kalvin Phillips, Virgil van Dijk put Liverpool back in front with a header in the 20th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, Patrick Bamford equalised in the 30th minute, and Salah put Liverpool back in front in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Mateusz Klich equalised in the 66th minute, set up by Hélder Costa and Salah won it from the penalty spot in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.16 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Leeds's 0.27 from 6.

Match stats

Liverpool Leeds
22 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 3
9 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3.15 xG 0.27
1.63 Non-penalty xG 0.27
19 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Liverpool Leeds
Kick-off
Mohamed Salah
Penalty1-0 (Liverpool)
4’
12’
Jack Harrison
Assist: Kalvin Phillips1-1 (Leeds)
Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Andrew Robertson2-1 (Liverpool)
20’
30’
Patrick Bamford2-2 (Leeds)
Mohamed Salah3-2 (Liverpool)
33’
Half-time3-2
66’
Mateusz Klich
Assist: Hélder Costa3-3 (Leeds)
Mohamed Salah
Penalty4-3 (Liverpool)
88’
Full-time4-3

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Roberto Firmino

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 3.16 0.27 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 4’ 12’ Jack Harrison (Leeds), 1-1 12’ 20’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 2-1 20’ 30’ Patrick Bamford (Leeds), 2-2 30’ 33’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-2 33’ 66’ Mateusz Klich (Leeds), 3-3 66’ 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 4-3 88’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.16 0.27 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 Salah 4’ 12’ Jack Harrison (Leeds), 1-1 Harrison 12’ 20’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 2-1 van Dijk 20’ 30’ Patrick Bamford (Leeds), 2-2 Bamford 30’ 33’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-2 Salah 33’ 66’ Mateusz Klich (Leeds), 3-3 Klich 66’ 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 4-3 Salah 88’
Liverpool 3.16 xGLeeds 0.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leeds attacking Liverpool attacking 
4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 20’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 49’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 40’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 78’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 87’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 29’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 40’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 60’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 66’ Mateusz Klich (Leeds), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 71’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 7’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 12’ Jack Harrison (Leeds), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 33’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, goal 53’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 30’ Patrick Bamford (Leeds), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 62’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 68’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 76’ Kalvin Phillips (Leeds), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Robin Koch (Leeds), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 71’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 85’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 25’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Patrick Bamford (Leeds), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 20’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.42 xG, goal 49’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 40’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 78’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 87’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 29’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 40’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 60’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 66’ Mateusz Klich (Leeds), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 71’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 7’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 33’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, goal 12’ Jack Harrison (Leeds), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 30’ Patrick Bamford (Leeds), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 53’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 62’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 68’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 76’ Kalvin Phillips (Leeds), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 80’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Robin Koch (Leeds), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 71’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 85’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 25’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 50’ Patrick Bamford (Leeds), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Virgil van Dijk (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 DEF900 0.000.072
Virgil van Dijk DEF9012 0.430.000
Joseph Gomez DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF9010 0.000.421
Georginio Wijnaldum MID902 0.220.182
Jordan Henderson MID681 0.020.000
Naby Keita MID601 0.090.000
Mohamed Salah FWD9039 1.940.234
Roberto Firmino FWD902 0.130.000
Sadio Mané FWD905 0.320.354
Fabinho Sub300 0.000.000
Curtis Jones Sub220 0.000.031
Joel Matip Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 75% Avg odds 1.28
Draw 16% Avg odds 6.16
Leeds win 9% Avg odds 10.63

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.