Liverpool vs Leicester

30 December 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Wout Faes 38’ (og), 45’ (og)
  • Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 4’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Leicester. Liverpool led 2-1 at half-time.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall put Leicester ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Patson Daka, Faes's own goal equalised in the 38th minute, and Faes's own goal won it in the 45th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.03 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Leicester's 0.86 from 7.

Match stats

Liverpool Leicester
21 Shots 7
5 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.02 xG 0.86
2.02 Non-penalty xG 0.86
6 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Leicester
Kick-off
4’
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Assist: Patson Daka0-1 (Leicester)
Wout Faes
Own goal1-1 (Liverpool)
38’
Wout Faes
Own goal2-1 (Liverpool)
45’
Half-time2-1
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Boubakary Soumare

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.03 0.86 4’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), 0-1 4’ 38’ Wout Faes (Liverpool) own goal, 1-1 38’ 45’ Wout Faes (Liverpool) own goal, 2-1 45’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.03 0.86 4’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), 0-1 Dewsbury-Hall 4’ 38’ Wout Faes (Liverpool) own goal, 1-1 Faes 38’ 45’ Wout Faes (Liverpool) own goal, 2-1 Faes 45’
Liverpool 2.03 xGLeicester 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Liverpool attacking 
53’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 4’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 66’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 45’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.28 xG, hit the woodwork 54’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 61’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 7’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 72’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 82’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 87’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 17’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 37’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 54’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 40’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 51’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 35’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 77’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Wout Faes (Leicester), own goal 45’ Wout Faes (Leicester), own goal 53’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 4’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 45’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.28 xG, hit the woodwork 66’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.28 xG, off target 54’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.23 xG, saved 61’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.23 xG, off target 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 7’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 72’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 82’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 87’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 17’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 54’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 37’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 40’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 51’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 82’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 77’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 60’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 80’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Wout Faes (Leicester), own goal 45’ Wout Faes (Leicester), own goal
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 DEF893 0.100.062
Joel Matip DEF900 0.000.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF901 0.050.101
Andrew Robertson DEF650 0.000.122
Thiago Alcántara MID901 0.100.092
Jordan Henderson MID902 0.070.000
Harvey Elliott MID890 0.000.021
Mohamed Salah FWD904 0.750.281
Darwin Núñez FWD907 0.790.552
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain FWD651 0.070.281
Konstantinos Tsimikas Sub251 0.080.051
Naby Keita Sub251 0.020.152
Joseph Gomez Sub10 0.000.000
Stefan Bajcetic Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 77% Avg odds 1.25
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.45
Leicester win 8% Avg odds 11.81

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool LLWWW
Leicester WLWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-0 Leicester, 10 Feb 22 Next meeting: Leicester 0-3 Liverpool, 15 May 23  All Liverpool vs Leicester 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.