Liverpool vs Leicester

22 November 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Jonny Evans 21’ (og)
  • Diogo Jota 41’
  • Roberto Firmino 86’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Leicester. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

Evans's own goal put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 21st minute, Diogo Jota made it 2-0 with a header in the 41st minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, and Roberto Firmino made it 3-0 with a header in the 86th minute, set up by James Milner.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 4.22 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Leicester's 1.98 from 11.

Match stats

Liverpool Leicester
24 Shots 11
13 Shots on Target 4
10 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.77 xG 1.98
3.77 Non-penalty xG 1.98
9 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Liverpool Leicester
Kick-off
Jonny Evans
Own goal1-0 (Liverpool)
21’
Diogo Jota
Assist: Andrew Robertson2-0 (Liverpool)
41’
Half-time2-0
Roberto Firmino
Assist: James Milner3-0 (Liverpool)
86’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • James Justin
  • Nampalys Mendy

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 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.22 1.98 21’ Jonny Evans (Liverpool) own goal, 1-0 21’ 41’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 2-0 41’ 86’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 3-0 86’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.22 1.98 21’ Jonny Evans (Liverpool) own goal, 1-0 Evans 21’ 41’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 2-0 Jota 41’ 86’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 3-0 Firmino 86’
Liverpool 4.22 xGLeicester 1.98 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Liverpool attacking 
77’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.67 xG, blocked 62’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), set piece, 0.66 xG, saved 57’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.57 xG, saved 62’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), set piece, 0.53 xG, saved 77’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.53 xG, hit the woodwork 32’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.42 xG, off target 46’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 24’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 41’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 54’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.24 xG, blocked 57’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 90+2’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 77’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 72’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 39’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 57’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 27’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 9’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 13’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+4’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 50’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 86’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 88’ Wesley Fofana (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90+2’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 18’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 2’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 2’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Cengiz Ünder (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 21’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), own goal 77’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.67 xG, blocked 62’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), set piece, 0.66 xG, saved 57’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.57 xG, saved 62’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), set piece, 0.53 xG, saved 77’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.53 xG, hit the woodwork 32’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.42 xG, off target 46’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 24’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 41’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 54’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.24 xG, blocked 90+2’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 57’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, hit the woodwork 77’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 72’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 39’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 57’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 9’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 27’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+4’ Marc Albrighton (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 84’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 86’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 50’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 88’ Wesley Fofana (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90+2’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 18’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 2’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 2’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Cengiz Ünder (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 21’ Jonny Evans (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
James Milner DEF9011 0.050.455
Fabinho DEF900 0.000.000
Joel Matip DEF901 0.080.421
Andrew Robertson DEF9011 0.040.773
Georginio Wijnaldum MID900 0.000.000
Curtis Jones MID901 0.080.142
Naby Keita MID542 0.050.081
Diogo Jota FWD9015 0.961.153
Roberto Firmino FWD9016 2.350.071
Sadio Mané FWD906 0.560.031
Neco Williams Sub360 0.000.111
Divock Origi Sub10 0.000.000
Takumi Minamino Sub11 0.050.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 54% Avg odds 1.78
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.05
Leicester win 22% Avg odds 4.31

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool LDWWD
Leicester LLWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 0-4 Liverpool, 26 Dec 19 Next meeting: Leicester 3-1 Liverpool, 13 Feb 21  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.