Liverpool vs Leicester

5 October 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Sadio Mané 40’
  • James Milner 90+5’ (pen)
  • James Maddison 80’

Match summary

Liverpool saw off Leicester 2-1, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Sadio Mané put Liverpool ahead in the 40th minute, set up by James Milner, James Maddison equalised in the 80th minute, set up by Ayoze Pérez, and James Milner won it from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.75 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Leicester's 0.10 from 2.

Match stats

Liverpool Leicester
18 Shots 2
8 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
3.75 xG 0.10
2.99 Non-penalty xG 0.10
12 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Liverpool Leicester
Kick-off
Sadio Mané
Assist: James Milner1-0 (Liverpool)
40’
Half-time1-0
80’
James Maddison
Assist: Ayoze Pérez1-1 (Leicester)
James Milner
Penalty2-1 (Liverpool)
90+5’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Fabinho
Leicester
  • Caglar Söyüncü
  • Jonny Evans
  • Wilfred Ndidi
  • Hamza Choudhury

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 3.75 0.10 40’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 40’ 80’ James Maddison (Leicester), 1-1 80’ 90+5’ James Milner (Liverpool), 2-1 90+5’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.75 0.10 40’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 Mané 40’ 80’ James Maddison (Leicester), 1-1 Maddison 80’ 90+5’ James Milner (Liverpool), 2-1 Milner 90+5’
Liverpool 3.75 xGLeicester 0.10 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Liverpool attacking 
90+5’ James Milner (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 33’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 44’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 40’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 13’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 65’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 66’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 70’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 45’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 80’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 84’ Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 30’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 73’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+5’ James Milner (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 33’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.49 xG, off target 44’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 13’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 40’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 65’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 70’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 66’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 45’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 80’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 84’ Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 76’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 30’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 73’ Dennis Praet (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Adrián GK900 0.000.000
Trent Alexander-Arnold DEF900 0.001.095
Dejan Lovren DEF901 0.060.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF901 0.020.000
Andrew Robertson DEF901 0.080.021
Fabinho MID900 0.000.000
James Milner MID90113 1.150.352
Georginio Wijnaldum MID801 0.080.000
Sadio Mané FWD9013 0.770.091
Mohamed Salah FWD905 0.950.213
Roberto Firmino FWD803 0.640.502
Divock Origi Sub100 0.000.000
Jordan Henderson Sub100 0.000.000
Adam Lallana Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 61% Avg odds 1.58
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.36
Leicester win 17% Avg odds 5.65

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWWWW
Leicester WWLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 1-1 Leicester, 30 Jan 19 Next meeting: Leicester 0-4 Liverpool, 26 Dec 19  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.