Liverpool vs Leicester

26 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Darren Bond

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Cody Gakpo 45+1’
  • Curtis Jones 49’
  • Mohamed Salah 82’
  • Jordan Ayew 6’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Leicester. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jordan Ayew put Leicester ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Stephy Mavididi and Cody Gakpo equalised in first-half stoppage time, set up by Alexis Mac Allister. In the second half, Curtis Jones put Liverpool in front in the 49th minute, set up by Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah made it 3-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Cody Gakpo.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.90 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Leicester's 0.22 from 4.

Match stats

Liverpool Leicester
19 Shots 4
7 Shots on Target 1
14 Corners 1
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.90 xG 0.22
1.90 Non-penalty xG 0.22
26 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Liverpool Leicester
Kick-off
6’
Jordan Ayew
Assist: Stephy Mavididi0-1 (Leicester)
Cody Gakpo
Assist: Alexis Mac Allister1-1 (Liverpool)
45+1’
Half-time1-1
Curtis Jones
Assist: Alexis Mac Allister2-1 (Liverpool)
49’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Cody Gakpo3-1 (Liverpool)
82’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Joseph Gomez
  • Andrew Robertson
  • Dominik Szoboszlai
Leicester
  • Jannik Vestergaard
  • Jordan Ayew

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 1.90 0.22 6’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), 0-1 6’ 45+1’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 1-1 45+1’ 49’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), 2-1 49’ 82’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-1 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.90 0.22 6’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), 0-1 Ayew 6’ 45+1’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 1-1 Gakpo 45+1’ 49’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), 2-1 Jones 49’ 82’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-1 Salah 82’
Liverpool 1.90 xGLeicester 0.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Liverpool attacking 
49’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 79’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 62’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 47’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 82’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 6’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 12’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 45’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ James Justin (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 29’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 24’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 10’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 63’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 10’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 48’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 79’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, saved 62’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 47’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 82’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 6’ Jordan Ayew (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 12’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 45’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 75’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 10’ James Justin (Leicester), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 29’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 22’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 24’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 10’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 63’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 10’ James Justin (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 48’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 54’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 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 DEF903 0.130.223
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.000
Joseph Gomez DEF900 0.000.082
Andrew Robertson DEF881 0.030.122
Alexis Mac Allister MID9021 0.020.642
Ryan Gravenberch MID890 0.000.192
Mohamed Salah MID9015 0.530.162
Curtis Jones MID8012 0.680.081
Cody Gakpo MID90113 0.080.242
Darwin Núñez FWD804 0.430.000
Dominik Szoboszlai Sub100 0.000.000
Diogo Jota Sub100 0.000.000
Konstantinos Tsimikas Sub20 0.000.000
Wataru Endo Sub10 0.000.000
Harvey Elliott Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 89% Avg odds 1.08
Draw 7% Avg odds 12.79
Leicester win 4% Avg odds 27.21

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWDDW
Leicester LWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 0-3 Liverpool, 15 May 23 Next meeting: Leicester 0-1 Liverpool, 20 Apr 25  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.