Liverpool vs Luton

21 February 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

Virgil van Dijk 56’
Cody Gakpo 58’
Luis Díaz 71’
Harvey Elliott 90’

Chiedozie Ogbene 12’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Luton. Luton led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Chiedozie Ogbene put Luton ahead with a header in the 12th minute. In the second half, Virgil van Dijk equalised with a header in the 56th minute, set up by Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo put Liverpool in front with a header in the 58th minute, set up by Alexis Mac Allister, Luis Díaz made it 3-1 in the 71st minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, and Harvey Elliott made it 4-1 in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.70 expected goals (xG) from 29 shots to Luton's 0.98 from 12.

Match stats

29 Shots 12

13 Shots on Target 3

13 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 0

3.70 xG 0.96

3.70 Non-penalty xG 0.96

16 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Liverpool Luton

Kick-off

12’

Chiedozie Ogbene

0-1

Half-time0-1

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Alexis Mac Allister

1-1

56’

Cody Gakpo
Assist: Alexis Mac Allister

2-1

58’

Luis Díaz
Assist: Andrew Robertson

3-1

71’

Harvey Elliott

4-1

90’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool

Joseph Gomez

Luton

Alfie Doughty
Ross Barkley
Cauley Woodrow
Issa Kabore

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.

Liverpool 3.70 xGLuton 0.98 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Luton attacking Liverpool attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Caoimhin Kelleher	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Bradley	DEF	70			1	0.10	0.43	3
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90	1		2	0.12	0.00	0
Jarell Quansah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.06	1
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	90		2	0	0.00	0.65	4
Wataru Endo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.61	3
Ryan Gravenberch	MID	80			2	0.04	0.12	2
Harvey Elliott	FWD	90	1		5	0.21	1.09	7
Cody Gakpo	FWD	90	1		8	1.27	0.04	1
Luis Díaz	FWD	90	1		10	1.93	0.03	1
Andrew Robertson	Sub	20		1	0	0.00	0.42	1
Bobby Clark	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
James McConnell	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jayden Danns	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thomas Kaminski	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Amari'i Bell	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Gabriel Osho	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.05	1
Teden Mengi	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Chiedozie Ogbene	MID	90	1	3	0.55	0.09	1
Alfie Doughty	MID	76		2	0.12	0.00	0
Ross Barkley	MID	90		2	0.06	0.16	2
Albert Sambi Lokonga	MID	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Carlton Morris	MID	90		0	0.00	0.01	1
Tahith Chong	MID	65		1	0.05	0.04	1
Cauley Woodrow	FWD	60		1	0.09	0.05	1
Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu	Sub	42		0	0.00	0.02	1
Andros Townsend	Sub	30		3	0.11	0.00	0
Jordan Clark	Sub	25		0	0.00	0.00	0
Issa Kabore	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 76% Avg odds 1.27

Draw 14% Avg odds 6.68

Luton win 10% Avg odds 10.07

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool W W L W W

Luton D W D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Luton 1-1 Liverpool, 05 Nov 23 All Liverpool vs Luton 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.