Liverpool vs Man City

7 October 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 0 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Match summary

Liverpool and Man City could not be separated in a goalless draw.

Man City had the better of the chances, with 1.07 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots to Liverpool's 0.43 from 7. Riyad Mahrez missed a penalty for Man City.

Match stats

Liverpool Man City
7 Shots 6
2 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.43 xG 1.07
0.43 Non-penalty xG 0.31
3 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Liverpool Man City
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Full-time0-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Georginio Wijnaldum
Man City
  • Benjamin Mendy
  • Bernardo Silva
  • Sergio Agüero

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.43 1.07 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.43 1.07
Liverpool 0.43 xGMan City 1.07 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man City attacking Liverpool attacking 
86’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 38’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 12’ Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 79’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 61’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 75’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 38’ David Silva (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 79’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 12’ Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 61’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 75’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 50’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Fernandinho (Man City), open play, 0.01 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
Joseph Gomez DEF902 0.060.243
Dejan Lovren DEF901 0.100.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF900 0.000.041
Georginio Wijnaldum MID900 0.000.000
Jordan Henderson MID900 0.000.041
James Milner MID280 0.000.101
Mohamed Salah FWD903 0.170.000
Roberto Firmino FWD740 0.000.000
Sadio Mané FWD900 0.000.000
Naby Keita Sub620 0.000.000
Daniel Sturridge Sub161 0.110.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 38% Bet365 odds 2.54
Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.60
Man City win 35% Bet365 odds 2.80

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWWWD
Man City DWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Man City 2-1 Liverpool, 03 Jan 19  All Liverpool vs Man City 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.