Liverpool vs Man United

17 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 0 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Match summary

Neither Liverpool nor Man United found the net in a 0-0 draw.

There was little between the sides on chances: Liverpool created 1.21 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots, Man United 1.19 from 8.

Match stats

Liverpool Man United
17 Shots 8
3 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.20 xG 1.19
1.20 Non-penalty xG 1.19
17 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Liverpool Man United
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
  • Fabinho
  • Xherdan Shaqiri
Man United
  • Marcus Rashford

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 1.21 1.19 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.21 1.19
Liverpool 1.21 xGMan United 1.19 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Man United attacking Liverpool attacking 
75’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 59’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, blocked 83’ Paul Pogba (Man United), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 34’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 22’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 53’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 84’ Paul Pogba (Man United), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 17’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 34’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 67’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 80’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 14’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 63’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 55’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 14’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 78’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 26’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Paul Pogba (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 59’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, blocked 83’ Paul Pogba (Man United), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 34’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 62’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 22’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 53’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 84’ Paul Pogba (Man United), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 17’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 34’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 67’ Marcus Rashford (Man United), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 21’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 80’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 14’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 63’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 55’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 14’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 26’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 65’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Paul Pogba (Man United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved
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 DEF901 0.040.000
Fabinho DEF900 0.000.000
Jordan Henderson DEF901 0.040.031
Andrew Robertson DEF901 0.040.432
Thiago Alcántara MID902 0.070.062
Georginio Wijnaldum MID891 0.040.051
Xherdan Shaqiri MID762 0.070.041
Mohamed Salah FWD903 0.170.152
Roberto Firmino FWD855 0.710.092
Sadio Mané FWD901 0.030.172
Curtis Jones Sub140 0.000.000
Divock Origi Sub50 0.000.000
James Milner Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 49% Avg odds 1.94
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.89
Man United win 26% Avg odds 3.72

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWDDL
Man United WDWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-0 Man United, 19 Jan 20 Next meeting: Man United 2-4 Liverpool, 13 May 21  All Liverpool vs Man United 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.