Liverpool vs Newcastle

16 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Mike Dean

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

  • Diogo Jota 21’
  • Mohamed Salah 25’
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold 87’
  • Jonjo Shelvey 7’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Newcastle. Liverpool led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jonjo Shelvey put Newcastle ahead in the 7th minute, Diogo Jota equalised from a corner in the 21st minute, and Mohamed Salah put Liverpool in front in the 25th minute. In the second half, Trent Alexander-Arnold made it 3-1 in the 87th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.49 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Newcastle's 0.21 from 4.

Match stats

Liverpool Newcastle
23 Shots 4
8 Shots on Target 2
11 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.94 xG 0.21
2.94 Non-penalty xG 0.21
14 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Liverpool Newcastle
Kick-off
7’
Jonjo Shelvey0-1 (Newcastle)
Diogo Jota1-1 (Liverpool)
21’
Mohamed Salah2-1 (Liverpool)
25’
Half-time2-1
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Assist: Roberto Firmino3-1 (Liverpool)
87’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Jordan Henderson
Newcastle
  • Joelinton
  • Isaac Hayden
  • Ryan Fraser

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.49 0.21 7’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), 0-1 7’ 21’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 1-1 21’ 25’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-1 25’ 87’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 3-1 87’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.49 0.21 7’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), 0-1 Shelvey 7’ 21’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 1-1 Jota 21’ 25’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-1 Salah 25’ 87’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 3-1 Alexander-Arnold 87’
Liverpool 3.49 xGNewcastle 0.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Liverpool attacking 
21’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.77 xG, goal 21’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.52 xG, saved 25’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 35’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 25’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 81’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 6’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 23’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 32’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 64’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 74’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 73’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 71’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 89’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 71’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+2’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 59’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 16’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, goal 45’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 21’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.77 xG, goal 21’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.52 xG, saved 25’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.43 xG, saved 35’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 25’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 81’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 6’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 23’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 32’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 64’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 74’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 73’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 71’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 89’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 71’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+2’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 59’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 16’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, goal 45’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 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 DEF9011 0.010.103
Joel Matip DEF901 0.010.081
Ibrahima Konaté DEF901 0.020.000
Andrew Robertson DEF900 0.000.091
Thiago Alcántara MID900 0.000.032
Jordan Henderson MID902 0.110.101
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain MID761 0.020.401
Mohamed Salah FWD7614 0.860.131
Diogo Jota FWD9017 1.780.071
Sadio Mané FWD902 0.480.521
Roberto Firmino Sub1411 0.090.011
Naby Keita Sub143 0.100.000
James Milner Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 87% Avg odds 1.11
Draw 9% Avg odds 10.85
Newcastle win 4% Avg odds 24.82

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle, 24 Apr 21 Next meeting: Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool, 30 Apr 22  All Liverpool vs Newcastle 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.