Liverpool vs Newcastle

24 April 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Mohamed Salah 3’
  • Joe Willock 90+5’

Match summary

Liverpool and Newcastle drew 1-1. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 3rd minute and Joe Willock equalised in stoppage time, set up by Dwight Gayle.

Liverpool had the better of the chances, with 2.85 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Newcastle's 0.86 from 7.

Match stats

Liverpool Newcastle
22 Shots 7
9 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.85 xG 0.86
2.85 Non-penalty xG 0.86
11 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Liverpool Newcastle
Kick-off
Mohamed Salah1-0 (Liverpool)
3’
Half-time1-0
90+5’
Joe Willock
Assist: Dwight Gayle1-1 (Newcastle)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Fabinho
  • Ozan Kabak
Newcastle
  • Federico Fernández

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 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.85 0.86 3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 3’ 90+5’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), 1-1 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.85 0.86 3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 Salah 3’ 90+5’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), 1-1 Willock 90+5’
Liverpool 2.85 xGNewcastle 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Liverpool attacking 
57’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 29’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 90+2’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 36’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 73’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 20’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 23’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 44’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 29’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 27’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 38’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 48’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 23’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+5’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 55’ Joelinton (Newcastle), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 80’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 75’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 75’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+2’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 22’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ James Milner (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 41’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ James Milner (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 57’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 29’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.43 xG, off target 90+2’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 36’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 73’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 20’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.25 xG, saved 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 44’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 23’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 29’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 38’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 27’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 48’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 90+5’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 23’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Joelinton (Newcastle), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 80’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 75’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 75’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 22’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ James Milner (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ James Milner (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
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 0.090.192
Fabinho DEF900 0.000.000
Ozan Kabak DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF901 0.030.182
Mohamed Salah MID9013 0.780.313
Georginio Wijnaldum MID900 0.000.000
Thiago Alcántara MID790 0.000.052
Sadio Mané MID906 0.620.483
Roberto Firmino FWD903 0.550.492
Diogo Jota FWD604 0.740.081
James Milner Sub302 0.030.000
Curtis Jones Sub110 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 79% Avg odds 1.22
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.17
Newcastle win 8% Avg odds 12.58

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool LWWWD
Newcastle DLDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 0-0 Liverpool, 30 Dec 20 Next meeting: Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle, 16 Dec 21  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.