Liverpool vs Newcastle

26 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Dejan Lovren 11’
  • Mohamed Salah 48’ (pen)
  • Xherdan Shaqiri 79’
  • Fabinho 85’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Newcastle. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Dejan Lovren put Liverpool ahead from a corner in the 11th minute. In the second half, Mohamed Salah made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 48th minute, Xherdan Shaqiri made it 3-0 in the 79th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Fabinho made it 4-0 with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.25 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Newcastle's 0.46 from 6.

Match stats

Liverpool Newcastle
16 Shots 6
8 Shots on Target 2
10 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3.25 xG 0.46
2.49 Non-penalty xG 0.46
19 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Liverpool Newcastle
Kick-off
Dejan Lovren1-0 (Liverpool)
11’
Half-time1-0
Mohamed Salah
Penalty2-0 (Liverpool)
48’
Xherdan Shaqiri
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold3-0 (Liverpool)
79’
Fabinho
Assist: Mohamed Salah4-0 (Liverpool)
85’
Full-time4-0

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 3.25 0.46 11’ Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), 1-0 11’ 48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 48’ 79’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), 3-0 79’ 85’ Fabinho (Liverpool), 4-0 85’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.25 0.46 11’ Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), 1-0 Lovren 11’ 48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 Salah 48’ 79’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), 3-0 Shaqiri 79’ 85’ Fabinho (Liverpool), 4-0 Fabinho 85’
Liverpool 3.25 xGNewcastle 0.46 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Liverpool attacking 
48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 79’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 85’ Fabinho (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.56 xG, goal 10’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 8’ Joselu (Newcastle), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 79’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 88’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 65’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+1’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 74’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 11’ Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 54’ Joselu (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 44’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 90+3’ Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 19’ Yoshinori Muto (Newcastle), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 11’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+2’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 79’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 85’ Fabinho (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.56 xG, goal 10’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 8’ Joselu (Newcastle), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 79’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 88’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 65’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+1’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 74’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 54’ Joselu (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 11’ Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, goal 44’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 90+3’ Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 19’ Yoshinori Muto (Newcastle), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 11’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+2’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 22’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 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
Trent Alexander-Arnold DEF9010 0.000.843
Dejan Lovren DEF9011 0.060.111
Virgil van Dijk DEF901 0.070.000
Andrew Robertson DEF830 0.000.021
Jordan Henderson MID901 0.020.000
Georginio Wijnaldum MID630 0.000.000
Xherdan Shaqiri MID9015 1.260.051
Roberto Firmino MID701 0.050.021
Sadio Mané MID903 0.320.512
Mohamed Salah FWD90111 0.760.612
Fabinho Sub2711 0.560.000
Daniel Sturridge Sub201 0.090.000
Nathaniel Clyne Sub71 0.050.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 84% Bet365 odds 1.16
Draw 11% Bet365 odds 8.50
Newcastle win 5% Bet365 odds 19.00

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

Form going into the game

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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.