Liverpool vs Newcastle

26 February 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Dominik Szoboszlai 11’
  • Alexis Mac Allister 63’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Newcastle 2-0. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Dominik Szoboszlai put Liverpool ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Luis Díaz and Alexis Mac Allister made it 2-0 in the 63rd minute, set up by Mohamed Salah.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Newcastle's 0.46 from 3.

Match stats

Liverpool Newcastle
12 Shots 3
3 Shots on Target 0
4 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.40 xG 0.46
1.40 Non-penalty xG 0.46
8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Newcastle
Kick-off
Dominik Szoboszlai
Assist: Luis Díaz
1-0 (Liverpool)
11’
Half-time1-0
Alexis Mac Allister
Assist: Mohamed Salah
2-0 (Liverpool)
63’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Jacob Murphy

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.40 0.46 11’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), 1-0 11’ 63’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), 2-0 63’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.40 0.46 11’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), 1-0 Szoboszlai 11’ 63’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), 2-0 Mac Allister 63’
Liverpool 1.40 xGNewcastle 0.46 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Liverpool attacking 
73’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 30’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 63’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 78’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 90+3’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 11’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 84’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 29’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 36’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 47’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 73’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.50 xG, off target 30’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 63’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, goal 78’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 90+3’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 11’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 84’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 36’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 29’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 50’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 23’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 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 DEF770 0.000.000
Ibrahima Konaté DEF900 0.000.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.000
Konstantinos Tsimikas DEF901 0.060.000
Alexis Mac Allister MID8712 0.170.000
Ryan Gravenberch MID770 0.000.000
Mohamed Salah MID9013 0.220.773
Dominik Szoboszlai MID9013 0.200.182
Luis Díaz MID8711 0.500.365
Diogo Jota FWD620 0.000.071
Cody Gakpo Sub282 0.250.000
Wataru Endo Sub130 0.000.000
Jarell Quansah Sub130 0.000.000
Darwin Núñez Sub30 0.000.000
Curtis Jones Sub30 0.000.021

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 70% Avg odds 1.37
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.47
Newcastle win 12% Avg odds 7.71

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

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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.