Liverpool vs Norwich

9 August 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 4–0

Grant Hanley 7’ (og)
Mohamed Salah 19’
Virgil van Dijk 28’
Divock Origi 42’

Teemu Pukki 64’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Hanley's own goal put Liverpool ahead in the 7th minute, Mohamed Salah made it 2-0 in the 19th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino, Virgil van Dijk made it 3-0 with a header in the 28th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Divock Origi made it 4-0 with a header in the 42nd minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold. In the second half, Teemu Pukki pulled one back to make it 4-1 in the 64th minute, set up by Emiliano Buendía.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.24 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Norwich's 0.84 from 12.

Match stats

15 Shots 12

7 Shots on Target 5

11 Corners 2

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.23 xG 0.84

2.23 Non-penalty xG 0.84

11 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Liverpool Norwich

Kick-off

Grant Hanley
Own goal

1-0

7’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Roberto Firmino

2-0

19’

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Mohamed Salah

3-0

28’

Divock Origi
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

4-0

42’

Half-time4-0

64’

Teemu Pukki
Assist: Emiliano Buendía

4-1

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Norwich

Emiliano Buendía
Moritz Leitner

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.

Liverpool 2.24 xGNorwich 0.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Norwich attacking Liverpool attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	38			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90		1	2	0.18	1.06	3
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90	1		1	0.11	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.05	1
Fabinho	MID	90			1	0.01	0.08	1
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	90			2	0.23	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.44	0.31	3
Roberto Firmino	FWD	89		1	4	0.94	0.37	1
Divock Origi	FWD	77	1		1	0.26	0.18	2
Adrián	Sub	52			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sadio Mané	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Milner	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Tim Krul	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Aarons	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Godfrey	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Grant Hanley	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamal Lewis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.11	2
Kenny McLean	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tom Trybull	MID	73			1	0.02	0.00	0
Emiliano Buendía	MID	90		1	2	0.08	0.39	3
Marco Stiepermann	MID	61			3	0.17	0.00	0
Todd Cantwell	MID	90			0	0.00	0.14	3
Teemu Pukki	FWD	86	1		3	0.46	0.11	2
Moritz Leitner	Sub	29			1	0.05	0.00	0
Onel Hernández	Sub	17			1	0.05	0.00	0
Josip Drmic	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 85% Avg odds 1.14

Draw 10% Avg odds 9.52

Norwich win 5% Avg odds 19.18

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

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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.