Liverpool vs Sheffield United

4 April 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Darwin Núñez 17’
Alexis Mac Allister 76’
Cody Gakpo 90’

Conor Bradley 58’ (og)

Match summary

Liverpool won 3-1 at home to Sheffield United. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Darwin Núñez put Liverpool ahead in the 17th minute. In the second half, Bradley's own goal equalised in the 58th minute, Alexis Mac Allister put Liverpool back in front in the 76th minute, set up by Luis Díaz, and Cody Gakpo made it 3-1 with a header in the 90th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.52 expected goals (xG) from 29 shots to Sheffield United's 0.72 from 5.

Match stats

29 Shots 8

9 Shots on Target 3

13 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.52 xG 0.72

2.52 Non-penalty xG 0.72

18 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Liverpool Sheffield United

Kick-off

Darwin Núñez

1-0

17’

Half-time1-0

58’

Conor Bradley
Own goal

1-1

Alexis Mac Allister
Assist: Luis Díaz

2-1

76’

Cody Gakpo
Assist: Andrew Robertson

3-1

90’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Sheffield United

Oliver McBurnie

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 2.52 xGSheffield United 0.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sheffield United attacking Liverpool attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Caoimhin Kelleher	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Bradley	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	DEF	77			2	0.10	0.20	2
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	90	1		3	0.14	0.07	2
Dominik Szoboszlai	MID	77			1	0.04	0.13	3
Ryan Gravenberch	MID	64			2	0.08	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	64			3	0.11	0.05	1
Darwin Núñez	FWD	90	1		7	1.11	0.00	0
Luis Díaz	FWD	90		1	3	0.17	0.44	6
Harvey Elliott	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.34	2
Andrew Robertson	Sub	26		1	1	0.21	0.17	1
Cody Gakpo	Sub	13	1		4	0.43	0.73	3
Curtis Jones	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.03	1

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ivo Grbic	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Anel Ahmedhodzic	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.57	1
Jack Robinson	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Mason Holgate	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jayden Bogle	MID	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Auston Trusty	MID	82	1	0.05	0.00	0
Vinicius Souza	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Oliver Arblaster	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Gustavo Hamer	MID	66	2	0.06	0.00	0
Ben Brereton Díaz	FWD	67	0	0.00	0.03	1
James McAtee	FWD	67	1	0.57	0.06	2
Ben Osborn	Sub	24	0	0.00	0.00	0
William Osula	Sub	23	0	0.00	0.00	0
Oliver McBurnie	Sub	23	0	0.00	0.00	0
Andre Brooks	Sub	8	0	0.00	0.00	0
Anis Ben Slimane	Sub	1	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 90% Avg odds 1.07

Draw 7% Avg odds 14.54

Sheffield United win 3% Avg odds 27.64

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool W W W D W

Sheffield United L L L D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sheffield United 0-2 Liverpool, 06 Dec 23 All Liverpool vs Sheffield United 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.