Liverpool vs Sheffield United

2 January 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Mohamed Salah 4’
  • Sadio Mané 64’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Sheffield United 2-0. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 4th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson and Sadio Mané made it 2-0 in the 64th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.47 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Sheffield United's 0.63 from 3.

Match stats

Liverpool Sheffield United
19 Shots 3
7 Shots on Target 2
8 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3.05 xG 0.63
3.05 Non-penalty xG 0.63
16 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Liverpool Sheffield United
Kick-off
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Andrew Robertson1-0 (Liverpool)
4’
Half-time1-0
Sadio Mané2-0 (Liverpool)
64’
Full-time2-0

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 3.47 0.63 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 4’ 64’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 2-0 64’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.47 0.63 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 Salah 4’ 64’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 2-0 Mané 64’
Liverpool 3.47 xGSheffield United 0.63 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sheffield United attacking Liverpool attacking 
64’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.74 xG, goal 69’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.62 xG, off target 64’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 87’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 54’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 11’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 33’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 19’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 63’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 38’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 74’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ John Lundstram (Sheffield United), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 31’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 57’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 82’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 64’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.74 xG, goal 69’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.62 xG, off target 64’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 87’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 54’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 11’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 33’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 19’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 63’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 38’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), set piece, 0.09 xG, off target 30’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 74’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ John Lundstram (Sheffield United), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 52’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 31’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 59’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 57’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 69’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 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 DEF902 0.070.712
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.000
Joseph Gomez DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF8911 0.020.775
Georginio Wijnaldum MID901 0.110.000
Jordan Henderson MID901 0.030.404
James Milner MID900 0.000.031
Mohamed Salah FWD9015 0.800.673
Roberto Firmino FWD905 0.990.000
Sadio Mané FWD7914 1.460.111
Divock Origi Sub110 0.000.000
Adam Lallana Sub10 0.000.000
Harvey Elliott Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 75% Avg odds 1.28
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.64
Sheffield United win 8% Avg odds 11.63

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sheffield United 0-1 Liverpool, 28 Sep 19 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Sheffield United, 24 Oct 20  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.