Liverpool vs Southampton

22 September 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Wesley Hoedt 10’ (og)
  • Joel Matip 21’
  • Mohamed Salah 45+3’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Southampton. Liverpool led 3-0 at half-time.

Hoedt's own goal put Liverpool ahead from a corner in the 10th minute, Joel Matip made it 2-0 with a header in the 21st minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Mohamed Salah made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.84 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Southampton's 0.31 from 7.

Match stats

Liverpool Southampton
12 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.78 xG 0.31
1.78 Non-penalty xG 0.31
13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Liverpool Southampton
Kick-off
Wesley Hoedt
Own goal1-0 (Liverpool)
10’
Joel Matip
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold2-0 (Liverpool)
21’
Mohamed Salah3-0 (Liverpool)
45+3’
Half-time3-0
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Oriol Romeu
  • Mario Lemina

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.84 0.31 10’ Wesley Hoedt (Liverpool) own goal, 1-0 10’ 21’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), 2-0 21’ 45+3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-0 45+3’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.84 0.31 10’ Wesley Hoedt (Liverpool) own goal, 1-0 Hoedt 10’ 21’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), 2-0 Matip 21’ 45+3’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-0 Salah 45+3’
Liverpool 1.84 xGSouthampton 0.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Liverpool attacking 
48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.97 xG, goal 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 4’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 89’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 89’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 8’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 34’ Mario Lemina (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 21’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 85’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 10’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 45’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 28’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+1’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Wesley Hoedt (Southampton), own goal 48’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.97 xG, goal 43’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 4’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 89’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 89’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 8’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 34’ Mario Lemina (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 43’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 48’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 10’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 45’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 13’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+1’ Charlie Austin (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 28’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 9’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 10’ Wesley Hoedt (Southampton), own goal
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 0.000.041
Joel Matip DEF9011 0.040.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF580 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF901 0.050.000
Jordan Henderson MID900 0.000.000
Georginio Wijnaldum MID731 0.030.000
Sadio Mané MID901 0.030.041
Xherdan Shaqiri MID492 0.090.131
Roberto Firmino MID902 0.170.221
Mohamed Salah FWD9012 1.190.000
James Milner Sub412 0.230.000
Joseph Gomez Sub320 0.000.000
Naby Keita Sub170 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 81% Bet365 odds 1.20
Draw 13% Bet365 odds 7.50
Southampton win 6% Bet365 odds 17.00

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.