Liverpool vs Southampton

8 March 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Lewis Smith

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Darwin Núñez 51’
  • Mohamed Salah 55’ (pen), 88’ (pen)
  • William Smallbone 45+1’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Southampton. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, William Smallbone put Southampton ahead in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Darwin Núñez equalised in the 51st minute, set up by Luis Díaz, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool in front from the penalty spot in the 55th minute, and Salah made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 5.11 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Southampton's 0.51 from 6.

Match stats

Liverpool Southampton
28 Shots 6
7 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4.99 xG 0.51
3.47 Non-penalty xG 0.51
19 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Liverpool Southampton
Kick-off
45+1’
William Smallbone0-1 (Southampton)
Half-time0-1
Darwin Núñez
Assist: Luis Díaz1-1 (Liverpool)
51’
Mohamed Salah
Penalty2-1 (Liverpool)
55’
Mohamed Salah
Penalty3-1 (Liverpool)
88’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Konstantinos Tsimikas
  • Darwin Núñez
Southampton
  • Paul Onuachu

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 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 5.11 0.51 45+1’ William Smallbone (Southampton), 0-1 45+1’ 51’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), 1-1 51’ 55’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-1 55’ 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-1 88’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 5.11 0.51 45+1’ William Smallbone (Southampton), 0-1 Smallbone 45+1’ 51’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), 1-1 Núñez 51’ 55’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-1 Salah 55’ 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 3-1 Salah 88’
Liverpool 5.11 xGSouthampton 0.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Liverpool attacking 
55’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 51’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 71’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.51 xG, off target 43’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.41 xG, off target 27’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 46’ William Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 26’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 27’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 27’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 50’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 5’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 53’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+3’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 20’ Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 30’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 40’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 38’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 42’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 70’ Cameron Archer (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 1’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 60’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 65’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 73’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Mateus Fernandes (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 34’ Tyler Dibling (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 60’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 88’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 51’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 71’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.51 xG, off target 43’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.41 xG, off target 27’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 46’ William Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 27’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 26’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 27’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 50’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 53’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 5’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90+3’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 20’ Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 30’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 40’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 38’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 70’ Cameron Archer (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 1’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 42’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 60’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 65’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 51’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Mateus Fernandes (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 34’ Tyler Dibling (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 60’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 81’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
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 DEF905 0.430.152
Ibrahima Konaté DEF900 0.000.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.021
Konstantinos Tsimikas DEF520 0.000.041
Ryan Gravenberch MID870 0.000.081
Dominik Szoboszlai MID521 0.100.291
Curtis Jones MID523 0.430.883
Mohamed Salah FWD9025 2.160.356
Darwin Núñez FWD7414 1.440.061
Luis Díaz FWD9014 0.271.246
Alexis Mac Allister Sub380 0.000.000
Harvey Elliott Sub384 0.130.000
Andrew Robertson Sub382 0.150.000
Diogo Jota Sub160 0.000.000
Wataru Endo Sub30 0.000.000
Jarell Quansah Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 87% Avg odds 1.11
Draw 9% Avg odds 10.91
Southampton win 4% Avg odds 23.99

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool DWDWW
Southampton LWLLL

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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.