Liverpool vs Tottenham

16 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Mohamed Salah 26’
  • Roberto Firmino 90’
  • Son Heung-Min 33’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-1, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 26th minute, Son Heung-Min equalised in the 33rd minute, set up by Giovani Lo Celso, and Roberto Firmino won it with a header in the 90th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson.

There was little between the sides on chances: Liverpool created 1.22 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots, Tottenham 1.52 from 8.

Match stats

Liverpool Tottenham
17 Shots 8
11 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.22 xG 1.52
1.22 Non-penalty xG 1.52
18 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Liverpool Tottenham
Kick-off
Mohamed Salah1-0 (Liverpool)
26’
33’
Son Heung-Min
Assist: Giovani Lo Celso1-1 (Tottenham)
Half-time1-1
Roberto Firmino
Assist: Andrew Robertson2-1 (Liverpool)
90’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Tottenham
  • Giovani Lo Celso
  • Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.22 1.52 26’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 26’ 33’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), 1-1 33’ 90’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 2-1 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.22 1.52 26’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 Salah 26’ 33’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), 1-1 Heung-Min 33’ 90’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 2-1 Firmino 90’
Liverpool 1.22 xGTottenham 1.52 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Tottenham attacking Liverpool attacking 
63’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.43 xG, off target 33’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 46’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 63’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.28 xG, hit the woodwork 69’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 35’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 33’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 67’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 29’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 41’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 26’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 73’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 55’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 70’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Eric Dier (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 11’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 50’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 1’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.43 xG, off target 33’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 46’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 63’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.28 xG, hit the woodwork 69’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 35’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 21’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 33’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 41’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 67’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 29’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 73’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 26’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 55’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 70’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 89’ Eric Dier (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 83’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 11’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 50’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 79’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 52’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 50’ Harry Kane (Tottenham), open play, 0.01 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 DEF901 0.020.162
Fabinho DEF900 0.000.000
Rhys Williams DEF900 0.000.121
Andrew Robertson DEF9010 0.000.334
Georginio Wijnaldum MID900 0.000.091
Jordan Henderson MID900 0.000.000
Curtis Jones MID903 0.160.092
Mohamed Salah FWD9014 0.320.061
Roberto Firmino FWD9015 0.400.062
Sadio Mané FWD904 0.320.132

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 53% Avg odds 1.82
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.92
Tottenham win 23% Avg odds 4.19

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool DWDWD
Tottenham WWDWD

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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.