Liverpool vs Watford

14 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Mohamed Salah 38’, 90’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Watford 2-0. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 38th minute, set up by Sadio Mané and Salah made it 2-0 in the 90th minute, set up by Divock Origi.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.62 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Watford's 1.01 from 8.

Match stats

Liverpool Watford
16 Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.57 xG 1.01
1.57 Non-penalty xG 1.01
10 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Liverpool Watford
Kick-off
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Sadio Mané1-0 (Liverpool)
38’
Half-time1-0
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Divock Origi2-0 (Liverpool)
90’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • James Milner
  • Jordan Henderson
Watford
  • Will Hughes

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 1.62 1.01 38’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 38’ 90’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.62 1.01 38’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 Salah 38’ 90’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-0 Salah 90’
Liverpool 1.62 xGWatford 1.01 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Liverpool attacking 
90’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 42’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 54’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 74’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 84’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 76’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 37’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 38’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 42’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 24’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 63’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+5’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 23’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 64’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ Will Hughes (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 42’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.42 xG, off target 54’ Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 74’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 84’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 76’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 37’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 38’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 42’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 24’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 63’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+5’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 23’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Abdoulaye Doucouré (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 64’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 69’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 83’ Ismaila Sarr (Watford), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ Will Hughes (Watford), 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 DEF900 0.000.071
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.000
Joseph Gomez DEF900 0.000.000
James Milner DEF901 0.020.121
Jordan Henderson MID902 0.090.041
Georginio Wijnaldum MID600 0.000.000
Xherdan Shaqiri MID711 0.050.000
Roberto Firmino MID892 0.220.051
Sadio Mané MID9012 0.140.101
Mohamed Salah FWD9027 0.990.000
Andrew Robertson Sub300 0.000.141
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Sub190 0.000.000
Divock Origi Sub111 0.120.461

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 81% Avg odds 1.18
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.65
Watford win 6% Avg odds 15.15

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWWWW
Watford WLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 5-0 Watford, 27 Feb 19 Next meeting: Watford 3-0 Liverpool, 29 Feb 20  All Liverpool vs Watford 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.