Liverpool vs Watford

27 February 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Graham Scott

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Sadio Mané 9’, 20’
  • Divock Origi 66’
  • Virgil van Dijk 79’, 82’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Watford. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sadio Mané put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 9th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mané made it 2-0 in the 20th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold. In the second half, Divock Origi made it 3-0 in the 66th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk made it 4-0 with a header in the 79th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, and van Dijk made it 5-0 with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Andrew Robertson.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.74 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Watford's 0.63 from 5.

Match stats

Liverpool Watford
19 Shots 5
10 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.74 xG 0.63
2.74 Non-penalty xG 0.63
11 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool Watford
Kick-off
Sadio Mané
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold
1-0 (Liverpool)
9’
Sadio Mané
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold
2-0 (Liverpool)
20’
Half-time2-0
Divock Origi
Assist: Andrew Robertson
3-0 (Liverpool)
66’
Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold
4-0 (Liverpool)
79’
Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Andrew Robertson
5-0 (Liverpool)
82’
Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Watford
  • Craig Cathcart
  • Adam Masina

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 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.74 0.63 9’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 9’ 20’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 2-0 20’ 66’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), 3-0 66’ 79’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 4-0 79’ 82’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 5-0 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.74 0.63 9’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-0 Mané 9’ 20’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 2-0 Mané 20’ 66’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), 3-0 Origi 66’ 79’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 4-0 van Dijk 79’ 82’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 5-0 van Dijk 82’
Liverpool 2.74 xGWatford 0.63 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Liverpool attacking 
79’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.54 xG, goal 9’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 77’ Andre Gray (Watford), set piece, 0.42 xG, saved 82’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.42 xG, goal 20’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 49’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 63’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 37’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 66’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 52’ Daryl Janmaat (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 28’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 56’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 12’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 74’ Andre Gray (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 37’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Fabinho (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 79’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.54 xG, goal 9’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 77’ Andre Gray (Watford), set piece, 0.42 xG, saved 82’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.42 xG, goal 20’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 49’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 63’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 37’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 66’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 52’ Daryl Janmaat (Watford), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 28’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 56’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 12’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Andre Gray (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 57’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 64’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 37’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 8’ Fabinho (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 69’ Troy Deeney (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved
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 DEF9030 0.001.475
Joel Matip DEF900 0.000.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF9022 0.960.000
Andrew Robertson DEF9021 0.130.512
Fabinho MID902 0.060.000
Georginio Wijnaldum MID851 0.040.000
James Milner MID711 0.120.061
Mohamed Salah FWD904 0.280.000
Sadio Mané FWD7924 0.960.000
Divock Origi FWD9014 0.190.131
Jordan Henderson Sub190 0.000.000
Adam Lallana Sub110 0.000.000
Naby Keita Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 76% Bet365 odds 1.28
Draw 16% Bet365 odds 6.00
Watford win 8% Bet365 odds 12.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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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.