Liverpool vs West Ham

31 October 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Mohamed Salah 42’ (pen)
  • Diogo Jota 85’
  • Pablo Fornals 10’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 at home to West Ham, with a late winner. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Pablo Fornals put West Ham ahead in the 10th minute, Mohamed Salah equalised from the penalty spot in the 42nd minute, and Diogo Jota won it in the 85th minute, set up by Xherdan Shaqiri.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.56 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to West Ham's 0.27 from 4.

Match stats

Liverpool West Ham
9 Shots 4
5 Shots on Target 3
1 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.56 xG 0.27
0.80 Non-penalty xG 0.27
12 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Liverpool West Ham
Kick-off
10’
Pablo Fornals0-1 (West Ham)
Mohamed Salah
Penalty1-1 (Liverpool)
42’
Half-time1-1
Diogo Jota
Assist: Xherdan Shaqiri2-1 (Liverpool)
85’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

West Ham
  • Declan Rice

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 1.56 0.27 10’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 0-1 10’ 42’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-1 42’ 85’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 2-1 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.56 0.27 10’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 0-1 Fornals 10’ 42’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-1 Salah 42’ 85’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 2-1 Jota 85’
Liverpool 1.56 xGWest Ham 0.27 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 West Ham attacking Liverpool attacking 
42’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 85’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.10 xG, saved 50’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 40’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 77’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 10’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 66’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 37’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 48’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 25’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 85’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.10 xG, saved 50’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 40’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, blocked 77’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 10’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 66’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 37’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 48’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 25’ Jordan Henderson (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 DEF901 0.080.101
Nathaniel Phillips DEF900 0.000.031
Joseph Gomez DEF900 0.000.000
Andrew Robertson DEF901 0.060.000
Georginio Wijnaldum MID900 0.000.000
Jordan Henderson MID901 0.020.000
Curtis Jones MID721 0.030.000
Mohamed Salah FWD9013 0.900.021
Roberto Firmino FWD720 0.000.000
Sadio Mané FWD901 0.080.102
Diogo Jota Sub1811 0.390.000
Xherdan Shaqiri Sub1810 0.000.391
James Milner Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 67% Avg odds 1.42
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.15
West Ham win 14% Avg odds 6.96

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

Form going into the game

Liverpool WWLDW
West Ham LWWDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 3-2 West Ham, 24 Feb 20 Next meeting: West Ham 1-3 Liverpool, 31 Jan 21  All Liverpool vs West Ham 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.