Liverpool vs West Ham

24 February 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Georginio Wijnaldum 9’
  • Mohamed Salah 68’
  • Sadio Mané 81’
  • Issa Diop 12’
  • Pablo Fornals 54’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 3-2 at home to West Ham. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Georginio Wijnaldum put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 9th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Issa Diop equalised with a header in the 12th minute, set up by Robert Snodgrass. In the second half, Pablo Fornals put West Ham in front in the 54th minute, set up by Declan Rice, Mohamed Salah equalised in the 68th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson, and Sadio Mané won it in the 81st minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.52 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to West Ham's 0.64 from 7.

Match stats

Liverpool West Ham
25 Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 4
16 Corners 8
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.48 xG 0.64
2.48 Non-penalty xG 0.64
14 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool West Ham
Kick-off
Georginio Wijnaldum
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold1-0 (Liverpool)
9’
12’
Issa Diop
Assist: Robert Snodgrass1-1 (West Ham)
Half-time1-1
54’
Pablo Fornals
Assist: Declan Rice1-2 (West Ham)
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Andrew Robertson2-2 (Liverpool)
68’
Sadio Mané
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold3-2 (Liverpool)
81’
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

West Ham
  • Issa Diop
  • Declan Rice
  • Mark Noble

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.52 0.64 9’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), 1-0 9’ 12’ Issa Diop (West Ham), 1-1 12’ 54’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 1-2 54’ 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-2 68’ 81’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 3-2 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.52 0.64 9’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), 1-0 Wijnaldum 9’ 12’ Issa Diop (West Ham), 1-1 Diop 12’ 54’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), 1-2 Fornals 54’ 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 2-2 Salah 68’ 81’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 3-2 Mané 81’
Liverpool 2.52 xGWest Ham 0.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 West Ham attacking Liverpool attacking 
81’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.74 xG, goal 74’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.69 xG, hit the woodwork 88’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 9’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 63’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 54’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 89’ Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 75’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 39’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 31’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 25’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 9’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 6’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Felipe Anderson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 16’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 26’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+6’ Mark Noble (West Ham), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Issa Diop (West Ham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 16’ Fabinho (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 16’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 59’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.74 xG, goal 74’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.69 xG, hit the woodwork 88’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 9’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 63’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 89’ Aaron Cresswell (West Ham), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 54’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 75’ Sébastien Haller (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 39’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 31’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 25’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 9’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 73’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 6’ Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Felipe Anderson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 16’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 26’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+6’ Mark Noble (West Ham), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 12’ Issa Diop (West Ham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 16’ Fabinho (Liverpool), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 16’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 59’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 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 DEF9024 0.161.106
Virgil van Dijk DEF903 0.140.000
Joseph Gomez DEF901 0.020.000
Andrew Robertson DEF9011 0.040.326
Fabinho MID901 0.020.092
Georginio Wijnaldum MID9011 0.110.021
Naby Keita MID580 0.000.072
Mohamed Salah FWD9015 0.250.041
Roberto Firmino FWD905 0.920.071
Sadio Mané FWD9013 0.850.000
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Sub321 0.020.032
Joel Matip Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 83% Avg odds 1.15
Draw 11% Avg odds 8.55
West Ham win 6% Avg odds 17.55

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

Form going into the game

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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.