Liverpool vs West Ham

12 August 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Mohamed Salah 19’
  • Sadio Mané 45+2’, 53’
  • Daniel Sturridge 88’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 4-0 at home to West Ham. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson and Sadio Mané made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, set up by James Milner. In the second half, Mané made it 3-0 in the 53rd minute, set up by Roberto Firmino and Daniel Sturridge made it 4-0 from a corner in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 4.35 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to West Ham's 0.40 from 5.

Match stats

Liverpool West Ham
18 Shots 5
8 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4.34 xG 0.40
4.34 Non-penalty xG 0.40
16 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Liverpool West Ham
Kick-off
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Andrew Robertson1-0 (Liverpool)
19’
Sadio Mané
Assist: James Milner2-0 (Liverpool)
45+2’
Half-time2-0
Sadio Mané
Assist: Roberto Firmino3-0 (Liverpool)
53’
Daniel Sturridge4-0 (Liverpool)
88’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold
West Ham
  • Fabián Balbuena
  • Michail Antonio

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.35 0.40 19’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 19’ 45+2’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 2-0 45+2’ 53’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 3-0 53’ 88’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), 4-0 88’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.35 0.40 19’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 1-0 Salah 19’ 45+2’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 2-0 Mané 45+2’ 53’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 3-0 Mané 53’ 88’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), 4-0 Sturridge 88’
Liverpool 4.35 xGWest Ham 0.40 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 West Ham attacking Liverpool attacking 
19’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.77 xG, goal 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.71 xG, goal 88’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.68 xG, goal 37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 18’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 25’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 53’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 49’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 30’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 27’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 36’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 80’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 17’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 70’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 65’ James Milner (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 27’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 19’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.77 xG, goal 47’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.71 xG, goal 88’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.68 xG, goal 37’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 18’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 25’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 53’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 49’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 30’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 27’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 36’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 80’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90’ Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 70’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 17’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 65’ James Milner (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 27’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 65’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 78’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+1’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 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 DEF901 0.050.000
Virgil van Dijk DEF900 0.000.000
Joseph Gomez DEF901 0.070.000
Andrew Robertson DEF9010 0.000.852
Naby Keita MID901 0.020.141
Georginio Wijnaldum MID903 0.260.000
James Milner MID9011 0.071.393
Mohamed Salah FWD8914 1.550.132
Roberto Firmino FWD7111 0.600.782
Sadio Mané FWD8424 0.960.122
Jordan Henderson Sub190 0.000.000
Xherdan Shaqiri Sub60 0.000.000
Daniel Sturridge Sub112 0.760.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Liverpool win 78% Bet365 odds 1.25
Draw 15% Bet365 odds 6.50
West Ham win 7% Bet365 odds 14.00

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.