Man City vs Liverpool

1 April 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Julián Álvarez 27’
  • Kevin De Bruyne 46’
  • Ilkay Gündogan 53’
  • Jack Grealish 74’
  • Mohamed Salah 17’

Match summary

Man City came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Liverpool. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Diogo Jota and Julián Álvarez equalised in the 27th minute, set up by Jack Grealish. In the second half, Kevin De Bruyne put Man City in front in the 46th minute, set up by Riyad Mahrez, Ilkay Gündogan made it 3-1 in the 53rd minute, and Jack Grealish made it 4-1 in the 74th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 3.08 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Liverpool's 0.32 from 4.

Match stats

Man City Liverpool
17 Shots 4
8 Shots on Target 1
7 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.01 xG 0.32
3.01 Non-penalty xG 0.32
18 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Man City Liverpool
Kick-off
17’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Diogo Jota0-1 (Liverpool)
Julián Álvarez
Assist: Jack Grealish1-1 (Man City)
27’
Half-time1-1
Kevin De Bruyne
Assist: Riyad Mahrez2-1 (Man City)
46’
Ilkay Gündogan3-1 (Man City)
53’
Jack Grealish
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne4-1 (Man City)
74’
Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Rodri
Liverpool
  • Mohamed Salah

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.08 0.32 17’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 17’ 27’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 1-1 27’ 46’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 2-1 46’ 53’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 3-1 53’ 74’ Jack Grealish (Man City), 4-1 74’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.08 0.32 17’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 Salah 17’ 27’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), 1-1 Álvarez 27’ 46’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 2-1 De Bruyne 46’ 53’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), 3-1 Gündogan 53’ 74’ Jack Grealish (Man City), 4-1 Grealish 74’
Man City 3.08 xGLiverpool 0.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Man City attacking 
46’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 27’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 53’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 74’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 86’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 53’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 86’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 21’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 82’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 15’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, off target 15’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 17’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 15’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 34’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 55’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 60’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 22’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 82’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 44’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 53’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 27’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 74’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 86’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 53’ Julián Álvarez (Man City), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 86’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 21’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 15’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, off target 82’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 15’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 17’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 15’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 34’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 55’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 60’ Jack Grealish (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 22’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 82’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 46’ Rodri (Man City), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Rodri (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 44’ Ilkay Gündogan (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Nathan Aké DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
Manuel Akanji DEF900 0.000.000
John Stones MID900 0.000.000
Rodri MID853 0.100.000
Riyad Mahrez MID9014 0.340.796
Kevin De Bruyne MID90111 0.540.955
Ilkay Gündogan MID9013 0.660.061
Jack Grealish MID90113 0.650.521
Julián Álvarez FWD9013 0.790.142
Bernardo Silva Sub50 0.000.000
Cole Palmer Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 57% Avg odds 1.68
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.15
Liverpool win 20% Avg odds 4.97

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

Form going into the game

Man City WDWWW
Liverpool WDWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 1-0 Man City, 16 Oct 22 Next meeting: Man City 1-1 Liverpool, 25 Nov 23  All Man City vs Liverpool 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.