Man City vs Liverpool

8 November 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Gabriel Jesus 31’
  • Mohamed Salah 13’ (pen)

Match summary

Man City and Liverpool shared the points in a 1-1 draw. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from the penalty spot in the 13th minute and Gabriel Jesus equalised in the 31st minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne.

Man City had the better of the chances, with 1.58 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Liverpool's 1.19 from 10. Kevin De Bruyne missed a penalty for Man City.

Match stats

Man City Liverpool
7 Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 3
1 Corners 2
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.58 xG 1.19
0.82 Non-penalty xG 0.43
4 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Man City Liverpool
Kick-off
13’
Mohamed Salah
Penalty
0-1 (Liverpool)
Gabriel Jesus
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne
1-1 (Man City)
31’
Half-time1-1
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Kyle Walker
  • Aymeric Laporte
  • Raheem Sterling
Liverpool
  • Joel Matip

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 1.58 1.19 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 13’ 31’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 1-1 31’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.58 1.19 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 Salah 13’ 31’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), 1-1 Jesus 31’
Man City 1.58 xGLiverpool 1.19 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Man City attacking 
13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 42’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 31’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 55’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 44’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 50’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 59’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 47’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 35’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 18’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 56’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 32’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 57’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 42’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, off target 31’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.43 xG, goal 55’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 44’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 59’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), set piece, 0.07 xG, blocked 50’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 47’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 35’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 50’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 18’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 56’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 57’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 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
Kyle Walker DEF900 0.000.000
Aymeric Laporte DEF900 0.000.000
Rúben Dias DEF900 0.000.000
João Cancelo DEF900 0.000.322
Ilkay Gündogan MID900 0.000.021
Rodri MID900 0.000.000
Ferrán Torres MID640 0.000.000
Kevin De Bruyne MID9014 0.830.462
Raheem Sterling MID901 0.040.000
Gabriel Jesus FWD9012 0.710.021
Bernardo Silva Sub260 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 50% Avg odds 1.92
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.14
Liverpool win 27% Avg odds 3.62

Chances implied by the average closing 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.