Man City vs Liverpool

2 July 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Kevin De Bruyne 25’ (pen)
  • Raheem Sterling 35’
  • Phil Foden 45’
  • Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 66’ (og)

Match summary

Man City won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Liverpool. Man City led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Kevin De Bruyne put Man City ahead from the penalty spot in the 25th minute, Raheem Sterling made it 2-0 in the 35th minute, set up by Phil Foden, and Phil Foden made it 3-0 in the 45th minute, set up by Kevin De Bruyne. In the second half, Oxlade-Chamberlain's own goal made it 4-0 in the 66th minute.

The chances backed that up: Man City created 2.65 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Liverpool's 0.82 from 11.

Match stats

Man City Liverpool
14 Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.65 xG 0.82
1.89 Non-penalty xG 0.82
7 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Man City Liverpool
Kick-off
Kevin De Bruyne
Penalty
1-0 (Man City)
25’
Raheem Sterling
Assist: Phil Foden
2-0 (Man City)
35’
Phil Foden
Assist: Kevin De Bruyne
3-0 (Man City)
45’
Half-time3-0
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Own goal
4-0 (Man City)
66’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Man City
  • Kyle Walker
  • Benjamin Mendy
Liverpool
  • Joseph Gomez
  • Jordan Henderson

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 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.65 0.82 25’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 1-0 25’ 35’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 2-0 35’ 45’ Phil Foden (Man City), 3-0 45’ 66’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Man City) own goal, 4-0 66’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.65 0.82 25’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), 1-0 De Bruyne 25’ 35’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), 2-0 Sterling 35’ 45’ Phil Foden (Man City), 3-0 Foden 45’ 66’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Man City) own goal, 4-0 Oxlade-Chamberlain 66’
Man City 2.65 xGLiverpool 0.82 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Man City attacking 
25’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 45’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 66’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 82’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 35’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 57’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 50’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 81’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 51’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 11’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 61’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 29’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 10’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 19’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 65’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 4’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 69’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 61’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), own goal 25’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 45’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 66’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 82’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.22 xG, off target 35’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 57’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.16 xG, blocked 50’ Raheem Sterling (Man City), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 81’ Riyad Mahrez (Man City), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 51’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 11’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 61’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 29’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 19’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 10’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 65’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 4’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 69’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 55’ Phil Foden (Man City), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 74’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 49’ Gabriel Jesus (Man City), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 4’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 61’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 61’ Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 76’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ederson GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker DEF760 0.000.000
Eric Garcia DEF900 0.000.000
Aymeric Laporte DEF820 0.000.000
Benjamin Mendy DEF900 0.000.071
Ilkay Gündogan MID900 0.000.000
Rodri MID900 0.000.061
Phil Foden MID90114 0.620.312
Kevin De Bruyne MID90114 1.091.085
Raheem Sterling MID8213 0.660.000
Gabriel Jesus FWD612 0.150.000
Riyad Mahrez Sub291 0.140.242
João Cancelo Sub140 0.000.000
Nicolás Otamendi Sub80 0.000.000
Bernardo Silva Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man City win 47% Avg odds 2.02
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.74
Liverpool win 27% Avg odds 3.57

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.