Man United vs Liverpool

24 October 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 0 – 5

Half-time: 0–4

Naby Keita 5’
Diogo Jota 13’
Mohamed Salah 38’, 45+5’, 50’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 5-0 away at Man United. Liverpool led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Naby Keita put Liverpool ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota made it 0-2 in the 13th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah made it 0-3 in the 38th minute, set up by Naby Keita, and Salah made it 0-4 in first-half stoppage time, set up by Diogo Jota. In the second half, Salah made it 0-5 in the 50th minute, set up by Jordan Henderson.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 4.05 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Man United's 1.36 from 12. Man United had a player sent off.

Match stats

12 Shots 19

4 Shots on Target 8

6 Corners 3

6 Yellow Cards 0

1 Red Cards 0

1.36 xG 4.05

1.36 Non-penalty xG 4.05

7 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Man United Liverpool

Kick-off

5’

Naby Keita
Assist: Mohamed Salah

0-1

13’

Diogo Jota
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

0-2

38’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Naby Keita

0-3

45+5’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Diogo Jota

0-4

Half-time0-4

50’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Jordan Henderson

0-5

Full-time0-5

Bookings

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

Man United

Paul Pogba
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Harry Maguire
Luke Shaw
Fred
Bruno Fernandes
Cristiano Ronaldo

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.

Man United 1.36 xGLiverpool 4.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David de Gea	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Maguire	DEF	90	1	0.04	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90	1	0.01	0.06	2
Fred	MID	90	0	0.00	0.02	1
Scott McTominay	MID	90	0	0.00	0.73	3
Mason Greenwood	MID	51	1	0.04	0.36	2
Bruno Fernandes	MID	67	1	0.09	0.15	3
Marcus Rashford	MID	67	3	0.08	0.00	0
Cristiano Ronaldo	FWD	90	4	0.41	0.00	0
Diogo Dalot	Sub	23	0	0.00	0.04	1
Edinson Cavani	Sub	23	1	0.68	0.00	0
Paul Pogba	Sub	15	0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90		1	1	0.04	0.90	3
Ibrahima Konaté	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.81	3
Naby Keita	MID	69	1	1	2	0.37	0.81	4
James Milner	MID	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	3	1	7	2.25	0.51	2
Roberto Firmino	FWD	82			3	0.24	0.06	1
Diogo Jota	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.84	0.52	2
Curtis Jones	Sub	64			1	0.15	0.03	1
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	Sub	21			1	0.02	0.04	1
Sadio Mané	Sub	8			1	0.11	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 32% Avg odds 2.97

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.59

Liverpool win 41% Avg odds 2.35

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

Form going into the game

Man United W W L D L

Liverpool W W D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Man United 2-4 Liverpool, 13 May 21 Next meeting: Liverpool 4-0 Man United, 19 Apr 22 All Man United 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.