Man United vs Liverpool

1 September 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Luis Díaz 35’, 42’
  • Mohamed Salah 56’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 3-0 away at Man United. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

Luis Díaz put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 35th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, Díaz made it 0-2 in the 42nd minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Mohamed Salah made it 0-3 in the 56th minute, set up by Dominik Szoboszlai.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.10 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Man United's 1.50 from 8.

Match stats

Man United Liverpool
8 Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 2
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.50 xG 2.10
1.50 Non-penalty xG 2.10
6 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Man United Liverpool
Kick-off
35’
Luis Díaz
Assist: Mohamed Salah
0-1 (Liverpool)
42’
Luis Díaz
Assist: Mohamed Salah
0-2 (Liverpool)
Half-time0-2
56’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Dominik Szoboszlai
0-3 (Liverpool)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Man United
  • Lisandro Martínez
  • Matthijs de Ligt
  • Kobbie Mainoo
  • Joshua Zirkzee
Liverpool
  • Virgil van Dijk

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.50 2.10 35’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 0-1 35’ 42’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 0-2 42’ 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-3 56’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.50 2.10 35’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 0-1 Díaz 35’ 42’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), 0-2 Díaz 42’ 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-3 Salah 56’
Man United 1.50 xGLiverpool 2.10 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Man United attacking 
78’ Joshua Zirkzee (Man United), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 63’ Joshua Zirkzee (Man United), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 88’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 35’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 42’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 73’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), from a corner, 0.34 xG, off target 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 67’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 4’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 32’ Noussair Mazraoui (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 59’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 58’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 27’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Noussair Mazraoui (Man United), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 52’ Joshua Zirkzee (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Amad Diallo Traore (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 78’ Joshua Zirkzee (Man United), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 63’ Joshua Zirkzee (Man United), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 88’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.40 xG, off target 35’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 42’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 73’ Lisandro Martínez (Man United), from a corner, 0.34 xG, off target 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.17 xG, off target 67’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 32’ Noussair Mazraoui (Man United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 59’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 4’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 58’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 39’ Noussair Mazraoui (Man United), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 27’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 52’ Joshua Zirkzee (Man United), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Amad Diallo Traore (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Bruno Fernandes (Man United), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
André Onana GK900 0.000.000
Noussair Mazraoui DEF902 0.120.011
Lisandro Martínez DEF901 0.340.000
Matthijs de Ligt DEF740 0.000.000
Diogo Dalot DEF900 0.000.000
Kobbie Mainoo MID900 0.000.000
Casemiro MID510 0.000.000
Alejandro Garnacho MID740 0.000.081
Bruno Fernandes MID901 0.010.000
Marcus Rashford MID900 0.001.002
Joshua Zirkzee FWD903 1.020.000
Toby Collyer Sub390 0.000.021
Harry Maguire Sub160 0.000.000
Amad Diallo Traore Sub161 0.010.352
Christian Eriksen Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 27% Avg odds 3.56
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.04
Liverpool win 49% Avg odds 1.95

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

Form going into the game

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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.