Newcastle vs Liverpool

18 February 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Darwin Núñez 10’
  • Cody Gakpo 17’

Match summary

Liverpool took a 2-0 win at Newcastle. Liverpool led 2-0 at half-time.

Darwin Núñez put Liverpool ahead in the 10th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Cody Gakpo made it 0-2 in the 17th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.17 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Newcastle's 1.75 from 14. Newcastle had a player sent off.

Match stats

Newcastle Liverpool
14 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 7
6 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
1.75 xG 2.17
1.75 Non-penalty xG 2.17
5 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Newcastle Liverpool
Kick-off
10’
Darwin Núñez
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold0-1 (Liverpool)
17’
Cody Gakpo
Assist: Mohamed Salah0-2 (Liverpool)
Half-time0-2
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Nick Pope
  • Miguel Almirón
Liverpool
  • Fabinho

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 1.75 2.17 10’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), 0-1 10’ 17’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 0-2 17’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.75 2.17 10’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), 0-1 Núñez 10’ 17’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 0-2 Gakpo 17’
Newcastle 1.75 xGLiverpool 2.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Newcastle attacking 
17’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 4’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 55’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.37 xG, off target 82’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 88’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.36 xG, off target 10’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 25’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), set piece, 0.25 xG, saved 90+1’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 41’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 57’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 33’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 63’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 81’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 61’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 32’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 48’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 7’ Stefan Bajcetic (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 39’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 17’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.57 xG, goal 82’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 4’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 55’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.37 xG, off target 88’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.36 xG, off target 10’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 25’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), set piece, 0.25 xG, saved 90+1’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 41’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 57’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 33’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 63’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 39’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, blocked 81’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 90’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 61’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 31’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 32’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 5’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 68’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 48’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 65’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 39’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 7’ Stefan Bajcetic (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Nick Pope GK210 0.000.000
Kieran Trippier DEF680 0.000.645
Sven Botman DEF901 0.050.000
Fabian Schär DEF903 0.460.000
Dan Burn DEF901 0.130.162
Sean Longstaff MID900 0.000.000
Joelinton MID752 0.110.000
Elliot Anderson MID230 0.000.000
Miguel Almirón FWD682 0.400.000
Alexander Isak FWD681 0.050.000
Allan Saint-Maximin FWD903 0.170.422
Martin Dubravka Sub670 0.000.000
Anthony Gordon Sub220 0.000.381
Jacob Murphy Sub220 0.000.000
Callum Wilson Sub221 0.380.021
Matt Ritchie Sub150 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 38% Avg odds 2.53
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.48
Liverpool win 34% Avg odds 2.82

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle DWDDD
Liverpool LLDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Newcastle, 31 Aug 22 Next meeting: Newcastle 1-2 Liverpool, 27 Aug 23  All Newcastle 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.