Newcastle vs Liverpool

30 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 0 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Match summary

Newcastle and Liverpool could not be separated in a goalless draw.

Liverpool had the better of the chances, with 1.32 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Newcastle's 0.82 from 8.

Match stats

Newcastle Liverpool
8 Shots 11
2 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 12
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.82 xG 1.32
0.82 Non-penalty xG 1.32
3 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Newcastle Liverpool
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Full-time0-0

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Ciaran Clark
  • Isaac Hayden
Liverpool
  • Fabinho
  • Nathaniel Phillips
  • James Milner

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 0.82 1.32 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.82 1.32
Newcastle 0.82 xGLiverpool 1.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Newcastle attacking 
68’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.37 xG, off target 66’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 34’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 12’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.28 xG, blocked 79’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), set piece, 0.27 xG, saved 54’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 17’ DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 3’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 46’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 88’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 6’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 78’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 73’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ James Milner (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 16’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 33’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 80’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 88’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.37 xG, off target 66’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 34’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 12’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.28 xG, blocked 79’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), set piece, 0.27 xG, saved 54’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.11 xG, off target 17’ DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 3’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 46’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 88’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 6’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 78’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 73’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ James Milner (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 16’ James Milner (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 33’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 80’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 88’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Karl Darlow GK900 0.000.000
DeAndre Yedlin DEF901 0.080.041
Federico Fernández DEF900 0.000.000
Ciaran Clark DEF901 0.270.000
Fabian Schär DEF900 0.000.000
Matt Ritchie DEF870 0.000.352
Jacob Murphy MID681 0.040.051
Isaac Hayden MID901 0.010.000
Matthew Longstaff MID900 0.000.281
Joelinton MID902 0.090.011
Callum Wilson FWD902 0.320.081
Miguel Almirón Sub220 0.000.000
Jamal Lewis Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 9% Avg odds 10.36
Draw 16% Avg odds 6.02
Liverpool win 75% Avg odds 1.28

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle WWLDL
Liverpool WDWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool, 26 Jul 20 Next meeting: Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle, 24 Apr 21  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.