Newcastle vs Liverpool

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

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

  • Dwight Gayle 1’
  • Virgil van Dijk 38’
  • Divock Origi 59’
  • Sadio Mané 89’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 away at Newcastle. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Dwight Gayle put Newcastle ahead in the first minute, set up by Jonjo Shelvey and Virgil van Dijk equalised with a header in the 38th minute, set up by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. In the second half, Divock Origi put Liverpool in front in the 59th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson and Sadio Mané made it 1-3 in the 89th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino.

There was little between the sides on chances: Newcastle created 0.34 expected goals (xG) from 3 shots, Liverpool 0.57 from 14.

Match stats

Newcastle Liverpool
3 Shots 14
2 Shots on Target 6
2 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.34 xG 0.57
0.34 Non-penalty xG 0.57
0 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Newcastle Liverpool
Kick-off
Dwight Gayle
Assist: Jonjo Shelvey1-0 (Newcastle)
1’
38’
Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain1-1 (Liverpool)
Half-time1-1
59’
Divock Origi
Assist: Andrew Robertson1-2 (Liverpool)
89’
Sadio Mané
Assist: Roberto Firmino1-3 (Liverpool)
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Federico Fernández

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.34 0.57 1’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), 1-0 1’ 38’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 1-1 38’ 59’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), 1-2 59’ 89’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-3 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.34 0.57 1’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), 1-0 Gayle 1’ 38’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 1-1 van Dijk 38’ 59’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), 1-2 Origi 59’ 89’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), 1-3 Mané 89’
Newcastle 0.34 xGLiverpool 0.57 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Newcastle attacking 
1’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), set piece, 0.29 xG, goal 72’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 71’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, goal 89’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 35’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Federico Fernández (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 42’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 46’ Neco Williams (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 1’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), set piece, 0.29 xG, goal 72’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 71’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 38’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), set piece, 0.06 xG, goal 89’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 66’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), set piece, 0.05 xG, hit the woodwork 35’ Naby Keita (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 33’ Federico Fernández (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 42’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 23’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ Neco Williams (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Martin Dubravka GK900 0.000.000
Federico Fernández DEF901 0.030.000
Javier Manquillo DEF900 0.000.000
Danny Rose DEF780 0.000.000
Valentino Lazaro MID900 0.000.000
Matt Ritchie MID900 0.000.031
Jonjo Shelvey MID9010 0.000.312
Miguel Almirón MID740 0.000.000
Nabil Bentaleb MID530 0.000.000
Dwight Gayle FWD7411 0.290.000
Allan Saint-Maximin FWD500 0.000.000
Joelinton Sub400 0.000.000
Sean Longstaff Sub371 0.020.000
Isaac Hayden Sub160 0.000.000
Andy Carroll Sub160 0.000.000
Kelland Watts Sub120 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 17% Avg odds 5.57
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.48
Liverpool win 62% Avg odds 1.56

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

Form going into the game

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Liverpool WWDLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle, 14 Sep 19 Next meeting: Newcastle 0-0 Liverpool, 30 Dec 20  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.