Newcastle vs Liverpool

4 May 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Christian Atsu 20’
Salomón Rondón 54’

Virgil van Dijk 13’
Mohamed Salah 28’
Divock Origi 86’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-2 on the road, with a late winner. Liverpool led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Virgil van Dijk put Liverpool ahead with a header in the 13th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, Christian Atsu equalised in the 20th minute, and Mohamed Salah put Liverpool back in front in the 28th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold. In the second half, Salomón Rondón equalised from a corner in the 54th minute, set up by Javier Manquillo and Divock Origi won it with a header in the 86th minute, set up by Xherdan Shaqiri.

There was little between the sides on chances: Newcastle created 1.41 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Liverpool 1.48 from 11.

Match stats

14 Shots 11

7 Shots on Target 4

2 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.30 xG 1.48

1.30 Non-penalty xG 1.48

4 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Newcastle Liverpool

Kick-off

13’

Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

0-1

Christian Atsu

1-1

20’

28’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

1-2

Half-time1-2

Salomón Rondón
Assist: Javier Manquillo

2-2

54’

86’

Divock Origi
Assist: Xherdan Shaqiri

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Newcastle

Fabian Schär

Liverpool

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.

Newcastle 1.41 xGLiverpool 1.48 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Newcastle attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Martin Dubravka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javier Manquillo	DEF	90		1	1	0.07	0.15	2
Fabian Schär	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamaal Lascelles	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Dummett	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Ritchie	DEF	90			2	0.04	0.27	4
Ayoze Pérez	MID	90			2	0.13	0.00	0
Isaac Hayden	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ki Sung-yueng	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Christian Atsu	MID	90	1		2	0.68	0.17	3
Salomón Rondón	FWD	90	1		6	0.48	0.00	0
Yoshinori Muto	Sub	1			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		2	0	0.00	0.51	2
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90	1		1	0.41	0.00	0
Dejan Lovren	DEF	86			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.19	2
Fabinho	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jordan Henderson	MID	90			1	0.14	0.05	1
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	68			0	0.00	0.11	1
Mohamed Salah	FWD	75	1		4	0.29	0.39	2
Daniel Sturridge	FWD	90			2	0.15	0.07	1
Sadio Mané	FWD	90			1	0.35	0.07	1
Xherdan Shaqiri	Sub	22		1	0	0.00	0.09	1
Divock Origi	Sub	15	1		1	0.09	0.00	0
James Milner	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 10% Bet365 odds 9.50

Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.25

Liverpool win 71% Bet365 odds 1.36

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Newcastle L L W W D

Liverpool W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle, 26 Dec 18 Next meeting: Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle, 14 Sep 19 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.