Norwich vs Liverpool

14 August 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Diogo Jota 26’
  • Roberto Firmino 65’
  • Mohamed Salah 74’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 3-0 away at Norwich. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Diogo Jota put Liverpool ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino made it 0-2 in the 65th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Mohamed Salah made it 0-3 from a corner in the 74th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.79 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Norwich's 1.41 from 14.

Match stats

Norwich Liverpool
14 Shots 19
3 Shots on Target 8
3 Corners 11
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.33 xG 1.79
1.33 Non-penalty xG 1.79
3 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Norwich Liverpool
Kick-off
26’
Diogo Jota
Assist: Mohamed Salah0-1 (Liverpool)
Half-time0-1
65’
Roberto Firmino
Assist: Mohamed Salah0-2 (Liverpool)
74’
Mohamed Salah0-3 (Liverpool)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Norwich
  • Todd Cantwell
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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.41 1.79 26’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 0-1 26’ 65’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 0-2 65’ 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-3 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.41 1.79 26’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), 0-1 Jota 26’ 65’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 0-2 Firmino 65’ 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-3 Salah 74’
Norwich 1.41 xGLiverpool 1.79 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Norwich attacking 
86’ Ben Gibson (Norwich), set piece, 0.61 xG, saved 65’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 26’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 20’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 11’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.22 xG, saved 87’ Grant Hanley (Norwich), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 87’ Adam Idah (Norwich), set piece, 0.11 xG, saved 63’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 65’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 18’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 34’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 33’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 80’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 35’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 47’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 54’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 89’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Norwich), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Lukas Rupp (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Lukas Rupp (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 63’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Lukas Rupp (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Lukas Rupp (Norwich), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 19’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Ben Gibson (Norwich), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ Max Aarons (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Todd Cantwell (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 86’ Ben Gibson (Norwich), set piece, 0.61 xG, saved 65’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 26’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.39 xG, goal 20’ Teemu Pukki (Norwich), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 11’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.22 xG, saved 87’ Grant Hanley (Norwich), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 87’ Adam Idah (Norwich), set piece, 0.11 xG, saved 63’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 65’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 18’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 34’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 33’ Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 80’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 35’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 54’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 74’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, goal 89’ Joshua Sargent (Norwich), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Milot Rashica (Norwich), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 58’ Pierre Lees-Melou (Norwich), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 90’ Lukas Rupp (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Lukas Rupp (Norwich), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Lukas Rupp (Norwich), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 20’ Lukas Rupp (Norwich), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Ben Gibson (Norwich), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ Max Aarons (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 24’ Todd Cantwell (Norwich), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Tim Krul GK900 0.000.000
Max Aarons DEF901 0.010.051
Ben Gibson DEF902 0.620.000
Grant Hanley DEF901 0.130.111
Dimitris Giannoulis DEF900 0.000.041
Todd Cantwell MID871 0.010.311
Pierre Lees-Melou MID901 0.040.652
Lukas Rupp MID904 0.090.000
Billy Gilmour MID900 0.000.000
Milot Rashica MID781 0.040.063
Teemu Pukki FWD781 0.310.000
Adam Idah Sub121 0.110.000
Joshua Sargent Sub121 0.050.000
Kieran Dowell Sub30 0.000.042

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Norwich win 14% Avg odds 6.80
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.85
Liverpool win 66% Avg odds 1.46

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

Form going into the game

Norwich LLLLL
Liverpool WWWWW

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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.