Sheffield United vs Liverpool

6 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Simon Hooper

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Virgil van Dijk 37’
  • Dominik Szoboszlai 90+4’

Match summary

Liverpool beat Sheffield United 2-0 on the road. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

Virgil van Dijk put Liverpool ahead from a corner in the 37th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai made it 0-2 in stoppage time, set up by Darwin Núñez.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.80 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Sheffield United's 0.83 from 5.

Match stats

Sheffield United Liverpool
6 Shots 15
1 Shots on Target 8
2 Corners 12
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.83 xG 1.80
0.83 Non-penalty xG 1.80
2 Deep Completions 14

Key events

Sheffield United Liverpool
Kick-off
37’
Virgil van Dijk
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold0-1 (Liverpool)
Half-time0-1
90+4’
Dominik Szoboszlai
Assist: Darwin Núñez0-2 (Liverpool)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Sheffield United
  • Oliver Norwood
Liverpool
  • Ibrahima Konaté
  • Wataru Endo
  • Darwin Núñez

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 0.83 1.80 37’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 0-1 37’ 90+4’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), 0-2 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.83 1.80 37’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), 0-1 van Dijk 37’ 90+4’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), 0-2 Szoboszlai 90+4’
Sheffield United 0.83 xGLiverpool 1.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Sheffield United attacking 
12’ James McAtee (Sheffield United), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 77’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 90+4’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.30 xG, saved 37’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.29 xG, goal 83’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 87’ Cameron Archer (Sheffield United), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 18’ Cameron Archer (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 45’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 10’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 77’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 21’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 48’ James McAtee (Sheffield United), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Cameron Archer (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ James McAtee (Sheffield United), open play, 0.56 xG, saved 77’ Darwin Núñez (Liverpool), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 90+4’ Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 56’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.30 xG, saved 37’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.29 xG, goal 83’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 87’ Cameron Archer (Sheffield United), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 18’ Cameron Archer (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 45’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 10’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 77’ Joseph Gomez (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 23’ Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 48’ James McAtee (Sheffield United), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Cameron Archer (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Harvey Elliott (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Wes Foderingham GK900 0.000.000
Anel Ahmedhodzic DEF900 0.000.000
Auston Trusty DEF900 0.000.000
Jack Robinson DEF900 0.000.000
Jayden Bogle MID900 0.000.000
Andre Brooks MID800 0.000.000
Vinicius Souza MID900 0.000.000
Gustavo Hamer MID900 0.000.000
James McAtee MID902 0.600.111
Cameron Archer MID903 0.240.000
William Osula FWD810 0.000.101
John Fleck Sub100 0.000.000
Bénie Traoré Sub90 0.000.000
Max Lowe Sub10 0.000.000
Oliver Norwood Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 7% Avg odds 14.76
Draw 12% Avg odds 7.96
Liverpool win 81% Avg odds 1.19

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

Form going into the game

Sheffield United LWDLL
Liverpool WDWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sheffield United 0-2 Liverpool, 28 Feb 21 Next meeting: Liverpool 3-1 Sheffield United, 04 Apr 24  All Sheffield United 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.