Southampton vs Liverpool

4 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Andre Marriner

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Danny Ings 2’

Match summary

Southampton won 1-0 at home to Liverpool. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

Danny Ings put Southampton ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by James Ward-Prowse.

Liverpool can feel hard done by, creating 1.38 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Southampton's 0.50 from 7.

Match stats

Southampton Liverpool
7 Shots 17
3 Shots on Target 1
1 Corners 10
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.50 xG 1.37
0.50 Non-penalty xG 1.37
2 Deep Completions 21

Key events

Southampton Liverpool
Kick-off
Danny Ings
Assist: James Ward-Prowse1-0 (Southampton)
2’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Ryan Bertrand
Liverpool
  • Andrew Robertson
  • Thiago Alcántara
  • Xherdan Shaqiri

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 0.50 1.38 2’ Danny Ings (Southampton), 1-0 2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.50 1.38 2’ Danny Ings (Southampton), 1-0 Ings 2’
Southampton 0.50 xGLiverpool 1.38 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Southampton attacking 
58’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.37 xG, blocked 47’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 84’ Yan Valery (Southampton), open play, 0.23 xG, blocked 13’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 41’ Nathan Tella (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 26’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 79’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 2’ Danny Ings (Southampton), set piece, 0.07 xG, goal 50’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 5’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 13’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 72’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 77’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 66’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 23’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 77’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.37 xG, blocked 47’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 84’ Yan Valery (Southampton), open play, 0.23 xG, blocked 13’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 41’ Nathan Tella (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 77’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 2’ Danny Ings (Southampton), set piece, 0.07 xG, goal 26’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 50’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 5’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 13’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 72’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+3’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 77’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 66’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 77’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 49’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Fraser Forster GK900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker-Peters DEF900 0.000.032
Jan Bednarek DEF900 0.000.000
Jack Stephens DEF900 0.000.231
Ryan Bertrand DEF900 0.000.000
Stuart Armstrong MID901 0.020.021
James Ward-Prowse MID9010 0.000.071
Ibrahima Diallo MID900 0.000.000
Moussa Djenepo MID311 0.070.000
Theo Walcott FWD861 0.010.000
Danny Ings FWD8112 0.090.152
Nathan Tella Sub591 0.080.000
Daniel N'Lundulu Sub90 0.000.000
Yan Valery Sub41 0.230.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 16% Avg odds 6.00
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.76
Liverpool win 64% Avg odds 1.50

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

Form going into the game

Southampton WDLDD
Liverpool DWWDD

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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.