Tottenham vs Liverpool

28 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 49’

Roberto Firmino 45+4’
Trent Alexander-Arnold 47’
Sadio Mané 65’

Match summary

Liverpool took a 3-1 win at Tottenham. Liverpool led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Roberto Firmino put Liverpool ahead in first-half stoppage time, set up by Sadio Mané. In the second half, Trent Alexander-Arnold made it 0-2 in the 47th minute, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 49th minute, set up by Steven Bergwijn, and Sadio Mané made it 1-3 in the 65th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.59 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Tottenham's 0.10 from 3.

Match stats

3 Shots 14

2 Shots on Target 7

1 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.10 xG 2.59

0.10 Non-penalty xG 2.59

0 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Tottenham Liverpool

Kick-off

45+4’

Roberto Firmino
Assist: Sadio Mané

0-1

Half-time0-1

47’

Trent Alexander-Arnold

0-2

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Assist: Steven Bergwijn

1-2

49’

65’

Sadio Mané
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Tottenham

Steven Bergwijn

Liverpool

Thiago Alcántara
Nathaniel Phillips

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.

Tottenham 0.10 xGLiverpool 2.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Tottenham 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
Hugo Lloris	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Dier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Rodon	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Davies	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Serge Aurier	MID	50			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Doherty	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90	1		1	0.03	0.00	0
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Steven Bergwijn	FWD	85		1	0	0.00	0.10	2
Harry Kane	FWD	50			0	0.00	0.00	0
Son Heung-Min	FWD	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Erik Lamela	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harry Winks	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gareth Bale	Sub	5			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	1	1	1	0.08	0.35	1
Jordan Henderson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Matip	DEF	50			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
James Milner	MID	90			0	0.00	0.13	4
Thiago Alcántara	MID	82			1	0.02	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90			1	0.13	0.41	2
Roberto Firmino	FWD	90	1		3	1.05	0.27	3
Sadio Mané	FWD	90	1	1	7	1.29	0.96	1
Nathaniel Phillips	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Divock Origi	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Tottenham win 27% Avg odds 3.57

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.80

Liverpool win 48% Avg odds 2.01

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

Form going into the game

Tottenham L D W D W

Liverpool D D L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham, 16 Dec 20 Next meeting: Tottenham 2-2 Liverpool, 19 Dec 21 All Tottenham 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.