Watford vs Liverpool

24 November 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

  • Mohamed Salah 67’
  • Trent Alexander-Arnold 76’
  • Roberto Firmino 89’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 3-0 away at Watford. It was goalless at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 67th minute, set up by Sadio Mané, Trent Alexander-Arnold made it 0-2 with a direct free kick in the 76th minute, and Roberto Firmino made it 0-3 with a header in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.74 expected goals (xG) from 10 shots to Watford's 0.67 from 5. Liverpool had a player sent off.

Match stats

Watford Liverpool
5 Shots 10
1 Shots on Target 7
5 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 1
0.67 xG 1.45
0.67 Non-penalty xG 1.45
3 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Watford Liverpool
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
67’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Sadio Mané0-1 (Liverpool)
76’
Trent Alexander-Arnold0-2 (Liverpool)
89’
Roberto Firmino0-3 (Liverpool)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Liverpool
  • Jordan Henderson

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 0.67 1.74 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 67’ 76’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 0-2 76’ 89’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 0-3 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.67 1.74 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 Salah 67’ 76’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), 0-2 Alexander-Arnold 76’ 89’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), 0-3 Firmino 89’
Watford 0.67 xGLiverpool 1.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking Watford attacking 
89’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 89’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.50 xG, saved 39’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 90+1’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), from a corner, 0.26 xG, off target 42’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.22 xG, saved 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 41’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 53’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 76’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 85’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 60’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 89’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 89’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.50 xG, saved 39’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 90+1’ Craig Cathcart (Watford), from a corner, 0.26 xG, off target 42’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.22 xG, saved 67’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 41’ Sadio Mané (Liverpool), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 53’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 76’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 85’ Isaac Success (Watford), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 60’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Roberto Pereyra (Watford), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 79’ Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Etienne Capoue (Watford), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ben Foster GK900 0.000.000
Kiko Femenía DEF900 0.000.000
Adrian Mariappa DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Cathcart DEF901 0.260.000
Adam Masina DEF900 0.000.051
Etienne Capoue MID901 0.010.000
Abdoulaye Doucouré MID900 0.000.000
Roberto Pereyra MID902 0.350.261
Will Hughes MID760 0.000.000
Troy Deeney FWD900 0.000.000
Gerard Deulofeu FWD580 0.000.331
Isaac Success Sub321 0.050.021
Andre Gray Sub140 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 15% Bet365 odds 6.50
Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.33
Liverpool win 63% Bet365 odds 1.55

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

Form going into the game

Watford LWWLD
Liverpool DWWDW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Liverpool 5-0 Watford, 27 Feb 19  All Watford 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.