West Ham vs Liverpool

26 April 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Lucas Paquetá 12’
  • Cody Gakpo 18’
  • Joel Matip 67’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 away at West Ham. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Lucas Paquetá put West Ham ahead in the 12th minute, set up by Michail Antonio, Cody Gakpo equalised in the 18th minute, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Joel Matip won it with a header in the 67th minute, set up by Andrew Robertson.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 1.74 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to West Ham's 0.94 from 7.

Match stats

West Ham Liverpool
7 Shots 20
2 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 6
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.94 xG 1.70
0.94 Non-penalty xG 1.70
2 Deep Completions 12

Key events

West Ham Liverpool
Kick-off
Lucas Paquetá
Assist: Michail Antonio1-0 (West Ham)
12’
18’
Cody Gakpo
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold1-1 (Liverpool)
Half-time1-1
67’
Joel Matip
Assist: Andrew Robertson1-2 (Liverpool)
Full-time1-2

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 0.94 1.74 12’ Lucas Paquetá (West Ham), 1-0 12’ 18’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 1-1 18’ 67’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), 1-2 67’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.94 1.74 12’ Lucas Paquetá (West Ham), 1-0 Paquetá 12’ 18’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), 1-1 Gakpo 18’ 67’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), 1-2 Matip 67’
West Ham 0.94 xGLiverpool 1.74 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking West Ham attacking 
39’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 42’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), from a corner, 0.57 xG, off target 67’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.30 xG, goal 66’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 66’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 79’ Maxwel Cornet (West Ham), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 36’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 84’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 73’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 27’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Lucas Paquetá (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 43’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Lucas Paquetá (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 63’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 43’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 32’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 39’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 42’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), from a corner, 0.57 xG, off target 67’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.30 xG, goal 66’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 79’ Maxwel Cornet (West Ham), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 66’ Joel Matip (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.13 xG, off target 36’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 84’ Tomas Soucek (West Ham), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 73’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 27’ Diogo Jota (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Lucas Paquetá (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 43’ Curtis Jones (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 8’ Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 7’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 12’ Lucas Paquetá (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 63’ Luis Díaz (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 18’ Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 32’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 43’ Fabinho (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 58’ Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukasz Fabianski GK900 0.000.000
Vladimir Coufal DEF900 0.000.000
Kurt Zouma DEF900 0.000.000
Naif Aguerd DEF900 0.000.000
Aaron Cresswell DEF900 0.000.081
Tomas Soucek MID901 0.080.000
Declan Rice MID900 0.000.172
Jarrod Bowen MID901 0.050.000
Lucas Paquetá MID9012 0.070.051
Said Benrahma MID721 0.040.041
Michail Antonio FWD7211 0.570.021
Danny Ings Sub180 0.000.000
Maxwel Cornet Sub181 0.140.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 27% Avg odds 3.60
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.80
Liverpool win 48% Avg odds 1.99

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

Form going into the game

West Ham WLWDW
Liverpool LDDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Liverpool 1-0 West Ham, 19 Oct 22 Next meeting: Liverpool 3-1 West Ham, 24 Sep 23  All West Ham 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.