West Ham vs Liverpool

31 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Jonathan Moss

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–0

  • Craig Dawson 87’
  • Mohamed Salah 57’, 68’
  • Georginio Wijnaldum 84’

Match summary

Liverpool took a 3-1 win at West Ham. It was goalless at half-time.

Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead in the 57th minute, set up by Curtis Jones, Salah made it 0-2 in the 68th minute, set up by Xherdan Shaqiri, Georginio Wijnaldum made it 0-3 in the 84th minute, set up by Roberto Firmino, and Craig Dawson pulled one back to make it 1-3 from a corner in the 87th minute.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 2.06 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to West Ham's 0.88 from 8.

Match stats

West Ham Liverpool
8 Shots 14
2 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.88 xG 2.06
0.88 Non-penalty xG 2.06
2 Deep Completions 13

Key events

West Ham Liverpool
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
57’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Curtis Jones
0-1 (Liverpool)
68’
Mohamed Salah
Assist: Xherdan Shaqiri
0-2 (Liverpool)
84’
Georginio Wijnaldum
Assist: Roberto Firmino
0-3 (Liverpool)
Craig Dawson1-3 (West Ham)
87’
Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

West Ham
  • Tomas Soucek
  • Declan Rice

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 0.88 2.06 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 57’ 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-2 68’ 84’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), 0-3 84’ 87’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), 1-3 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.88 2.06 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-1 Salah 57’ 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 0-2 Salah 68’ 84’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), 0-3 Wijnaldum 84’ 87’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), 1-3 Dawson 87’
West Ham 0.88 xGLiverpool 2.06 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Liverpool attacking West Ham attacking 
87’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 84’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 45’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.51 xG, off target 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 27’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 24’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 50’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 64’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 8’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 42’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 87’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 84’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.52 xG, goal 45’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.51 xG, off target 68’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 49’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 57’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 24’ Pablo Fornals (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 27’ Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 50’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 54’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 64’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Craig Dawson (West Ham), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ Divock Origi (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 17’ Thiago Alcántara (Liverpool), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Said Benrahma (West Ham), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 23’ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 24’ Declan Rice (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 42’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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
Angelo Ogbonna DEF900 0.000.000
Craig Dawson DEF9013 0.680.000
Aaron Cresswell DEF900 0.000.000
Tomas Soucek MID900 0.000.000
Declan Rice MID901 0.010.000
Jarrod Bowen MID800 0.000.102
Said Benrahma MID901 0.020.022
Pablo Fornals MID631 0.080.000
Michail Antonio FWD802 0.090.000
Andriy Yarmolenko Sub270 0.000.000
Ryan Fredericks Sub100 0.000.000
Mark Noble Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 28% Avg odds 3.45
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.68
Liverpool win 46% Avg odds 2.09

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

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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.