West Ham vs Liverpool

29 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 0 – 5

Half-time: 0–3

Luis Díaz 30’
Cody Gakpo 40’
Mohamed Salah 44’
Trent Alexander-Arnold 54’
Diogo Jota 84’

Match summary

Liverpool won comfortably, 5-0 away at West Ham. Liverpool led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Luis Díaz put Liverpool ahead in the 30th minute, Cody Gakpo made it 0-2 in the 40th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah, and Mohamed Salah made it 0-3 in the 44th minute, set up by Curtis Jones. In the second half, Trent Alexander-Arnold made it 0-4 in the 54th minute, set up by Ryan Gravenberch and Diogo Jota made it 0-5 in the 84th minute, set up by Mohamed Salah.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.30 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to West Ham's 0.54 from 7.

Match stats

7 Shots 22

0 Shots on Target 13

3 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.52 xG 3.30

0.52 Non-penalty xG 3.30

3 Deep Completions 16

Key events

West Ham Liverpool

Kick-off

30’

Luis Díaz

0-1

40’

Cody Gakpo
Assist: Mohamed Salah

0-2

44’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Curtis Jones

0-3

Half-time0-3

54’

Trent Alexander-Arnold
Assist: Ryan Gravenberch

0-4

84’

Diogo Jota
Assist: Mohamed Salah

0-5

Full-time0-5

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.

West Ham 0.54 xGLiverpool 3.30 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking West Ham attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alphonse Areola	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	49	0	0.00	0.00	0
Konstantinos Mavropanos	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Max Kilman	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90	1	0.31	0.05	2
Lucas Paquetá	MID	90	1	0.07	0.02	1
Edson Álvarez	MID	49	0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohammed Kudus	MID	84	2	0.09	0.38	2
Carlos Soler	MID	76	0	0.00	0.00	0
Emerson	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jarrod Bowen	FWD	63	1	0.03	0.00	0
Jean-Clair Todibo	Sub	41	0	0.00	0.00	0
Niclas Füllkrug	Sub	41	0	0.00	0.07	1
Crysencio Summerville	Sub	27	1	0.02	0.00	0
Andy Irving	Sub	14	0	0.00	0.00	0
Luis Guilherme	Sub	6	1	0.02	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	0.02	0.59	3
Virgil van Dijk	DEF	90			2	0.07	0.00	0
Joseph Gomez	DEF	36			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	77			1	0.02	0.00	0
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	90			0	0.00	0.44	3
Ryan Gravenberch	MID	60		1	0	0.00	0.12	3
Mohamed Salah	MID	90	1	2	7	1.68	1.14	4
Curtis Jones	MID	77		1	2	0.17	0.18	2
Cody Gakpo	MID	61	1		2	0.61	0.60	2
Luis Díaz	FWD	90	1		5	0.33	0.07	2
Jarell Quansah	Sub	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wataru Endo	Sub	30			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diogo Jota	Sub	29	1		2	0.40	0.00	0
Konstantinos Tsimikas	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Elliott	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Ham win 13% Avg odds 7.44

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.35

Liverpool win 69% Avg odds 1.38

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

Form going into the game

West Ham L W D D W

Liverpool W D D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: West Ham 2-2 Liverpool, 27 Apr 24 Next meeting: Liverpool 2-1 West Ham, 13 Apr 25 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.