Liverpool 3-0 Brentford
Key numbers
- Possession 58% – 42%
- Shots 17 (10 on target) – 16 (3)
- Decisive moment: 39' Mohamed Salah, FN xPts +0.6
Mohamed Salah 39'
Mohamed Salah 62'
Diogo Jota 74'
Mohamed Salah 62'
Diogo Jota 74'
HT 1:0
Liverpool 4th → 2nd · 27 pts|Brentford 9th · 16 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.71–1.68).
Player of the matchKonstantinos TsimikasDecisive moment39' Mohamed Salah+0.6
Player of the match
Konstantinos Tsimikas Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Liverpool ahead 51 min · level 39 min · Brentford ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
39'
Mohamed Salah
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Darwin Núñez +0.2
+0.6
62'
Mohamed Salah
Goal · assist Konstantinos Tsimikas
+0.2
74'
Diogo Jota
Goal · assist Konstantinos Tsimikas
0.0
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 2.4Own moments +0.8Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.2→ League points won 3
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 0.4Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.5Time effect +0.1→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
LiverpoolBrentford
58%Possession42%
1.71Expected goals (xG)1.68
0.1xG per shot0.11
17Shots16
10Shots on target3
59%Shots on target %19%
7Shots in box9
504Passes354
82%Pass accuracy76%
6Corners8
3Saves8
16Fouls12
1Yellow cards2
2Offsides2
Compared with usual
Liverpool
17 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.4 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.71 | 2 | |
| xG against | 1.68 | 0.96 | |
| Shots | 17 | 18.8 | |
| On target | 10 | 6.2 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 11.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 58% | 61.6% | |
| Passes | 504 | 584.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 82% | 86.1% | |
| Corners | 6 | 6.9 | |
| Fouls | 16 | 12.4 |
Brentford
13 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 1.68 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.71 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 16 | 14.5 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.8 | |
| Shots faced | 17 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 42% | 50.1% | |
| Passes | 354 | 458.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 76% | 79.2% | |
| Corners | 8 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 10.2 |
Timeline
- 30' Yellow Kristoffer Ajer
- 30' Yellow Christian Nørgaard
- 37' Yellow Joël Matip
- 39' Goal Mohamed Salah league goal #9 assist Darwin Núñez
- 46' Sub Vitaly Janelt → Frank Onyeka
- 62' Goal Mohamed Salah league goal #10 assist Konstantinos Tsimikas
- 72' Sub Mads Roerslev → Saman Ghoddos
- 72' Sub Yoane Wissa → Neal Maupay
- 72' Sub Mathias Jensen → Yehor Yarmoliuk
- 74' Goal Diogo Jota league goal #4 assist Konstantinos Tsimikas
- 83' Sub Cody Gakpo → Harvey Elliott
- 84' Sub Diogo Jota → Luis Díaz
- 90' Sub Trent Alexander-Arnold → Jarell Quansah
- 90+4' Sub Dominik Szoboszlai → James McConnell
Category leaders
- Key passesKonstantinos Tsimikas3
- Duels wonVirgil van Dijk10/12
- DribblesYehor Yarmoliuk4/4
- Defensive actionsVirgil van Dijk5
- ShotsMohamed Salah3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonDiogo Jota3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.