Sheffield Utd 0-2 Liverpool
Key numbers
- Possession 24% – 76%
- Shots 6 (1 on target) – 15 (8)
- Decisive moment: 37' Virgil van Dijk, FN xPts +0.7
HT 0:1
Virgil van Dijk 37'
Dominik Szoboszlai 90+4'
Dominik Szoboszlai 90+4'
Sheffield Utd 20th · 5 pts|Liverpool 2nd · 34 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.99–1.69).
Player of the matchVirgil van DijkDecisive moment37' Virgil van Dijk+0.7
Player of the match
Virgil van Dijk Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.9 (Dominant)
Game state
Sheffield Utd ahead 0 min · level 37 min · Liverpool ahead 53 min
- Darwin Núñez — off the bench 23 min · 0G 1A
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.
37'
Virgil van Dijk
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Trent Alexander-Arnold +0.2
+0.7
90+4'
Dominik Szoboszlai
Goal · assist Darwin Núñez
+0.1
Sheffield Utd
Expected (last two seasons) 0.7Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.5Time effect −0.2→ League points won 0
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 2.1Own moments +0.8Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
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
Sheffield UtdLiverpool
24%Possession76%
0.99Expected goals (xG)1.69
0.17xG per shot0.11
6Shots15
1Shots on target8
17%Shots on target %53%
5Shots in box11
207Passes631
48%Pass accuracy84%
2Corners12
6Saves1
12Fouls8
2Yellow cards3
1Offsides4
Compared with usual
Sheffield Utd
15 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.73 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2.6 | |
| xG | 0.99 | 0.72 | |
| xG against | 1.69 | 2.1 | |
| Shots | 6 | 8.7 | |
| On target | 1 | 2.7 | |
| Shots faced | 15 | 18.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.17 | 0.08 | high |
| Possession | 24% | 40.7% | |
| Passes | 207 | 374.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 48% | 72.8% | low |
| Corners | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 11.5 |
Liverpool
21 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.69 | 2 | |
| xG against | 0.99 | 1 | |
| Shots | 15 | 18.8 | |
| On target | 8 | 6.6 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 11.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 76% | 60.6% | |
| Passes | 631 | 574.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 85.5% | |
| Corners | 12 | 6.7 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 11.9 |
Timeline
- 34' Yellow Wataru Endo
- 37' Goal Virgil van Dijk league goal #1 assist Trent Alexander-Arnold
- 57' Sub Alexis Mac Allister → Curtis Jones
- 62' Yellow Ibrahima Konaté
- 67' Sub Luis Díaz → Darwin Núñez
- 67' Sub Mohamed Salah → Harvey Elliott
- 74' Sub Andre Brooks → John Fleck
- 74' Sub William Osula → Benie Traore
- 84' Yellow Darwin Núñez
- 86' Sub Vinícius Souza → Oliver Norwood
- 86' Sub Cody Gakpo → Ryan Gravenberch
- 88' Sub Auston Trusty → Max Lowe
- 90' Yellow Oliver Norwood
- 90+4' Goal Dominik Szoboszlai league goal #2 assist Darwin Núñez
- 90+6' Yellow Jayden Bogle
Category leaders
- Key passesTrent Alexander-Arnold7
- Duels wonIbrahima Konaté19/24
- DribblesCameron Archer4/8
- Defensive actionsIbrahima Konaté9
- ShotsVirgil van Dijk3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonCameron Archer4
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.