Liverpool 6-1 Sparta Praha
Key numbers
- Possession 77% – 23%
- Shots 22 (12 on target) – 9 (2)
- Decisive moment: 7' Darwin Núñez, FN xPts +0.3
Darwin Núñez 7'
Bobby Clark 8'
Mohamed Salah 10'
Cody Gakpo 14'
Dominik Szoboszlai 48'
Cody Gakpo 55'
Bobby Clark 8'
Mohamed Salah 10'
Cody Gakpo 14'
Dominik Szoboszlai 48'
Cody Gakpo 55'
HT 4:1
Veljko Birmančević 42'
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (3.69–0.39).
Player of the matchMohamed SalahDecisive moment7' Darwin Núñez+0.3
Player of the match
Mohamed Salah Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.5 (Dominant)
Game state
Liverpool ahead 83 min · level 7 min · Sparta Praha ahead 0 min
- Harvey Elliott — off the bench 45 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.
7'
Darwin Núñez
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Dominik Szoboszlai +0.1
+0.3
8'
Bobby Clark
Goal · assist Mohamed Salah
+0.1
10'
Mohamed Salah
Goal · assist Bobby Clark
0.0
14'
Cody Gakpo
Goal · assist Mohamed Salah
0.0
42'
Veljko Birmančević
Goal · assist Ángelo Preciado
0.0
48'
Dominik Szoboszlai
Goal · assist Mohamed Salah
0.0
55'
Cody Gakpo
Goal · assist Harvey Elliott
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Sparta Praha is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
LiverpoolSparta Praha
77%Possession23%
3.69Expected goals (xG)0.39
0.17xG per shot0.04
22Shots9
12Shots on target2
55%Shots on target %22%
19Shots in box2
903Passes257
92%Pass accuracy74%
8Corners2
1Saves6
7Fouls4
1Yellow cards0
2Offsides3
Compared with usual
Liverpool
44 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 6 | 2.5 | high |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.93 | |
| xG | 3.69 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.39 | 0.96 | |
| Shots | 22 | 19.5 | |
| On target | 12 | 7.1 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 10.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.17 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 77% | 61.5% | |
| Passes | 903 | 583.3 | high |
| Pass accuracy | 92% | 85.3% | high |
| Corners | 8 | 6.9 | |
| Fouls | 7 | 12 |
Sparta Praha
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1.8 | high |
| xG | 0.39 | 1.5 | low |
| xG against | 3.69 | 1.3 | high |
| Shots | 9 | 11.8 | |
| On target | 2 | 5.4 | |
| Shots faced | 22 | 14.1 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.04 | 0.13 | low |
| Possession | 23% | 48.4% | low |
| Passes | 257 | 408.4 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 74% | 78.7% | |
| Corners | 2 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 11.2 | low |
Timeline
- 7' Goal Darwin Núñez competition goal #5 assist Dominik Szoboszlai
- 8' Goal Bobby Clark competition goal #1 assist Mohamed Salah
- 10' Goal Mohamed Salah competition goal #4 assist Bobby Clark
- 14' Goal Cody Gakpo competition goal #3 assist Mohamed Salah
- 42' Goal Veljko Birmančević assist Ángelo Preciado
- 46' Sub Darwin Núñez → Harvey Elliott
- 46' Sub Wataru Endo → James McConnell
- 46' Sub Joe Gomez → Konstantinos Tsimikas
- 46' Sub Matěj Ryneš → Filip Panák
- 48' Goal Dominik Szoboszlai competition goal #2 assist Mohamed Salah
- 55' Goal Cody Gakpo competition goal #4 assist Harvey Elliott
- 58' Sub Qazim Laci → Lukáš Sadílek
- 58' Sub Jan Kuchta → Lukáš Haraslín
- 65' Yellow Jarell Quansah
- 66' Sub Jarell Quansah → Virgil van Dijk
- 66' Sub Veljko Birmančević → Indrit Tuci
- 73' Sub Bobby Clark → Mateusz Musiałowski
- 74' Sub Markus Solbakken → Patrik Vydra
Category leaders
- Key passesMohamed Salah6
- Duels wonDarwin Núñez6/8
- DribblesBobby Clark2/2
- Defensive actionsLadislav Krejčí11
- ShotsDarwin Núñez6 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonQazim Laci3
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.