Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea
Key numbers
- Possession 43% – 57%
- Shots 9 (5 on target) – 12 (2)
- Decisive moment: 51' Curtis Jones, FN xPts +0.8
Mohamed Salah 29' (pen)
Curtis Jones 51'
Curtis Jones 51'
HT 1:0
Nicolas Jackson 48'
Liverpool 2nd → 1st · 21 pts|Chelsea 6th · 14 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.94–0.99).
Player of the matchCurtis JonesDecisive moment51' Curtis Jones+0.8
Player of the match
Curtis Jones Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Liverpool ahead 58 min · level 32 min · Chelsea 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.
29'
Mohamed Salah
Pen goal
+0.6
48'
Nicolas Jackson
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Moisés Caicedo +0.2
+0.6
51'
Curtis Jones
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Mohamed Salah +0.2
+0.8
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 2.1Own moments +1.4Opponent moments −0.7Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Chelsea
Expected (last two seasons) 0.7Own moments +0.6Opponent moments −1.1Time effect −0.2→ 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
LiverpoolChelsea
43%Possession57%
1.94Expected goals (xG)0.99
0.22xG per shot0.08
9Shots12
5Shots on target2
56%Shots on target %17%
7Shots in box9
409Passes542
80%Pass accuracy88%
1Corners5
1Saves3
12Fouls13
4Yellow cards3
5Offsides0
Compared with usual
Liverpool
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.4 | |
| xG | 1.94 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.99 | 0.62 | |
| Shots | 9 | 16 | |
| On target | 5 | 7 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 9.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.22 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 43% | 58.6% | low |
| Passes | 409 | 544.6 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 80% | 86.6% | low |
| Corners | 1 | 6.4 | low |
| Fouls | 12 | 11.8 |
Chelsea
11 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.5 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 0.99 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 1.94 | 0.81 | |
| Shots | 12 | 15.3 | |
| On target | 2 | 6.4 | low |
| Shots faced | 9 | 13.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 57% | 59.9% | |
| Passes | 542 | 560.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 87.3% | |
| Corners | 5 | 6.2 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 10.1 |
Timeline
- 6' Yellow Tosin Adarabioyo
- 28' Yellow Nicolas Jackson
- 29' Goal Mohamed Salah (pen) league goal #5
- 30' Sub Diogo Jota → Darwin Núñez
- 45+3' VAR Curtis Jones
- 45+8' Yellow Dominik Szoboszlai
- 46' Sub Jadon Sancho → Pedro Neto
- 48' Goal Nicolas Jackson league goal #5 assist Moisés Caicedo
- 49' VAR Nicolas Jackson
- 51' Goal Curtis Jones league goal #1 assist Mohamed Salah
- 53' Sub Tosin Adarabioyo → Benoît Badiashile
- 53' Sub Reece James → Renato Veiga
- 53' Sub Roméo Lavia → Enzo Fernández
- 66' Sub Cody Gakpo → Luis Díaz
- 69' Yellow Darwin Núñez
- 76' Sub Noni Madueke → Christopher Nkunku
- 78' Yellow Renato Veiga
- 80' Yellow Ibrahima Konaté
- 81' Sub Curtis Jones → Alexis Mac Allister
- 81' Sub Trent Alexander-Arnold → Joe Gomez
- 90+2' Yellow Alexis Mac Allister
Category leaders
- Key passesPedro Neto3
- Duels wonDarwin Núñez9/17
- DribblesMohamed Salah3/4
- Defensive actionsMalo Gusto7
- Fouls wonDarwin Núñez4
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.