Liverpool 2-1 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 49% – 51%
- Shots 16 (8 on target) – 13 (5)
- Decisive moment: 72' Mohamed Salah, FN xPts +1.1
Cody Gakpo 70'
Mohamed Salah 72'
Mohamed Salah 72'
HT 0:1
Ferdi Kadıoğlu 14'
Liverpool 2nd → 1st · 25 pts|Brighton 6th → 7th · 16 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.65–1.01).
Player of the matchKonstantinos TsimikasDecisive moment72' Mohamed Salah+1.1
Player of the match
Konstantinos Tsimikas Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Liverpool ahead 18 min · level 16 min · Brighton ahead 56 min
- Curtis Jones — off the bench 24 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.
14'
Ferdi Kadıoğlu
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Danny Welbeck +0.2
+0.7
70'
Cody Gakpo
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Virgil van Dijk +0.3
+1.0
72'
Mohamed Salah
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Curtis Jones +0.3
+1.1
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 2.1Own moments +2.1Opponent moments −0.7Time effect −0.5→ League points won 3
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.7Own moments +0.7Opponent moments −2.0Time effect +0.6→ 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
LiverpoolBrighton
49%Possession51%
1.65Expected goals (xG)1.01
0.1xG per shot0.08
16Shots13
8Shots on target5
50%Shots on target %38%
14Shots in box7
443Passes469
83%Pass accuracy87%
9Corners7
4Saves6
10Fouls18
1Yellow cards1
1Offsides0
Compared with usual
Liverpool
14 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.64 | |
| xG | 1.65 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 1.01 | 0.63 | |
| Shots | 16 | 14.7 | |
| On target | 8 | 6.7 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 10.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 49% | 56.9% | |
| Passes | 443 | 530.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 85.9% | |
| Corners | 9 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 11.6 |
Brighton
12 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.01 | 1.1 | |
| xG against | 1.65 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 13 | 15.4 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.6 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 11.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 51% | 53.9% | |
| Passes | 469 | 472.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 84.8% | |
| Corners | 7 | 5.7 | |
| Fouls | 18 | 10.2 | high |
Timeline
- 14' Goal Ferdi Kadıoğlu league goal #1 assist Danny Welbeck
- 45' Yellow Alexis Mac Allister
- 46' Sub Ibrahima Konaté → Joe Gomez
- 66' Sub Alexis Mac Allister → Curtis Jones
- 66' Sub Dominik Szoboszlai → Luis Díaz
- 70' Goal Cody Gakpo league goal #1 assist Virgil van Dijk
- 72' Goal Mohamed Salah league goal #7 assist Curtis Jones
- 76' Sub Yasin Ayari → Mats Wieffer
- 76' Sub Joël Veltman → Brajan Gruda
- 77' Sub Darwin Núñez → Wataru Endo
- 83' Yellow Ferdi Kadıoğlu
- 87' Sub Kaoru Mitoma → Simon Adingra
- 87' Sub Ferdi Kadıoğlu → Jakub Moder
- 88' Sub Jack Hinshelwood → Evan Ferguson
- 90+1' Sub Mohamed Salah → Conor Bradley
Category leaders
- Key passesKonstantinos Tsimikas3
- Duels wonTrent Alexander-Arnold12/17
- DribblesKaoru Mitoma3/8
- Defensive actionsTrent Alexander-Arnold11
- ShotsMohamed Salah3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonRyan Gravenberch5
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.