Liverpool 2-0 Manchester City
Key numbers
- Possession 44% – 56%
- Shots 18 (7 on target) – 8 (2)
- Decisive moment: 12' Cody Gakpo, FN xPts +0.8
Cody Gakpo 12'
Mohamed Salah 78' (pen)
Mohamed Salah 78' (pen)
HT 1:0
Liverpool 1st · 34 pts|Manchester City 5th · 23 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (3.57–0.84).
Player of the matchMohamed SalahDecisive moment12' Cody Gakpo+0.8
Player of the match
Mohamed Salah Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.8 (Strong)
Game state
Liverpool ahead 78 min · level 12 min · Manchester City 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.
12'
Cody Gakpo
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Mohamed Salah +0.2
+0.8
78'
Mohamed Salah
Pen goal
+0.3
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments +1.1Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.4→ League points won 3
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.9Time effect −0.4→ 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
LiverpoolManchester City
44%Possession56%
3.57Expected goals (xG)0.84
0.2xG per shot0.11
18Shots8
7Shots on target2
39%Shots on target %25%
11Shots in box7
415Passes544
84%Pass accuracy88%
7Corners4
3Saves5
9Fouls8
1Yellow cards3
4Offsides3
Compared with usual
Liverpool
19 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.3 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.63 | |
| xG | 3.57 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 0.84 | 0.76 | |
| Shots | 18 | 15.9 | |
| On target | 7 | 7 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 10.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.2 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 44% | 56.8% | |
| Passes | 415 | 536 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 86.3% | |
| Corners | 7 | 5.6 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 11.4 |
Manchester City
19 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 0.84 | 2 | |
| xG against | 3.57 | 1.2 | high |
| Shots | 8 | 20.2 | low |
| On target | 2 | 7.1 | low |
| Shots faced | 18 | 7.9 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 56% | 66.1% | |
| Passes | 544 | 653.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 91.1% | |
| Corners | 4 | 9.1 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 7.8 |
Timeline
- 12' Goal Cody Gakpo league goal #2 assist Mohamed Salah
- 24' Yellow Matheus Nunes
- 32' Yellow Phil Foden
- 36' Yellow Ryan Gravenberch
- 45+1' Yellow Manuel Akanji
- 57' Sub Matheus Nunes → Jérémy Doku
- 58' Sub İlkay Gündoğan → Savinho
- 73' Sub Cody Gakpo → Darwin Núñez
- 73' Sub Trent Alexander-Arnold → Jarell Quansah
- 78' Sub Phil Foden → Kevin De Bruyne
- 78' Sub Rico Lewis → Jack Grealish
- 78' Goal Mohamed Salah (pen) league goal #11
- 84' Sub Mohamed Salah → Curtis Jones
- 90+1' Sub Luis Díaz → Harvey Elliott
Category leaders
- Key passesDominik Szoboszlai4
- Duels wonJérémy Doku9/14
- DribblesJérémy Doku6/6
- Defensive actionsNathan Aké7
- ShotsVirgil van Dijk3 (on target 1)
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.