Liverpool 3-1 Southampton
Key numbers
- Possession 71% – 29%
- Shots 28 (7 on target) – 6 (4)
- Decisive moment: 51' Darwin Núñez, FN xPts +0.9
Darwin Núñez 51'
Mohamed Salah 55' (pen)
Mohamed Salah 88' (pen)
Mohamed Salah 55' (pen)
Mohamed Salah 88' (pen)
HT 0:1
Will Smallbone 45+1'
Liverpool 1st · 70 pts|Southampton 20th · 9 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (4.12–0.36).
Player of the matchMohamed SalahDecisive moment51' Darwin Núñez+0.9
Player of the match
Mohamed Salah Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.4 (Dominant)
Game state
Liverpool ahead 35 min · level 49 min · Southampton ahead 6 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.
45+1'
Will Smallbone
Goal
+0.8
51'
Darwin Núñez
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Luis Díaz +0.3
+0.9
55'
Mohamed Salah
Pen goal
+0.7
88'
Mohamed Salah
Pen goal
+0.1
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 2.5Own moments +1.7Opponent moments −0.9Time effect −0.3→ League points won 3
Southampton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.4Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −1.5Time effect +0.3→ 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
LiverpoolSouthampton
71%Possession29%
4.12Expected goals (xG)0.36
0.15xG per shot0.06
28Shots6
7Shots on target4
25%Shots on target %67%
23Shots in box3
655Passes267
91%Pass accuracy76%
6Corners4
3Saves4
10Fouls9
2Yellow cards1
0Offsides1
Compared with usual
Liverpool
44 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2.3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.84 | |
| xG | 4.12 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.36 | 0.76 | |
| Shots | 28 | 16.2 | |
| On target | 7 | 6.5 | |
| Shots faced | 6 | 10.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.15 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 71% | 57.2% | |
| Passes | 655 | 530.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 91% | 86.2% | |
| Corners | 6 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 10.9 |
Southampton
33 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0.97 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2.2 | |
| xG | 0.36 | 0.78 | |
| xG against | 4.12 | 2 | |
| Shots | 6 | 9.9 | |
| On target | 4 | 3.5 | |
| Shots faced | 28 | 16.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 29% | 52.8% | low |
| Passes | 267 | 501.5 | low |
| Pass accuracy | 76% | 86.1% | low |
| Corners | 4 | 4.2 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 11.8 |
Timeline
- 19' Sub Jan Bednarek → Armel Bella-Kotchap
- 31' Yellow Konstantinos Tsimikas
- 45+1' Goal Will Smallbone league goal #1
- 45+3' Yellow Darwin Núñez
- 46' Sub Konstantinos Tsimikas → Andrew Robertson
- 46' Sub Curtis Jones → Harvey Elliott
- 46' Sub Dominik Szoboszlai → Alexis Mac Allister
- 51' Goal Darwin Núñez league goal #5 assist Luis Díaz
- 55' Goal Mohamed Salah (pen) league goal #26
- 64' Sub Albert Grønbæk → Cameron Archer
- 64' Sub Tyler Dibling → Yukinari Sugawara
- 68' Sub Darwin Núñez → Diogo Jota
- 71' Sub Will Smallbone → Adam Lallana
- 81' Sub Ryan Gravenberch → Wataru Endo
- 83' Sub Ryan Manning → Joe Aribo
- 84' Sub Lesley Ugochukwu → Paul Onuachu
- 86' VAR Andrew Robertson
- 88' Goal Mohamed Salah (pen) league goal #27
- 89' Sub Trent Alexander-Arnold → Jarell Quansah
- 90+6' Yellow Paul Onuachu
Category leaders
- Key passesMohamed Salah6
- Duels wonTrent Alexander-Arnold7/9
- DribblesTrent Alexander-Arnold4/4
- Defensive actionsRyan Manning8
- ShotsDarwin Núñez4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonKyle Walker-Peters4
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.