Liverpool 2-0 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 49% – 51%
- Shots 18 (4 on target) – 14 (1)
- Decisive moment: 1' Hugo Ekitiké, FN xPts +0.5
Hugo Ekitiké 1'
Hugo Ekitiké 60'
Hugo Ekitiké 60'
HT 1:0
Liverpool 10th → 5th · 26 pts|Brighton 8th → 9th · 23 pts
Brighton edged xG (1.89–1.9) but Liverpool took the win.
Player of the matchHugo EkitikéDecisive moment1' Hugo Ekitiké+0.5
Player of the match
Hugo Ekitiké Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Liverpool ahead 89 min · level 1 min · Brighton ahead 0 min
- Mohamed Salah — off the bench 64 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.
1'
Hugo Ekitiké
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Joe Gomez +0.2
+0.5
60'
Hugo Ekitiké
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Mohamed Salah +0.1
+0.3
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +0.8Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.6Time 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
LiverpoolBrighton
49%Possession51%
1.89Expected goals (xG)1.9
0.11xG per shot0.14
18Shots14
4Shots on target1
22%Shots on target %7%
10Shots in box11
519Passes526
86%Pass accuracy89%
2Corners2
1Saves2
8Fouls15
1Yellow cards2
2Offsides0
Compared with usual
Liverpool
23 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.6 | |
| xG | 1.89 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 1.9 | 1 | |
| Shots | 18 | 15.7 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.2 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 10.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 49% | 60% | |
| Passes | 519 | 539.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 86.1% | |
| Corners | 2 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.5 |
Brighton
18 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.9 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.89 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 14 | 14.2 | |
| On target | 1 | 5.5 | low |
| Shots faced | 18 | 11.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 51% | 52.6% | |
| Passes | 526 | 462.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 89% | 84.1% | |
| Corners | 2 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 15 | 12.4 |
Timeline
- 1' Goal Hugo Ekitiké league goal #6 assist Joe Gomez
- 26' Sub Joe Gomez → Mohamed Salah
- 45+3' Yellow Diego Gómez
- 59' Yellow Lewis Dunk
- 60' Goal Hugo Ekitiké league goal #7 assist Mohamed Salah
- 64' Yellow Ibrahima Konaté
- 64' Sub Brajan Gruda → Kaoru Mitoma
- 64' Sub Carlos Baleba → Yasin Ayari
- 78' Sub Florian Wirtz → Andrew Robertson
- 78' Sub Hugo Ekitiké → Alexander Isak
- 82' Sub Jack Hinshelwood → Danny Welbeck
- 82' Sub Georginio Rutter → Charalampos Kostoulas
- 83' Sub Dominik Szoboszlai → Federico Chiesa
- 87' Sub Diego Gómez → James Milner
Category leaders
- Key passesMohamed Salah5
- Duels wonIbrahima Konaté10/12
- DribblesCurtis Jones4/5
- Defensive actionsIbrahima Konaté9
- ShotsHugo Ekitiké7 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonGeorginio Rutter3
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.