Liverpool 2-0 Fulham
Key numbers
- Possession 53% – 47%
- Shots 18 (5 on target) – 19 (4)
- Decisive moment: 36' Rio Ngumoha, FN xPts +0.8
Rio Ngumoha 36'
Mohamed Salah 40'
Mohamed Salah 40'
HT 2:0
Liverpool 5th · 52 pts|Fulham 11th · 44 pts
Liverpool won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.59–1.04).
Player of the matchMohamed SalahDecisive moment36' Rio Ngumoha+0.8
Player of the match
Mohamed Salah Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.9 (Strong)
Game state
Liverpool ahead 54 min · level 36 min · Fulham 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.
36'
Rio Ngumoha
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Florian Wirtz +0.2
+0.8
40'
Mohamed Salah
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Cody Gakpo +0.1
+0.4
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +1.2Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Fulham
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.1→ 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
LiverpoolFulham
53%Possession47%
1.59Expected goals (xG)1.04
0.09xG per shot0.05
18Shots19
5Shots on target4
28%Shots on target %21%
14Shots in box13
510Passes435
88%Pass accuracy85%
6Corners9
4Saves3
10Fouls4
0Yellow cards0
4Offsides2
Compared with usual
Liverpool
48 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.59 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 1.04 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 18 | 16.2 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.3 | |
| Shots faced | 19 | 10.8 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 53% | 58.4% | |
| Passes | 510 | 531.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 85.7% | |
| Corners | 6 | 6.1 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 10.2 |
Fulham
38 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.04 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.59 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 19 | 13 | |
| On target | 4 | 4.2 | |
| Shots faced | 18 | 10.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.05 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 47% | 53.9% | |
| Passes | 435 | 497.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 84.1% | |
| Corners | 9 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 10.4 | low |
Timeline
- 36' Goal Rio Ngumoha league goal #2 assist Florian Wirtz
- 40' Goal Mohamed Salah league goal #6 assist Cody Gakpo
- 46' Sub Curtis Jones → Ryan Gravenberch
- 46' Sub Oscar Bobb → Saša Lukić
- 46' Sub Joshua King → Emile Smith Rowe
- 68' Sub Florian Wirtz → Alexis Mac Allister
- 69' Sub Jeremie Frimpong → Joe Gomez
- 69' Sub Rio Ngumoha → Alexander Isak
- 69' Sub Antonee Robinson → Ryan Sessegnon
- 80' Sub Rodrigo Muniz → Raúl Jiménez
- 80' Sub Harry Wilson → Samuel Chukwueze
- 90' Sub Mohamed Salah → Trey Nyoni
Category leaders
- Key passesJeremie Frimpong3
- Duels wonCalvin Bassey7/8
- DribblesDominik Szoboszlai2/3
- Defensive actionsVirgil van Dijk7
- ShotsMohamed Salah3 (on target 2)
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.