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Premier League · 2024

Liverpool 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League

2–1Historical match

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Liverpool won 2–1.

Shots
1613
Shots on target
85
Expected goals
1.651.01
Possession
49%51%

Full time

What the match recorded

Liverpool beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1. Recorded in this match (Liverpool – Brighton & Hove Albion): shots 16–13, shots on target 8–5, expected goals 1.65–1.01, possession 49%–51%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

6.2 corners/match ●CornersLiverpool · Brighton & Hove Albion6 corners/match
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

MetricLiverpoolBrighton & Hove AlbionBaseline
Corners6.2 corners/match6 corners/match5.42 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots16 shots13 shotsLiverpool 16 shots, Brighton & Hove Albion 13 shots
  • Shots on target8 shots5 shotsLiverpool 8 shots, Brighton & Hove Albion 5 shots
  • Expected goals1.65 xG1.01 xGLiverpool 1.65 xG, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.01 xG
  • Possession49%51%Liverpool 49%, Brighton & Hove Albion 51%
  • Corners9 corners7 cornersLiverpool 9 corners, Brighton & Hove Albion 7 corners
  • Fouls10 fouls18 foulsLiverpool 10 fouls, Brighton & Hove Albion 18 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

Cody Gakpo · Liverpool · 70′ · 0.01 xG · goalGeorginio Rutter · Brighton & Hove Albion · 90′ · 0.01 xG · on targetYasin Ayari · Brighton & Hove Albion · 42′ · 0.02 xG · on targetCody Gakpo · Liverpool · 45′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedMats Wieffer · Brighton & Hove Albion · 87′ · 0.03 xG · off target or blockedDanny Welbeck · Brighton & Hove Albion · 22′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedKaoru Mitoma · Brighton & Hove Albion · 83′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedRyan Gravenberch · Liverpool · 85′ · 0.04 xG · off target or blockedFerdi Kadıoğlu · Brighton & Hove Albion · 14′ · 0.05 xG · goalAlexis Mac Allister · Liverpool · 53′ · 0.05 xG · on targetCurtis Jones · Liverpool · 68′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedDanny Welbeck · Brighton & Hove Albion · 71′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedMohamed Salah · Liverpool · 72′ · 0.05 xG · goalKostas Tsimikas · Liverpool · 81′ · 0.05 xG · on targetJan Paul van Hecke · Brighton & Hove Albion · 89′ · 0.05 xG · off target or blockedDarwin Núñez · Liverpool · 9′ · 0.06 xG · on targetCody Gakpo · Liverpool · 65′ · 0.06 xG · off target or blockedDanny Welbeck · Brighton & Hove Albion · 45′ · 0.07 xG · on targetKaoru Mitoma · Brighton & Hove Albion · 73′ · 0.07 xG · off target or blockedDanny Welbeck · Brighton & Hove Albion · 41′ · 0.10 xG · off target or blockedCurtis Jones · Liverpool · 81′ · 0.11 xG · off target or blockedJoe Gomez · Liverpool · 85′ · 0.14 xG · on targetIbrahima Konaté · Liverpool · 30′ · 0.16 xG · off target or blockedFerdi Kadıoğlu · Brighton & Hove Albion · 36′ · 0.16 xG · off target or blockedJoe Gomez · Liverpool · 47′ · 0.16 xG · on targetIbrahima Konaté · Liverpool · 30′ · 0.21 xG · off target or blockedMohamed Salah · Liverpool · 56′ · 0.22 xG · on targetMohamed Salah · Liverpool · 26′ · 0.26 xG · off target or blockedGeorginio Rutter · Brighton & Hove Albion · 27′ · 0.34 xG · on target
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  • goal
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Liverpool: 16 shots, 8 on target, 1.66 xG. Brighton & Hove Albion: 13 shots, 5 on target, 1.03 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

0120′HT90′Cody Gakpo · Liverpool · 70′Mohamed Salah · Liverpool · 72′Ferdi Kadıoğlu · Brighton & Hove Albion · 14′

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Liverpool 1.66 xG · Brighton & Hove Albion 1.03 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Liverpool
2Draws
1Brighton & Hove Albion
Liverpool — Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League2–1
Brighton & Hove Albion — Liverpool · Premier League2–2
Brighton & Hove Albion — Liverpool · Premier League3–0
Liverpool — Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League3–3
Brighton & Hove Albion — Liverpool · Premier League0–2

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Liverpool favored in 9 of 11 directional metrics · Brighton & Hove Albion in 1 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Liverpool10 matchesBrighton & Hove Albion10 matches
1.9 goals/match ▲Goals scored10/101.7 goals/match
0.6 goals/match ▲Goals allowed10/101.4 goals/match
1.84 xG/match ▲Expected goals10/101.43 xG/match
14.1 shots/matchShots10/10▲ 14.9 shots/match
6.1 shots/match ▲Shots on target10/104.8 shots/match
56.9% ●Possession10/1055.5%
6.2 corners/match ●Corners10/106 corners/match
11.9 fouls/matchFouls10/1011.1 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited
Season samples10 / 10home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • The fixture is outside the configured active season.
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
  • The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 2 Nov 2024, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Premier League

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsLiverpoolBrighton & Hove Albion
CompetitionPremier LeaguePremier League 2024/25
Head-to-headLiverpool — Brighton & Hove Albion
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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