Liverpool 2–1 Lille — UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2024Tue, 21 Jan 2025, 20:00 UTC

Liverpool

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2–1Historical match

Lille

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

Match at a glance

Liverpool won 2–1.

Shots: 134
Shots on target: 71
Expected goals: 2.230.47
Possession: 56%44%

Full time

What the match recorded

Liverpool beat Lille 2–1. Recorded in this match (Liverpool – Lille): shots 13–4, shots on target 7–1, expected goals 2.23–0.47, possession 56%–44%. 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.

Lille's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Lille's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.45 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	2 goals/match	1.45 goals/match	1.69 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Lille show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Lille's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

16.6 shots/match ▲ShotsLiverpool · Lille10.6 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Liverpool	Lille	Baseline
Shots	16.6 shots/match	10.6 shots/match	12.6 shots/match
Shots against	10 shots/match	12.5 shots/match	13.2 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots13 shots4 shotsLiverpool 13 shots, Lille 4 shots
Shots on target7 shots1 shotLiverpool 7 shots, Lille 1 shot
Expected goals2.23 xG0.47 xGLiverpool 2.23 xG, Lille 0.47 xG
Possession56%44%Liverpool 56%, Lille 44%
Corners3 corners3 cornersLiverpool 3 corners, Lille 3 corners
Fouls12 fouls9 foulsLiverpool 12 fouls, Lille 9 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.

off target
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Liverpool: 13 shots, 7 on target, 2.41 xG. Lille: 4 shots, 1 on target, 0.48 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

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

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Liverpool 2.41 xG · Lille 0.48 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Liverpool favored in 10 of 11 directional metrics · Lille in 0 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Liverpool7 matchesLille11 matches

2.14 goals/match ▲Goals scored7/111.45 goals/match

0.29 goals/match ▲Goals allowed7/111.18 goals/match

2.46 xG/match ▲Expected goals7/71.19 xG/match

16.6 shots/match ▲Shots7/1110.6 shots/match

7.43 shots/match ▲Shots on target7/114.55 shots/match

55.3% ●Possession7/1149.3%

5.29 corners/match ●Corners7/113.64 corners/match

10.7 fouls/matchFouls7/1112.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples7 / 11home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness 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: Wed, 22 Jan 2025, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4