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Manchester United

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Liverpool

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This match

Match statistics

Metric	Manchester United	Liverpool
Shots	18 shots/match▲	13 shots/match
Shots on target	6 shots/match▲	5 shots/match
Expected goals	2.14 xG/match▲	0.89 xG/match
Possession	38%	62%
Corners	3 corners/match	2 corners/match
Fouls	12 fouls/match	11 fouls/match
Yellow cards	2 cards/match	2 cards/match

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Liverpool's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: Lineup availability and tactical choices are not in the retained data.

Liverpool's recent record differs from the season

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

2 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.69 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	1.69 goals/match	1.36 goals/match

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

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1Manchester United

0Draws

0Liverpool

19 Oct 2025Liverpool — Manchester United · Premier League1–2

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

Manchester United favored in 4 of 14 directional metrics · Liverpool in 3 · 7 too close

1.8 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 35/351.69 goals/match

1.37 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 35/351.34 goals/match

1.3 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 6/61.28 xG/match

1.46 xG/match▲Expected goals allowedseason · 6/61.63 xG/match

15.5 shots/matchShotsseason · 35/3515.4 shots/match

11.5 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 35/3511.5 shots/match

5.71 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 35/354.54 shots/match

3.74 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 35/353.97 shots/match

52.1%Possessionseason · 35/3559.6%

4.69 corners/matchCornersseason · 35/355.83 corners/match

4.89 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 35/35▲4.54 corners/match

1.65 cards/matchCardsseason · 31/29▲1.55 cards/match

9.69 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 35/359.83 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

17%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 35/35▲29%

91%Scoring frequencyseason · 35/3589%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Manchester United62.5

Liverpool92.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Manchester United94.2

Liverpool80.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Manchester United69.2

Liverpool63.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Manchester United97.5

Liverpool72.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Manchester United12.5

Liverpool8.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 91%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Manchester United35

Liverpool77.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Manchester United58.1

Liverpool61.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches

1.8 goals/matchGoals scored5/5▲2 goals/match

1.4 goals/matchGoals allowed5/51.4 goals/match

1.39 xG/match▲Expected goals5/51.22 xG/match

13.4 shots/matchShots5/513.2 shots/match

5.4 shots/match▲Shots on target5/54.8 shots/match

44.2%Possession5/555.6%

6 corners/matchCorners5/55.4 corners/match

—Cards2/0—

10.4 fouls/matchFouls5/511 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

10 / 10 matches

1.7 goals/matchGoals scored10/10▲1.9 goals/match

1.2 goals/matchGoals allowed10/101.2 goals/match

1.3 xG/matchExpected goals6/61.28 xG/match

13.5 shots/matchShots10/10▲15.3 shots/match

5.5 shots/match▲Shots on target10/104.9 shots/match

50.7%Possession10/1056.6%

5.1 corners/matchCorners10/106.4 corners/match

2.67 cards/matchCards6/40.75 cards/match

10 fouls/matchFouls10/1010.7 fouls/match

Window

Season

35 / 35 matches

1.8 goals/match▲Goals scored35/351.69 goals/match

1.37 goals/matchGoals allowed35/351.34 goals/match

1.3 xG/matchExpected goals6/61.28 xG/match

15.5 shots/matchShots35/3515.4 shots/match

5.71 shots/match▲Shots on target35/354.54 shots/match

52.1%Possession35/3559.6%

4.69 corners/matchCorners35/355.83 corners/match

1.65 cards/matchCards31/291.55 cards/match

9.69 fouls/matchFouls35/359.83 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

18 / 18 matches

2 goals/match▲Goals scored18/181.5 goals/match

1.22 goals/match▲Goals allowed18/181.61 goals/match

1.43 xG/match▲Expected goals4/31.12 xG/match

17.2 shots/match▲Shots18/1813.6 shots/match

6.78 shots/match▲Shots on target18/184 shots/match

51.5%Possession18/1860%

5.17 corners/matchCorners18/185.78 corners/match

1.8 cards/matchCards15/151.8 cards/match

10.3 fouls/matchFouls18/1810.1 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

5.81 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/18.02 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceready

Season samples35 / 35home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

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.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 3 May 2026, 18:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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Match statistics

What the record shows

Liverpool's recent record differs from the season

Head-to-head

Values, percentiles and samples

How the teams compare

Possession control

Attacking volume

Defensive resistance

Directness proxy

Physicality

Set-piece relevance

Tempo and pressure proxy

Season, last 10 and last 5

Last 5

Last 10

Season

Home and away samples

Home team at home / away team away

Rest and recent workload

How much supports this analysis

Known unknowns

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