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Liverpool v Man United, Premier League, Sun, 17 Jan 2021: statistics and head to head

2020-21. Sun, 17 Jan 2021

00Full time, half-time 0–0

Draw. Goal margin: 0.

WWWWWLeague form, oldest to newestWLLDW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Anfield. Photo: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com / Original source, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Liverpool have 8 scored home results and Man United 8 scored away results stored in 2020-21. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Liverpool at home: 2.75 points per match (8 measured matches); Man United away: 2.75 points per match (8 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Liverpool scored 2.63 per home match (8 measured matches); Man United scored 2.75 away (8). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.37 per club appearance across 352 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 13 of 16 pooled club appearances (81.3%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 6. Liverpool: 2 wins; Man United: 1 wins; draws: 3.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half00
Second half00

The match in numbers

LiverpoolMan United
  • 17Shots8
  • 3Shots on target4
  • 7Corners3
  • 15Fouls6
  • 2Yellow cards1
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Liverpool

  • Shots17
  • On target3
  • Goals0

18% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Man United

  • Shots8
  • On target4
  • Goals0

50% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

6 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

2
Liverpool wins
3
Draws
1
Man United wins
Goals / meeting
1.83
11 goals in 6 meetings
Both scored
50%
3 of 6 meetings
Over 1.5
67%
4 of 6 meetings
Over 2.5
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Over 3.5
17%
1 of 6 meetings
Liverpool clean sheets
50%
3 of 6 meetings
Man United clean sheets
33%
2 of 6 meetings
Corners / meeting
11.50
6 with corner data
Cards / meeting
2.67
6 with card data
  1. Liverpool v Man UnitedSun, 19 Jan 2020 · Premier League 2019-202–0HT 1–0
  2. Man United v LiverpoolSun, 20 Oct 2019 · Premier League 2019-201–1HT 1–0
  3. Man United v LiverpoolSun, 24 Feb 2019 · Premier League 2018-190–0HT 0–0
  4. Liverpool v Man UnitedSun, 16 Dec 2018 · Premier League 2018-193–1HT 1–1
  5. Man United v LiverpoolSat, 10 Mar 2018 · Premier League 2017-182–1HT 2–0
  6. Liverpool v Man UnitedSat, 14 Oct 2017 · Premier League 2017-180–0HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Liverpool at home, Man United away
  • 55%
    Both teams scored
    League 49%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 84%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 92%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 71%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 73%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 53%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 50%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 34%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 27%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 16%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 14%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 2.6
    Avg total goals
    League 2.70
    19 + 19 matches
  • 74%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 72%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 40%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 36%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 9.4
    Corners per match
    League 10.19
    19 + 19 matches
  • 66%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 69%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 47%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 55%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 29%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 42%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 3.1
    Cards per match
    League 2.99
    19 + 19 matches
  • 34%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 36%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 24%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 18%
    19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2020-21

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2020-21

Liverpool at home, Man United away
Liverpool (home)Man United (away)
3Position2
LWDWWLast 5, oldest to newestWWDWW
19Played19
1.74Points per match2.26
53%Win %63%
1.53Scored / match1.84
1.05Conceded / match0.84
2.58Avg total goals2.68
47%Both scored63%
26%Clean sheets37%
32%Failed to score26%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

LiverpoolMan United
  • 0.791st half scored / match0.63
  • 0.531st half conceded / match0.68
  • 0.742nd half scored / match1.21
  • 0.532nd half conceded / match0.16
  • 42%Leading at half-time21%
  • 79%1st half over 0.568%
  • 32%1st half over 1.547%
  • 84%2nd half over 0.563%
  • 21%2nd half over 1.542%
  • 47%Scored in both halves37%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Liverpool at home, Man United away, this season.

Goals

LiverpoolMan United
  • 1.53Scored / match1.84
  • 1.05Conceded / match0.84
  • 2.58Match total / match2.68
  • 68%Scored 1+74%
  • 53%Scored 2+63%
  • 74%Conceded 1+63%
  • 16%Conceded 2+21%
  • 74%Match over 1.568%
  • 47%Match over 2.558%
  • 21%Match over 3.547%

Shots and xG

LiverpoolMan United
  • 16.68Shots for12.95
  • 8.32Shots against12.58
  • 5.74On target for5.53
  • 3.84On target against3.79
  • 9%Shot conversion14%

Corners

LiverpoolMan United
  • 7.37Corners for4.42
  • 2.47Corners against4.53
  • 9.84Match total8.95
  • 79%Over 7.574%
  • 79%Over 8.553%
  • 58%Over 9.537%
  • 37%Over 10.521%
  • 26%Over 11.511%

Cards

LiverpoolMan United
  • 1.11Cards for1.47
  • 1.42Cards against2.11
  • 2.53Match total3.58
  • 53%Over 2.579%
  • 21%Over 3.547%
  • 11%Over 4.537%
  • 5%Over 5.516%
  • 10.74Fouls committed12.26
Referee this season
P Tierney
Matches
21
Cards / match
4.05
21 matches
Over 3.5 cards
57%
21 matches
Over 4.5 cards
48%
21 matches
Fouls / match
24.71
21 matches

The table, 2020-21

#ClubPGDPts
1Man City385186
2Man United382974
3Liverpool382669
4Chelsea382267
5Leicester381866
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