Schalke suffered a rare home defeat in the league this season as Leipzig hammered the Royal Blues 5-0 at the Veltins Arena. Only defending champions Bayern had beaten David Wagner’s men in Gelsenkirchen prior to this game, with the home side also boasting of one of the defensive records in the competition, but it all went pear-shaped for them as Julien Nagelsmann’s men produced a masterclass, both defensively and offensively.
xG Liverpool West Ham 24 February 2020 (Expected Goals LFC 2.57-0.62 WHUFC)
Liverpool beat West Ham 3-2 in their clash on Monday night, and the expected goals statistic for this LFC-WHUFC clash shows that Jurgen Klopp’s Reds had the better chances, and perhaps deserved victory by a larger margin than they actually did.
Expected Goals: Liverpool (2.57) West Ham (0.62)
Actual goals: Liverpool (3) West Ham (2)
Goals scored in the game and their xG in brackets
1-0 Liverpool Gini Wijnaldum header goal xG (0.11)
1-1 West Ham Issa Diop header goal xG (0.02)
1-2 West Ham Pablo Fornals xG (0.09)
2-2 Liverpool Mohamed Salah xG (0.09)
3-2 Liverpool Sadio Mane xG (0.80)
West Ham’s best chance on xG which did not result in a goal came from Jarrod Bowen, who found himself in a one on one with Alisson (xG 0.30), but shot straight at the keeper.
Liverpool’s best chance that didn’t result in a goal fell to Roberto Firmino in the 74th minute (xG 0.69), but he missed an open goal header.
Liverpool vs West Ham 3-2 Goals 2020 Attendance 53313 Wijnaldum Salah Mane Diop Fornals
Liverpool vs West Ham 2020 (LFC-WHUFC 2020)
Final score and result: Liverpool vs West Ham 3-2 (Wijnaldum, Salah, Mane/Diop, Fornals)
Anfield, Liverpool- 24 February, 2020- Monday
Liverpool come from behind to beat struggling West Ham 3-2 at Anfield in front of a 53,313 strong crowd