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.