English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 12, 2018
West Ham United DWWWW 0
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Liverpool LWWWW 4
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WHU000
LIV224
Anfield · 53,235 att.

Match Report

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Liverpool's Sadio Mane scores brace in opening win vs. West Ham

Sadio Mane had a brace and Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool opened the Premier League season with a 4-0 victory over West Ham.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
2
35.2
Possession
64.8
5
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
297
Accurate Passes
606
360
Passes
673
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
12
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
43
27
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
3
14
Effective Tackles
14
23
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
9
20
Effective Clearances
8
20
Clearances
8

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 13Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 12Joe GomezCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 5Georginio WijnaldumCM
  7. 8Naby KeitaLM
  8. 7James MilnerRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

WHU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Lukasz FabianskiG
  2. 21Angelo OgbonnaCD-L
  3. 4Fabián BalbuenaCD-R
  4. 26Arthur MasuakuLB
  5. 24Ryan FredericksRB
  6. 19Jack WilshereAM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 16Mark NobleRM
  9. 7Marko ArnautovicF
  10. 8Felipe AndersonAM-L
  11. 30Michail AntonioAM-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Liverpool 1, West Ham United 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
  2. 21' Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Goal! Liverpool 2, West Ham United 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Milner.
  4. 45' Substitution, West Ham United. Robert Snodgrass replaces Declan Rice.
  5. 52' Michail Antonio (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 53' Goal! Liverpool 3, West Ham United 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino with a through ball.
  7. 55' Fabián Balbuena (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  8. 62' Substitution, West Ham United. Chicharito replaces Felipe Anderson.
  9. 67' Substitution, West Ham United. Andriy Yarmolenko replaces Marko Arnautovic.
  10. 69' Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Roberto Firmino.
  11. 82' Substitution, Liverpool. Xherdan Shaqiri replaces Sadio Mané.
  12. 87' Substitution, Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge replaces Mohamed Salah.
  13. 88' Goal! Liverpool 4, West Ham United 0. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the top right corner following a corner.

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