Liverpool v Leicester City, 26 December 2024

Score3-1 to Liverpool
RefereeDarren Bond
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance60,300

View Liverpool v Leicester City head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 35 Liverpool won: 20 Drawn: 6 Leicester City won: 9 Liverpool scored: 58 Leicester City scored: 35 . Liverpool had now won five consecutive meetings in all competitions for the first time since September 1996.

3 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

1 Leicester City

Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooy

Goals:

Cody Gakpo 45+1 G
Curtis Jones 49 G
Mohamed Salah 82 G

Goals:

Jordan Ayew 6 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

Jakub Stolarczyk Goalkeeper
Victor Kristiansen Defender
Jannik Vestergaard Defender
Conor Coady Defender/Midfielder
James Justin Defender/Midfielder
Bilal El Khannous Midfielder
Boubakary Soumaré Midfielder
Harry Winks Midfielder
Stephy Mavididi Midfielder/Forward
Jordan Ayew Forward
Patson Daka Forward

Substitutions:

Diogo Jota for Darwin Núñez 78
Dominik Szoboszlai for Curtis Jones 78
Wataru Endo for Ryan Gravenberch 86
Kostas Tsimikas for Andy Robertson 86
Harvey Elliott for Alexis Mac Allister 90+2

Substitutions:

Facundo Buonanotte for Bilal El Khannous 65
Oliver Skipp for Harry Winks 65
Bobby Decordova-Reid for Stephy Mavididi 87
Caleb Okoli for Conor Coady 90+5

Cards:

Joe Gomez 37 Y
Andy Robertson 58 Y
Dominik Szoboszlai 80 Y

Cards:

Jordan Ayew 44 Y
Jannik Vestergaard 58 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen
Defender Caleb Okoli
Defender Luke Thomas
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Will Alves
Midfielder Hamza Choudhury
Midfielder Oliver Skipp
Midfielder/Forward Facundo Buonanotte
Forward Odsonne Edouard

Comments:

League position: 1st . Liverpool had now won 41 of their last 50 home games in all competitions since February 2023 (lost three). . The Reds now remained unbeaten at Anfield on Boxing Day since a 1-0 loss to Manchester United in 1986. . Mohamed Salah had now become the eighth player to score 100 goals in home games in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 18th . Leicester City avoided losing three consecutive league games by a margin of three or more goals for the first time since November 1958. . City had now won one of their last 11 games on Boxing Day; against Manchester City in 2018. . The Foxes avoided failing to score in three consecutive league games for the first time since February 2023.

3 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Cody Gakpo 45+1 G
Curtis Jones 49 G
Mohamed Salah 82 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Diogo Jota for Darwin Núñez 78
Dominik Szoboszlai for Curtis Jones 78
Wataru Endo for Ryan Gravenberch 86
Kostas Tsimikas for Andy Robertson 86
Harvey Elliott for Alexis Mac Allister 90+2

Cards:

Joe Gomez 37 Y
Andy Robertson 58 Y
Dominik Szoboszlai 80 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota

Comments:

League position: 1st . Liverpool had now won 41 of their last 50 home games in all competitions since February 2023 (lost three). . The Reds now remained unbeaten at Anfield on Boxing Day since a 1-0 loss to Manchester United in 1986. . Mohamed Salah had now become the eighth player to score 100 goals in home games in the Premier League.

1 Leicester City

Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooy

Goals:

Jordan Ayew 6 G

Starting lineup:

Jakub Stolarczyk Goalkeeper
Victor Kristiansen Defender
Jannik Vestergaard Defender
Conor Coady Defender/Midfielder
James Justin Defender/Midfielder
Bilal El Khannous Midfielder
Boubakary Soumaré Midfielder
Harry Winks Midfielder
Stephy Mavididi Midfielder/Forward
Jordan Ayew Forward
Patson Daka Forward

Substitutions:

Facundo Buonanotte for Bilal El Khannous 65
Oliver Skipp for Harry Winks 65
Bobby Decordova-Reid for Stephy Mavididi 87
Caleb Okoli for Conor Coady 90+5

Cards:

Jordan Ayew 44 Y
Jannik Vestergaard 58 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Daniel Iversen
Defender Caleb Okoli
Defender Luke Thomas
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bobby Decordova-Reid
Midfielder Will Alves
Midfielder Hamza Choudhury
Midfielder Oliver Skipp
Midfielder/Forward Facundo Buonanotte
Forward Odsonne Edouard

Comments:

League position: 18th . Leicester City avoided losing three consecutive league games by a margin of three or more goals for the first time since November 1958. . City had now won one of their last 11 games on Boxing Day; against Manchester City in 2018. . The Foxes avoided failing to score in three consecutive league games for the first time since February 2023.