Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion, 27 December 2020

Score1-1
RefereeKevin Friend
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance2,000

View Liverpool v West Bromwich Albion head to head

Kick-off: 4.30pm Attendance limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. Premier League Head to Head Played: 25 Liverpool won: 14 Drawn: 7 West Bromwich Albion won: 4 Liverpool scored: 44 West Bromwich Albion scored: 18 Six of the last eight meetings in the Premier League had now ended in a draw.

1 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

1 West Bromwich Albion

Manager: Sam Allardyce

Goals:

Sadio Mané 12 G

Goals:

Semi Ajayi 82 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Curtis Jones
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

Sam Johnstone Goalkeeper
Semi Ajayi Defender
Darnell Furlong Defender
Dara O'Shea Defender
Kieran Gibbs Defender/Midfielder
Conor Gallagher Midfielder
Grady Diangana Midfielder/Forward
Matt Phillips Midfielder/Forward
Callum Robinson Midfielder/Forward
Romaine Sawyers Midfielder/Forward
Karlan Grant Forward

Substitutions:

Rhys Williams for Joël Matip 60
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Curtis Jones 83
Divock Origi for Roberto Firmino 90

Substitutions:

Matheus Pereira for Callum Robinson 73
Charlie Austin for Karlan Grant 78
Branislav Ivanović for Conor Gallagher 90

Cards:

Cards:

Dara O'Shea 56 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Nat Phillips
Defender Rhys Williams
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder/Forward Takumi Minamino
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri
Forward Divock Origi

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Button
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender Cédric Kipré
Defender/Midfielder Lee Peltier
Midfielder Rekeem Harper
Midfielder Filip Krovinović
Midfielder/Forward Kamil Grosicki
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Pereira
Forward Charlie Austin

Comments:

League position: 1st This was the second home game in the Premier League that Liverpool had failed to win in 2020; also a 1-1 draw versus Burnley on 11 July 2020. They had now conceded one goal in each of eight of their last ten games in the Premier League and kept clean sheets in the other two. Fabinho became the sixth Brazilian to make 100 appearances for the Reds in all competitions (after Alisson Becker, Fabio Aurelio, Lucas Leiva, Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino). [c/o Michael Reid]

Comments:

League position: 19th This was Sam Allardyce's second game in charge of West Bromwich Albion. He remained as the last visiting manager to win a Premier League game at Anfield (Crystal Palace on 23 April 2017). The Baggies had now taken eight points from their opening 15 games of this Premier League season. No team with fewer than eight points at this stage of a Premier League season had avoided relegation. Albion had now scored six goals in their last 12 games in the Premier League. Kyle Edwards was originally named amongst the substitutes before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. Cédric Kipré took his place on the bench.

1 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

Goals:

Sadio Mané 12 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Curtis Jones
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Rhys Williams for Joël Matip 60
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Curtis Jones 83
Divock Origi for Roberto Firmino 90

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Nat Phillips
Defender Rhys Williams
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Neco Williams
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder/Forward Takumi Minamino
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri
Forward Divock Origi

Comments:

League position: 1st This was the second home game in the Premier League that Liverpool had failed to win in 2020; also a 1-1 draw versus Burnley on 11 July 2020. They had now conceded one goal in each of eight of their last ten games in the Premier League and kept clean sheets in the other two. Fabinho became the sixth Brazilian to make 100 appearances for the Reds in all competitions (after Alisson Becker, Fabio Aurelio, Lucas Leiva, Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino). [c/o Michael Reid]

1 West Bromwich Albion

Manager: Sam Allardyce

Goals:

Semi Ajayi 82 G

Starting lineup:

Sam Johnstone Goalkeeper
Semi Ajayi Defender
Darnell Furlong Defender
Dara O'Shea Defender
Kieran Gibbs Defender/Midfielder
Conor Gallagher Midfielder
Grady Diangana Midfielder/Forward
Matt Phillips Midfielder/Forward
Callum Robinson Midfielder/Forward
Romaine Sawyers Midfielder/Forward
Karlan Grant Forward

Substitutions:

Matheus Pereira for Callum Robinson 73
Charlie Austin for Karlan Grant 78
Branislav Ivanović for Conor Gallagher 90

Cards:

Dara O'Shea 56 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Button
Defender Branislav Ivanović
Defender Cédric Kipré
Defender/Midfielder Lee Peltier
Midfielder Rekeem Harper
Midfielder Filip Krovinović
Midfielder/Forward Kamil Grosicki
Midfielder/Forward Matheus Pereira
Forward Charlie Austin

Comments:

League position: 19th This was Sam Allardyce's second game in charge of West Bromwich Albion. He remained as the last visiting manager to win a Premier League game at Anfield (Crystal Palace on 23 April 2017). The Baggies had now taken eight points from their opening 15 games of this Premier League season. No team with fewer than eight points at this stage of a Premier League season had avoided relegation. Albion had now scored six goals in their last 12 games in the Premier League. Kyle Edwards was originally named amongst the substitutes before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. Cédric Kipré took his place on the bench.