Liverpool — Tottenham Hotspur 3:1, 15 September: match result

match finished EFL Cup Tuesday 15 September · 19:00 UTC

Liverpool W

3 : 1 1st half 1:0

Tottenham Hotspur L

Anfield · referee A. Madley

Match predictionValue

No goal fest expected

87%

Prediction landed. We predicted “No goal fest expected”, and the match finished 3:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Liverpool 44% draw 25% Tottenham Hotspur 31%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Liverpool win, and the match finished 3:1. Fans backed Liverpool win — they got it right.

fans 76 votes

Liverpool 50% draw 17% Tottenham Hotspur 33%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Mac Allister 1-0 21'

R. Araujo 36'

J. Frimpong 40'

O. Marmoush 41'

R. Bentancur 45+3'

J. Jacquet for J. Gomez 46'

C. Gakpo assist: A. Mac Allister 2-0 54'

M. Fernandes for R. Bentancur 57'

A. Robertson for D. Udogie 57'

D. Szoboszlai for J. McConnell 62'

R. Gravenberch for T. Nyoni 62'

C. Gallagher assist: M. Fernandes 2-1 69'

B. Barcola for R. Ngumoha 72'

M. Kerkez 75'

J. Maddison for C. Gallagher 75'

Savio for M. Kudus 75'

D. Solanke for M. Tel 85'

A. Isak for L. Koumas 86'

D. Szoboszlai assist: C. Gakpo 3-1 90+1'

A. Iraola 90'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Liverpool 4-2-3-1 · Andoni Iraola 4-2-3-1 · Roberto De Zerbi Tottenham Hotspur

Giorgi Mamardashvili  
Jeremie Frimpong  33 Ronald Araújo  2 Joe Gomez  6 Miloš Kerkez  
Trey Nyoni  10 Alexis Mac Allister  
Rio Ngumoha  53 James McConnell  18 Cody Gakpo  
Lewis Koumas  

Omar Marmoush  
Mohammed Kudus  8 Conor Gallagher  11 Mathys Tel  
Rodrigo Bentancur  15 Lucas Bergvall  
Archie Gray  4 Tosin Adarabioyo  5 Marcos Senesi  13 Destiny Udogie  
Martin Dúbravka  

Liverpool bench

9Alexander Isak
1Alisson
29Bradley Barcola
8Dominik Szoboszlai
5Jérémy Jacquet
44Luke Chambers
38Ryan Gravenberch
23Víctor Muñoz
3Wataru Endo

Tottenham Hotspur bench

3Andy Robertson
31Antonín Kinský
33Ben Davies
19Dominic Solanke
10James Maddison
6Jan Paul van Hecke
18Mateus Fernandes
37Micky van de Ven
17Sávio

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

44%Possession56%

12Shots17

5Shots on target6

2Shots off target5

5Blocked shots6

6Shots inside box11

6Shots outside box6

92Attacks91

49Dangerous attacks64

5Corners9

1Offsides3

15Fouls11

3Yellow cards2

5Saves2

370Passes476

305Accurate passes413

14Free kicks19

13Throw-ins22

8Goal kicks8

0Penalties0

Liverpool

Tottenham HotspurThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur met in the EFL Cup on 15 September at Anfield. Final score — 3:1.

Liverpool have played 1 match (1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses). Tottenham Hotspur have played 1 match (0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss).

Of the last 2 meetings Liverpool won 1, Tottenham Hotspur won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 3:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Liverpool last five Tottenham Hotspur

W form L

1 Matches 1

1 — 0 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 0 — 1

3 — 1 Scored — conceded 1 — 3

3 Points per game 0

3 Goals scored per game 1

0 Clean sheets 0

0 Failed to score 0

unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 1

Liverpool at home: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 3—1, 3 points per match.

Tottenham Hotspur away: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 1—3, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Liverpool win 1 draw 0 Tottenham Hotspur wins goals 3:2 Liverpool — Tottenham Hotspur

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