§ Premier League · 2024-25 · Matchday 2

Liverpool 2–0 Brentford

  • Díaz 13'
  • Salah 70'

25 August 2024

The match in data

Liverpool beat Brentford 2–0 on 25 August 2024, on matchday 2 of the 2024-25 Premier League.

Player of the match: Luis Díaz (Liverpool), rated 66, thanks above all to 0.72 xG and 1 goal. Díaz produced 2.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.9 times the cost.

For Brentford, the highest-rated player was Nathan Collins, with 55.

66
Player of the match

Luis Díaz

Liverpool · 72'

Produced 2.52× and cost 0.89× their position's average

Added
  • 0.72 xG 3.0×
  • 1 goal 4.0×
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
Took away
  • 1 shot off target, worth 0.24 1.9×
  • 2 failed dribbles 1.6×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.

Liverpool
PlayerPositionMinRating
Luis Díaz ★ Forward 72 66
Mohamed Salah Forward 83 62
Ibrahima Konaté Defender 90 60
Trent Alexander-Arnold Defender 72 56
Ryan Gravenberch Midfielder 90 55
Virgil van Dijk Defender 90 54
Alisson Goalkeeper 90 53
Andrew Robertson Defender 90 52
Alexis Mac Allister Midfielder 90 49
Dominik Szoboszlai Midfielder 90 42
Diogo Jota Forward 72 40
Cody Gakpo Forward 18 no rating
Conor Bradley Defender 18 no rating
Darwin Núñez Forward 18 no rating
Harvey Elliott Midfielder 7 no rating
Wataru Endo Midfielder 1 no rating
Brentford
PlayerPositionMinRating
Nathan Collins Defender 90 55
Mark Flekken Goalkeeper 90 54
Christian Nørgaard Midfielder 90 51
Mathias Jensen Midfielder 66 51
Bryan Mbeumo Forward 90 45
Keane Lewis-Potter Forward 66 41
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder 73 39
Yoane Wissa Forward 73 38
Ethan Pinnock Defender 90 37
Mikkel Damsgaard Midfielder 24 36
Fábio Carvalho Midfielder 24 34
Kristoffer Ajer Defender 90 26
Mads Roerslev Defender 90 23
Frank Onyeka Midfielder 17 no rating
Kevin Schade Forward 17 no rating

Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

Which Brentford player made the most tackles?

Christian Nørgaard, with 4 tackles. Next: Ethan Pinnock 1, Bryan Mbeumo 1.

Christian Nørgaard anchored Brentford's defensive efforts with 4 tackles in the 2–0 loss. Ethan Pinnock and Bryan Mbeumo registered just 1 tackle each.

Which Liverpool player recovered the most balls?

Ryan Gravenberch, with 8 recoveries. Next: Ibrahima Konaté 6, Dominik Szoboszlai 5.

Ryan Gravenberch led Liverpool with 8 ball recoveries in the 2–0 win over Brentford. Gravenberch finished ahead of Ibrahima Konaté with 6 and Dominik Szoboszlai with 5.

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

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Liverpool 2–0 Brentford, Premier League 2024-25. Player of the match: Luis Díaz, 66
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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.