Liverpool 4–1 Newcastle United
- Ekitiké 41'
- Ekitiké 43'
- Wirtz 67'
- Konaté 90+3'
- Gordon 36'
31 January 2026
The match in data
Liverpool got the better of Newcastle United, 4–1, on 31 January 2026, on matchday 24 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Liverpool came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 36'.
Player of the match: Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), rated 81, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 11 final-third passes. Szoboszlai produced 1.9 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Anthony Gordon, with 66.
Hugo Ekitiké scored twice.
Dominik Szoboszlai
Liverpool · 90'
Produced 1.90× and cost 0.31× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 11 final-third passes 2.0×
- 3 key passes 2.7×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
- 0.09 xG not converted 2.8×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Szoboszlai ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 81 |
| Hugo Ekitiké | Forward | 84 | 71 |
| Virgil van Dijk | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Cody Gakpo | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | Midfielder | 90 | 57 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 87 | 51 |
| Ibrahima Konaté | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Mohamed Salah | Forward | 84 | 44 |
| Alisson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Curtis Jones | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Federico Chiesa | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Wataru Endo | Midfielder | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 90 | 66 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 73 | 61 |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Lewis Hall | Defender | 89 | 44 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 84 | 39 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Joe Willock | Midfielder | 73 | 31 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 73 | 30 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Yoane Wissa | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| William Osula | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| Alex Murphy | Defender | 1 | no rating |
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.