§ Champions League · 2025-26 · League Stage 8

Liverpool 6–0 Qarabağ

  • Allister 15'
  • Wirtz 21'
  • Salah 50'
  • Ekitiké 57'
  • Allister 61'
  • Chiesa 90'

28 January 2026

The match in data

Liverpool beat Qarabağ 6–0 on 28 January 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 8).

Player of the match: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), rated 68, thanks above all to 18 final-third passes and 73 passes. van Dijk produced 1.9 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.

It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.

For Qarabağ, the highest-rated player was Pedro Bicalho, with 49.

Alexis Mac Allister scored twice.

68
Player of the match

Virgil van Dijk

Liverpool · 90'

Produced 1.90× and cost 0.68× their position's average

Added
  • 18 final-third passes 3.2×
  • 73 passes 1.6×
  • 4 aerials won 2.4×
Took away
  • 9 misplaced passes 1.3×
  • 0.58 xG not converted 4.0×

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
Virgil van Dijk ★ Defender 90 68
Ryan Gravenberch Midfielder 90 66
Dominik Szoboszlai Midfielder 75 66
Mohamed Salah Forward 90 62
Cody Gakpo Forward 74 54
Florian Wirtz Midfielder 67 52
Hugo Ekitiké Forward 67 51
Trey Nyoni Midfielder 23 46
Alisson Goalkeeper 90 44
Andrew Robertson Defender 90 44
Alexis Mac Allister Midfielder 90 43
Wataru Endo Midfielder 86 40
Rio Ngumoha Forward 23 31
Federico Chiesa Forward 16 no rating
Amara Nallo Defender 15 no rating
Jeremie Frimpong Defender 4 no rating
Qarabağ
PlayerPositionMinRating
Pedro Bicalho Midfielder 90 49
Abdellah Zoubir Midfielder 81 47
Camilo Durán Forward 67 43
Joni Montiel Midfielder 85 42
Toral Bayramov Defender 23 41
Dani Bolt Defender 22 38
Kevin Medina Defender 90 36
Marko Jankovic Midfielder 90 36
Leandro Andrade Midfielder 68 36
Elvin Cafarquliyev Defender 67 29
Bahlul Mustafazada Defender 90 25
Matheus Silva Defender 90 24
Mateusz Kochalski Goalkeeper 90 21
Nariman Akhundzada Forward 23 16
Emmanuel Addai Forward 9 no rating
Musa Qurbanly Forward 5 no rating

Did you know?

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

Which Qarabağ player made the most interceptions?

Kevin Medina, with 5 interceptions. Next: Marko Jankovic 2, Pedro Bicalho 2.

In a heavy 6–0 loss to Liverpool, Kevin Medina led Qarabağ with 5 interceptions. That mark comfortably outpaced both Marko Jankovic and Pedro Bicalho, who recorded 2 each.

Which Liverpool player played the most passes into the final third?

Virgil van Dijk, with 18 final-third passes. Next: Andrew Robertson 8, Florian Wirtz 7.

Virgil van Dijk drove Liverpool forward with 18 passes into the final third against Qarabağ. That total easily surpassed Andrew Robertson's 8 and Florian Wirtz's 7.

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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Data: Sportmonks. Metrics, ratings and text: La Lente by Sir Balone, edited by Juan Carlos Vasquez.