Leeds and Liverpool
shared a chaotic 3-3 draw at Elland Road. Re-live the best facts
and Opta data in our Leeds vs Liverpool stats
page.
Leeds
United twice came from behind to earn a 3-3 draw against
Liverpool on Saturday night, in a frantic second half that saw six
goals scored. Hugo
Ekitiké grabbed a quickfire brace just after half-time to put
Liverpool 2-0 ahead, but Leeds hit back through a
Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty and an Anton
Stach strike.
Dominik Szoboszlai thought he’d won it late on, only for
Ao
Tanaka to level from a corner and earn Leeds a vital point.
The breathless second-half was another example of Liverpool’s
recent defensive fragility. Despite leading twice, they couldn’t
manage to see out the game, conceding a soft penalty and a soft
goal from a set-piece to throw away the three points.
Daniel Farke will be delighted to take something from the
contest. Leeds worked hard to claw themselves back and have now
come through an extremely difficult run against Aston Villa,
Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool with four points, winning
one and drawing one in the last week. They remain just three points
clear of the relegation zone, so the pressure hasn’t lifted, but
the performances have been encouraging.
The first half offered very little. Curtis Jones curled a superb
effort from the edge of the box that had Lucas Perri beaten but
came back off the bar. Virgil van Dijk then headed over from a
Szoboszlai free-kick. But a first half without a single shot on
target underlined the poor form both sides brought into the
game.
If the first half was flat, the second half was positively
electric. Six second-half goals is the most in the second-half of a
Premier League game since March 2024 (Sheffield United vs Fulham –
6).
The opener came from a Leeds mistake. Joe Rodon played a loose
sideways pass across the pitch that Ekitiké pounced on, racing on
to finish for his first Premier League goal in nine games. The
Frenchman made it two moments later, bundling in Conor Bradley’s
cross from the right.
Yet Liverpool allowed Leeds a way back. Ibrahima Konaté’s rash
slide on Wilfried Gnonto gifted the hosts a penalty. Former Everton
man Calvert-Lewin stepped up and buried it. The equaliser soon
followed, with Stach receiving on the turn inside the area and
smashing home.
Liverpool then looked to have stolen it. Ryan Gravenberch glided
forward from midfield and threaded a pass into Alexis Mac Allister,
whose clever dummy let the ball run for Szoboszlai to finish.
But Leeds had the final say. Liverpool failed to clear a late
corner and Tanaka, who also scored in the win over Chelsea in
midweek, levelled to put a pin in a chaotic night at Elland
Road.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the
Leeds vs Liverpool stats from their Premier League meeting at
Elland Road.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected
goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives
you everything you need to do your own match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats
on the game as well.
Leeds vs
Liverpool Stats: Key Post-Match Facts
- Ao Tanaka’s equaliser for Leeds was the third result-altering
goal Liverpool have conceded in the 90th minute or later
of a Premier League game this season (also winners v Crystal Palace
and Chelsea), their joint-most ever in a single campaign in the
competition, along with 2010-11. - Leeds United recovered from a two-goal deficit to avoid defeat
in a Premier League game for the first time since beating
Bournemouth 4-3 in November 2022, ending a run of 16 successive
defeats when going two goals behind in the top-flight. - Only Nottingham Forest (11) have conceded more goals from
set-pieces in the Premier League this season (excl. penalties) than
Liverpool (10). It’s more than the Reds shipped from set plays in
the whole of 2024-25 in the league (9). - Dominic Calvert-Lewin has now scored in each of his last three
home Premier League appearances against Liverpool, scoring for
Everton in both October 2020 and April 2024 and for Leeds
here. - No player has more Premier League goal involvements for Leeds
United this season than Anton Stach (4, level with Dominic
Calvert-Lewin and Lukas Nmecha), with Stach the only player with 2+
goals (2) and 2+ assists (2) for the Whites in the league this
term. - No player has been directly involved in more goals for
Liverpool in all competitions this season than Dominik Szoboszlai
(9 – 4 goals, 5 assists).
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