Liverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2016
Result
Liverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Liverpool 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Liverpool defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 October 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sadio Mané (20') and Philippe Coutinho (35'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Gareth McAuley (81').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 17 points from 8 and West Bromwich Albion 13th on 10 points from 8. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 45.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Philippe Coutinho of Liverpool (8.9), ahead of Sadio Mané (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 5 draws and 3 for West Bromwich Albion.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 35'Goal · Philippe Coutinho
- 43'Yellow card · Claudio Yacob
- 57'Yellow card · James McClean
- 81'Goal · Gareth McAuley
- 85'Yellow card · James Morrison
- 88'Yellow card · Jordan Henderson
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Loris Karius, Nathaniel Clyne, Joël Matip, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Adam Lallana, Jordan Henderson, Emre Can, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-1-4-1)
Ben Foster, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Jonas Olsson, Allan Nyom, Claudio Yacob, Matt Phillips, Darren Fletcher, Nacer Chadli, James McClean, Salomón Rondón