Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 36

May 16, 2021 at 4.30pm UK

The Hawthorns

West Brom
1 - 2
Liverpool

Robson-Kanu (15')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Salah (33'), Becker (90+5')

Reaction

West Bromwich Albion's Semi Ajayi celebrates scoring their first goal on January 1, 2020

Semi Ajayi reveals he received racist abuse after Liverpool defeat

The 27-year-old was sent abusive messages on Instagram on Sunday evening.

May 16, 22:06

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp celebrates after the match on May 8, 2021

Jurgen Klopp salutes Alisson Becker's winner against West Bromwich Albion

Alisson scored a stoppage-time winner to keep Liverpool in the Champions League race.

May 16, 18:56

Alisson Becker warms up for Liverpool on February 20, 2021

Alisson Becker dedicates goal to his late father

The Brazilian's effort moved Liverpool to within a point of fourth-placed Chelsea with two Premier League games left.

May 16, 18:04

The Match

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Liverpool win with a probability of 71.34%. A draw had a probability of 16.9% and a win for West Bromwich Albion had a probability of 11.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Liverpool win was 0-2 with a probability of 10.79%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.51%) and 0-1 (8.92%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.86%), while for a West Bromwich Albion win it was 2-1 (3.46%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Liverpool would win this match.

Result
West Bromwich Albion	Draw	Liverpool
11.8%	16.86%	71.34%

Both teams to score 53.35%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

64.07%

35.93%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

41.98%

58.02%

West Bromwich Albion Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

58.56%

41.45%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

22.05%

77.95%

Liverpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

91.11%

8.89%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

69.59%

30.41%

Score Analysis

West Bromwich Albion 11.8%

Liverpool 71.33%

Draw 16.86%

West Bromwich Albion	Draw	Liverpool
2-1 @ 3.46% 1-0 @ 3.25% 2-0 @ 1.43% 3-2 @ 1.23% 3-1 @ 1.02% Other @ 1.42% Total : 11.8%	1-1 @ 7.86% 2-2 @ 4.19% 0-0 @ 3.69% 3-3 @ 0.99% Other @ 0.14% Total : 16.86%	0-2 @ 10.79% 1-2 @ 9.51% 0-1 @ 8.92% 0-3 @ 8.71% 1-3 @ 7.67% 0-4 @ 5.27% 1-4 @ 4.64% 2-3 @ 3.38% 0-5 @ 2.55% 1-5 @ 2.25% 2-4 @ 2.04% 0-6 @ 1.03% 2-5 @ 0.99% 1-6 @ 0.91% Other @ 2.69% Total : 71.33%