Matchday 33 · Premier League 2015-16 · April 10, 2016
Liverpool 4–1 Stoke: who deserved to win?
Liverpool beat Stoke 4–1, and the replays back it up: with the way both teams played, Liverpool win 8 of 10, 1 end level. Liverpool made the better chances: 1.9 expected goals to 0.6.
Full time
| Team | Goals | xG |
|---|---|---|
 Liverpool | 4 | 1.90 |
 Stoke City | 1 | 0.59 |
Replay with same day's form
Luck index +12 Liverpool about even · −12 Stoke
Each team’s own shots from this match, resampled into new matches 4,000 times, each a goal at its expected-goals chance: with the way both teams actually played, how often does this performance win? How the replay works
Ten replays. Liverpool win 8, 1 ends level, Stoke win 1.
- 1 LIV 2 STK 1
- 2 LIV 2 STK 1
- 3 LIV 4 STK 2
- 4 LIV 2 STK 0
- 5 LIV 3 STK 0
- 6 LIV 3 STK 0
- 7 LIV 4 STK 0
- 8 LIV 5 STK 0
- 9 LIV 1 STK 1
- 10 LIV 0 STK 1
The narrowest view of luck
The same match, with only the coin flips re-rolled: every shot kept where and how it was taken, its outcome redrawn at its chance (75% of finishing counts as luck), own goals at the league’s rate.
Only coin-flips re-rolled
There is no betting line for this match, and no forecast from before kickoff: matches of past seasons are replayed, not forecast.
How 4,000 replays of the 90 minutes ended
Liverpool win 81%, 13% end level, Stoke win 6%. The line is what actually happened: Liverpool by 3.
Show as a table
| After 90 minutes in the replays | Share of replays |
|---|---|
| Liverpool by 3+ | 36.1% |
| Liverpool by 2 | 22.7% |
| Liverpool by 1 | 22.4% |
| Draw | 13.1% |
| Stoke by 1 | 4.5% |
| Stoke by 2 | 0.9% |
| Stoke by 3+ | 0.2% |
Where the luck was
| Finishing | Shots | Goals | Expected goals | Above expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Liverpool | 14 | 4 | 1.90 | +2.10 |
 Stoke | 11 | 1 | 0.59 | +0.41 |
Own goals aren’t shots, so they’re counted on their own. A side above expected finished better than its chances, or met a goalkeeper on a bad day; 75% of the gap counts as luck (why that share).
The big chances, and every goal
| Minute | Chance | xG |
|---|---|---|
| 7' | Alberto Moreno Pérez scored from a shot | 0.02 |
| 21' | Bojan Krkíc Pérez scored from a shot | 0.20 |
| 31' | Daniel Andre Sturridge scored from a shot | 0.64 |
| 49' | Divock Okoth Origi scored from a shot | 0.26 |
| 60' | Divock Okoth Origi didn’t score from a shot | 0.53 |
| 64' | Divock Okoth Origi scored from a shot | 0.01 |
When it happened
Liverpool’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the biggest luck moments, listed below.
| # | When | What happened | Win probability for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7' | Alberto Moreno Pérez scored from a shotFinishing · 2% chance | +22% LIV |
| 2 | 21' | Bojan Krkíc Pérez scored from a shotFinishing · 20% chance | +19% STK |
| 3 | 27' | Daniel Andre Sturridge didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 4% chance | +1% STK |
| 4 | 31' | Daniel Andre Sturridge scored from a shotFinishing · 64% chance | +9% LIV |
| 5 | 38' | Ryan Shawcross didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 9% chance | +2% LIV |
| 6 | 49' | Divock Okoth Origi scored from a shotFinishing · 26% chance | +8% LIV |
| 7 | 53' | Geoff Cameron didn’t score from a shotFinishing · 12% chance | +1% LIV |
| 8 | 64' | Divock Okoth Origi scored from a shotFinishing · 1% chance | +1% LIV |
Adjust the assumptions
Think finishing is more skill than we do? Change how much of it counts as luck and the coin-flip replay of the 90 minutes reruns in your browser.
Only coin-flips re-rolled
Liverpool 92% · draw 6% · Stoke 2%
- Final margin
- Liverpool by 3
- Luck in goals
- 1.3 for Liverpool
- Luck-adjusted margin
- Liverpool by 1.7
- Replay with same day's form
- Liverpool 81% · draw 13% · Stoke 6% unchanged: why
About these numbers
Expected goals per shot from StatsBomb’s open data; the replays, the in-game win probability and the luck shares are our own models, fitted and tested on every shot of four full league seasons and four tournaments, these matches included (methodology and validation). Liverpool win 88% of replays (a draw counted as half).
All matchday 33 matches, 2015-16 · Liverpool · Stoke
More from matchday 33, 2015-16
- Southampton 3–1 Newcastle Apr 9, 2016 · replay 92% for Southampton
- Crystal Palace 1–0 Norwich Apr 9, 2016 · replay 62% for Crystal Palace
- Watford 1–1 Everton Apr 9, 2016 · drawn; replay 28% draws
- Man City 2–1 West Brom Apr 9, 2016 · replay 68% for Man City
- Swansea 1–0 Chelsea Apr 9, 2016 · replay 65% for Swansea
- West Ham 3–3 Arsenal Apr 9, 2016 · drawn; replay 21% draws
- Aston Villa 1–2 Bournemouth Apr 9, 2016 · replay 72% for Bournemouth
- Sunderland 0–2 Leicester Apr 10, 2016 · replay 92% for Leicester
- Tottenham 3–0 Man United Apr 10, 2016 · replay 86% for Tottenham