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Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa watches on as his side face Liverpool on September 12, 2020

Mohamed Salah's hat-trick helped Liverpool claim a 4-3 win at Anfield.

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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah equals a Premier League record with his landmark opening goal against Leeds, and goes on to set more as he claims a hat-trick in the 4-3 win.

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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 44.88%. A win for Leeds United had a probability of 31.39% and a draw had a probability of 23.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Liverpool win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.9%) and 2-0 (6.66%). The likeliest Leeds United win was 1-2 (7.47%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.86%). The actual scoreline of 4-3 was predicted with a 0.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Liverpool would win this match.

Result
Liverpool	Draw	Leeds United
44.88%	23.72%	31.39%

Both teams to score 60.85%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

59%

41%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

36.61%

63.39%

Liverpool Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.45%

18.54%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.21%

49.79%

Leeds United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.7%

25.3%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

39.93%

60.07%

Score Analysis

Liverpool 44.88%

Leeds United 31.39%

Draw 23.72%

Liverpool	Draw	Leeds United
2-1 @ 9.15% 1-0 @ 7.9% 2-0 @ 6.66% 3-1 @ 5.14% 3-0 @ 3.74% 3-2 @ 3.53% 4-1 @ 2.17% 4-0 @ 1.58% 4-2 @ 1.49% Other @ 3.52% Total : 44.88%	1-1 @ 10.86% 2-2 @ 6.29% 0-0 @ 4.69% 3-3 @ 1.62% Other @ 0.26% Total : 23.72%	1-2 @ 7.47% 0-1 @ 6.45% 0-2 @ 4.43% 1-3 @ 3.42% 2-3 @ 2.88% 0-3 @ 2.03% 1-4 @ 1.18% 2-4 @ 0.99% Other @ 2.55% Total : 31.39%

Head to Head

Nov 29, 2016 7.45pm

2-0

Origi (76'), Woodburn (81')
Origi (91')

Doukara (56')

Feb 29, 2004 3pm

Bakke (29'), Viduka (34')

Kewell (21'), Baros (42')
Henchoz (52')

Oct 25, 2003 3pm

3-1

Owen (35'), Murphy (57'), Sinama-Pongolle (84')

Smith (42')
Batty (63'), Matteo (66')

Mar 23, 2003 3pm

3-1

Murphy (20'), Gerrard (73'), Owen (13')

Viduka (44')
Bakke (31')

Oct 19, 2002 3pm

0-1

Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool (5-4 pen.)

Harte (53')

Diao (66')
Carragher (40'), Hadji Diouf (45')

Form Guide

Liverpool 7-2 Blackpool

Salzburg 2-2 Liverpool

Liverpool 3-0 Stuttgart

Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool

Liverpool 5-3 Chelsea

Leeds 3-0 Pacos de Ferreira

Build-up

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The defending champions face Leeds.