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Liverpool Football Club season archive

2020–21

Liverpool completed the 2020–21 Premier League campaign in 3rd, taking 69 points from 38 matches. The record comprised 20 wins, 9 draws and 9 defeats, with 68 goals scored and 42 conceded for a goal difference of +26.

CompetitionPremier League
League finish3rd
ManagerJürgen Klopp
Leading scorerMohamed Salah (31 goals)

League record

38Played
20Won
9Drawn
9Lost
68Goals for
42Goals against
69Points
3rdPosition

What the league record shows

Liverpool won 52.6% of their league matches and avoided defeat in 29 of 38. The side averaged 1.79 goals scored and 1.11 conceded per match; the resulting +26 goal difference gives more context to the 3rd finish than position alone.

Compared with 2019–20, the recorded league position fell by 2 places, while goal difference moved from +52 to +26.

Place in Liverpool’s wider history

The season forms part of Jürgen Klopp’s tenure, when Liverpool returned to sustained Champions League contention and won the major domestic and international honours available to the club.

Cup and scoring picture

The recorded cup programme did not produce a final appearance; the competition-by-competition outcomes are listed alongside this analysis. Mohamed Salah led the season scoring record with 31 goals in all competitions.

How this reading was produced: rates, comparisons and competition summaries are calculated from the verified season record shown on this page. They are descriptive analysis rather than claims about matches or events not contained in the dataset.