Our new signing arrives having racked up plenty of impressive records, and, with the help of our friends at Opta, we’ve listed the best of them below.

Smith scored seven goals in her maiden campaign after arriving from Sporting CP. Across Europe’s big five leagues in 2024/25, only two players aged 20 or under scored more goals than Smith – Vicky Lopez (10) and Cora Zicai (eight).

Smith outperformed her team-high 4.4 expected goals (xG) by 2.6, giving her the best xG overperformance of any player in the Liverpool squad.

Smith also led Liverpool for touches in the opposition’s box (92) and shots (50). Only four players in the WSL attempted more shots: Khadija Shaw (52), Frida Maanum (57), Elisabeth Terland (65) and Alessia Russo (73).

Across the league, Smith was the youngest player to score more than three goals in 2024/25. Among all players born in 2004 or later, Smith played the most minutes in the WSL (1,578) and also had the most shots (50) and shots on target (16).

Her trickery makes her difficult to dispossess fairly, with only Viviane Asseyi (51) winning more fouls than Smith’s 46. The 20-year-old did win the most in the final third of the pitch, with 14.

Her propensity for winning fouls in dangerous areas could be a major plus for us, as our six goals assisted from set-pieces was the joint most in the WSL last term (alongside Chelsea).

While Smith was heavily involved in Liverpool’s attacking moves last season, the majority of them only saw her take the shot. Of all WSL players to play 800+ minutes last season, just three saw a greater proportion of their sequence involvements come when they were solely responsible for taking the shot at the end of the move – Terland (17.3%), Shaw (14.6%) and new teammate Russo (10.4%).

Shot-ending possession starts tell us how many times a player regains possession from an opponent (via a tackle, interception etc) to start a shot-ending passing sequence. Smith recorded the most of any forward in the WSL last campaign (7).

Shot-ending sequence starts, meanwhile, take into account loose balls, as the player starting the sequence does not have to actively recover possession from the opponent. Smith also led the way in this category (19).

In 2024/25, only Russo (21) recorded more shot-ending carries than Smith in the WSL (20), while she also ranked fifth for progressive ball carries among all forwards and wingers.

She is also one of the best players in one-v-one battles, recording the ninth-most take-ons (61) in the WSL last season and the second-most successful take-ons (35). Of the 10 most-prolific players for take-ons, she had the best success rate at 57.4%.

Smith’s seven goals in her first WSL season compares favourably to the returns of Mayra Ramírez (four goals in 2024/25), Russo (three in 2020/21) and even the competition’s all-time leading scorer, Vivianne Miedema (four in 2017/18), in their first campaigns.

Smith did also beat Terland (14), Shaw (nine), Russo (five) and Miedema (10) for chances created (15) in her maiden campaign.

Smith is capable of operating across the frontline, having played 62% of her WSL minutes as a central striker last season. She played 37% on the right flank and 1% on the left.

Smith should benefit from greater service with us, as we created chances worth 47.6 xG last season, compared to Liverpool’s 25.4. We also led the league for shots on target with 156 for the season, which was nearly double Liverpool’s tally (87).