Champions League WON 4–3
Tue, Oct 20 · 21:00 · Anfield
Liverpool FC Home
VS
Villarreal Away
Liverpool vs Villarreal — UEFA Champions League
Tipster's pick Liverpool Over 1.5 Goals
Confidence High
Odds 1.44 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Liverpool Look to Score Freely at Anfield

Liverpool average two goals per game at home in the season so far and have scored in every match. Their recent record includes three wins in five outings while Villarreal have failed to keep a clean sheet in their two games. In the last four head to head meetings Liverpool have won three times. The home side sit fifth in the table and create plenty of chances against sides that concede two goals a game on average. Villarreal sit fourteenth and have allowed three goals per game away from home this season. Liverpool have also scored two goals per game across all fixtures. The main risk lies in whether Villarreal can limit clear openings despite their leaky away record.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
4–3 WON

Our pick “Liverpool Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.44 won — final score 4–3.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Georges Mikautadze 4'
  3. Alberto Moleiro 27'
  4. Sergi Cardona Bermúdez assist Nathan-Dylan Saliba 29'
  5. Alexis Mac Allister assist Konstantinos Tsimikas 36'
  6. Álvaro Santiago Mouriño González 41'
  7. Florian Wirtz ↓ Ronald Araujo 45'
  8. Tani Oluwaseyi ↓ Nathan-Dylan Saliba 45'
  9. Ronald Araujo assist Rio Ngumoha 45+2'
  10. Second half
  11. Juan Foyth ↓ Alberto Moleiro 54'
  12. Alex Freeman ↓ Tajon Buchanan 60'
  13. Ayoze Pérez ↓ Georges Mikautadze 60'
  14. Alexis Mac Allister assist Rio Ngumoha 65'
  15. Alexander Isak ↓ Lewis Koumas 66'
  16. Florian Wirtz assist Cody Gakpo 68'
  17. Bradley Barcola ↓ Rio Ngumoha 74'
  18. Joe Gomez ↓ Jérémy Jacquet 74'
  19. Gerard Moreno ↓ Santi Comesaña 78'
  20. James McConnell ↓ Treymaurice Nyoni 81'
  21. Tani Oluwaseyi assist Ayoze Pérez 87'
This season
Liverpool Villarreal
Over 2.5 goals — —
Clean sheet 0% 0%
Failed to score 0% 0%
Scored per game 4.0 2.5
Conceded per game 2.0 2.0
Scored home / away 2.0 / 6.0 3.0 / 2.0

Across 2 and 2 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
4 VFB VfB Stuttgart 2 2 0 0 6
5 LIV Liverpool ▲ 2 2 0 0 6
6 SPO Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 6
7 ARS Arsenal 2 2 0 0 6
8 REA Real Madrid 2 2 0 0 6
9 REA Real Betis 2 2 0 0 6
10 BAY Bayern München 2 1 1 0 4
11 SHA Shakhtar Donetsk 2 1 1 0 4
12 COM Como 2 1 0 1 3
13 MAN Manchester United 2 1 0 1 3
14 VIL Villarreal ▲ 2 1 0 1 3
15 ATL Atletico Madrid 2 1 0 1 3
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Liverpool DWWLW
D vs Fulham 0–0 Sep 12
W vs Tottenham 3–1 Sep 15
W @ Bournemouth 1–0 Sep 20
L vs Manchester City 0–3 Oct 11
W @ Lask Linz 6–3 Oct 14
Villarreal LWWLW
L vs Real Betis 1–2 Sep 14
W @ Malaga 3–1 Sep 17
W vs Levante 3–1 Sep 20
L @ Real Madrid 0–1 Oct 10
W vs Napoli 3–1 Oct 13
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Liverpool
Scored 2.0 avg
0 3 1 0 6
Conceded 1.4 avg
0 1 0 3 3
Villarreal
Scored 2.0 avg
1 3 3 0 3
Conceded 1.2 avg
2 1 1 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Liverpool FC
0 Draws
1 Villarreal
May 2022 Villarreal 2–3 Liverpool Liverpool
Apr 2022 Liverpool 2–0 Villarreal Liverpool
May 2016 Liverpool 3–0 Villarreal Liverpool
Apr 2016 Villarreal 1–0 Liverpool Villarreal

Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 4 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Liverpool 4-3-3
  • 1 Alisson Becker G
  • 33 R. Araújo D
  • 5 J. Jacquet D
  • 4 V. van Dijk D
  • 21 K. Tsimikas D
  • 38 R. Gravenberch M
  • 42 T. Nyoni M
  • 10 A. Mac Allister M
  • 73 R. Ngumoha F
  • 67 L. Koumas F
  • 18 C. Gakpo F
Bench B. Barcola, L. Chambers, J. Danns, J. Gomez, A. Isak, M. Kerkez, G. Mamardashvili, J. McConnell, F. Wirtz, F. Woodman, M. Laffey

Andoni Iraola

Villarreal 4-2-3-1
  • 25 P. Gulácsi G
  • 15 S. Mouriño D
  • 6 Pau Navarro D
  • 12 Renato Veiga D
  • 23 Sergi Cardona D
  • 24 N. Saliba M
  • 18 P. Gueye M
  • 17 T. Buchanan M
  • 14 Santi Comesaña M
  • 10 Alberto Moleiro M
  • 9 G. Mikautadze F
Bench Ayoze Pérez, A. Diatta, N. El Jmili, J. Foyth, A. Freeman, Luíz Júnior, C. Macia, Gerard Moreno, T. Oluwaseyi, Logan Costa, Ilias Akhomach, Joselillo Gaitán

Iñigo Pérez

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Liverpool FC
  • OUT C. Bradley Knee Injury
  • OUT F. Chiesa Off the roster
  • OUT H. Ekitike Achilles Tendon Injury
  • OUT W. Endo Off the roster
  • OUT J. Frimpong Muscle Injury
  • OUT G. Leoni Knee Injury
  • OUT D. Szoboszlai Muscle Injury
  • OUT C. Bradley Knee Injury
  • OUT F. Chiesa Off the roster
  • OUT H. Ekitike Achilles Tendon Injury
  • OUT W. Endo Off the roster
  • OUT J. Frimpong Muscle Injury
  • OUT G. Leoni Knee Injury
  • OUT D. Szoboszlai Muscle Injury
Villarreal
  • OUT N. Pepe Eye injury
  • OUT N. Pepe Eye injury