Liverpool vs Villarreal – Preview, Tips and Odds

Europe: Champions League - Play Offs

Liverpool

Full Time

2:0

Villarreal

Highlights and Stats

Liverpool will come up against Villarreal on Wednesday in a game of the first leg of the semi-finals of UEFA Champions League. Villarreal have been this season’s surprise package in the Champions League and will aim to stifle six-time winners Liverpool at Anfield.

Liverpool vs Villarreal Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2016/05/05	Last 2 Games
Liverpool	win	? Whome Laway
Villarreal	loss	? Laway Whome

Worth Mentioning

The previous clash between the teams ended with the score of 3:0 to Liverpool. It was held back on 5th of May 2016. Both of the previous H2Hs were played in the UEFA Europa League in the semi-finals of the 2015-2016 season. Jurgen Klopp’s side were able to beat the Yellow Submarine with a 3:1 aggregate score.

Liverpool vs Villarreal Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 2 games

LiverpoolVillarreal

• Goals

  1.50

  0.50

• Fouls

  5.50

  3.50

• Corners

  7.00

  5.00

• Offsides

  3.50

  0.50

• Cards

  0.50

  3.50

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2016/05/05 UEFA Europa League

HLiverpoolVillarreal

• Goals

  3

  0

• Fouls

  11

  7

• Corners

  11

  3

• Offsides

  3

  1

• Cards

  1

  6

• Posession

  59%

  41%

2016/04/28 UEFA Europa League

LiverpoolHVillarreal

• Goals

  0

  1

• Fouls

  0

  0

• Corners

  3

  7

• Offsides

  4

  0

• Cards

  0

  1

• Posession

  55%

  45%

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Liverpool Form

The efforts of the Reds proved enough to secure a comfortable 2:0 home win against Everton in a Premier League match played on April 24th. The club is presently on a run of three uninterrupted wins and have not witnessed a defeat during their most recent ten games. It appears location has little to no impact on how Liverpool’s previous 10 encounters unfolded. These ended in 3 home victories and 5 triumphs for the visiting sides. Only 2 of the squad’s most recent 10 meetings finished in a draw. Out of the last five Liverpool’s clashes, four produced over 2.5 goals and three witnessed goals at both ends. Within this time frame Jurgen Klopp’s side were able to keep two clean sheets, and at least one goal was scored in all of the cases. Their recent 5 outings proved to be packed with goals, with a total of 21 being netted.

• Goals
  2.20
• Fouls
  9.70
• Corners
  7.00
• Offsides
  1.80
• Cards
  1.70
• Posession
  63%

Villarreal Form

The Yellow Submarine previously faced Valencia on Tuesday and the final score was a healthy 2:0 victory at home. The squad is currently on a streak of two successive victories and have not gone through a single loss in its last five meetings. Playing at home turned out to be favourable across the ten previous Villarreal games, as they finished in six wins for the hosting party and the visiting sides triumphed in two. No more than two of the previous 10 clashes concluded in draws. One of their most recent five battles on the pitch produced more than 2.5 goals with three seeing both of the sides netting goals. Within this time frame Unai Emery’s team were successful in keeping two clean sheets and netted one or more in all matches. The total of netted goals by the outfits involved across their last five outings amount to 10.

• Goals
  1.60
• Fouls
  10.70
• Corners
  4.70
• Offsides
  1.50
• Cards
  1.40
• Posession
  52%

Formations and Lineups

Liverpool

Formation:4-3-3

• G1Alisson
• D66Trent Alexander-Arnold
• D5Ibrahima Konaté
• D4Virgil van Dijk
• D26Andrew Robertson
• M14Jordan Henderson
• M3Fabinho
• M6Thiago Alcântara
• F11Mohamed Salah
• F10Sadio Mané
• F23Luis Díaz

1 Alisson 66 Trent Alexander-Arnold 5 Ibrahima Konaté 4 Virgil van Dijk 26 Andrew Robertson 14 Jordan Henderson 3 Fabinho 6 Thiago Alcântara 11 Mohamed Salah 10 Sadio Mané 23 Luis Díaz

Villarreal

Formation:4-4-2

• G13Gerónimo Rulli
• D8Juan Foyth
• D3Raúl Albiol
• D4Pau Torres
• D12Pervis Estupiñán
• M17Giovani Lo Celso
• M6Étienne Capoue
• M5Dani Parejo
• M19Francis Coquelin
• F11Samuel Chukwueze
• F15Arnaut Danjuma

13 Gerónimo Rulli 8 Juan Foyth 3 Raúl Albiol 4 Pau Torres 12 Pervis Estupiñán 17 Giovani Lo Celso 6 Étienne Capoue 5 Dani Parejo 19 Francis Coquelin 11 Samuel Chukwueze 15 Arnaut Danjuma

Popular Markets

This is a list of some of the most popular markets and their winning ratio for the last 10 games - head to head and for the respective teams individually. The probability column is an average calculation based ONLY on statistical data with the Head2Head column having a slight advantage.

	Last H2H	Last Liverpool	Last Villarreal	Probability	Value Odds Over
Liverpool WIN	1/2	7/10	-	47.01%	2.13
DRAW	0/2	2/10	2/10	9.56%	10.46
Villarreal WIN	1/2	-	6/10	43.43%	2.30
Over 2.5 Goals	1/2	5/10	3/10	44.00%	2.27
BTTS	0/2	4/10	4/10	24.00%	4.17
Over 4.5 Cards	1/2	4/10	4/10	44.00%	2.27
Over 10.5 Corners	1/2	3/10	3/10	38.00%	2.63
Liverpool over 1.5 Goals	1/2	8/10	-	63.50%	1.57
Villarreal over 1.5 Goals	0/2	-	4/10	18.00%	5.56

Match Details

LiverpoolvsVillarreal

• 86`
  (in) P. Alcacer(out) A. Danjuma
• 81`
  (in) D. Origi(out) L. Diaz
• 81`
  (in) J. Gomez(out) T. Alexander-Arnold
• 72`
  (in) Diogo Jota(out) S. Mane
• 72`
  (in) N. Keita(out) J. Henderson
• 72`
  (in) B. Dia(out) S. Chukwueze
• 72`
  (in) M. Trigueros(out) P. Estupinan
• 72`
  (in) S. Aurier(out) D. Parejo
• 62`
  G. Lo CelsoTripping
• 57`
  (in) Alfonso Pedraza(out) F. Coquelin
• 55`
  S. ManeM. Salah

  2 - 0
• 53`
  P. Estupinan (o.g.)J. Henderson

  1 - 0
• 47`
  P. EstupinanHolding
• 32`
  V. van DijkRoughing