Liverpool vs Villarreal prediction
Liverpool
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
4:3Half time 2 : 2UEFA Champions League
Villarreal
- Mac Allister 36′, 65′
- Araujo 45+2′
- Wirtz 68′
- Mikautadze 4′
- Cardona 29′
- Oluwaseyi 87′
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Liverpool vs Villarreal: preview and prediction
Liverpool welcome Villarreal to Anfield in Liverpool on Tuesday 20 October, with kick-off at 19:00. It's matchday 3 in the UEFA Champions League. Liverpool go into it 3rd in the table after three games, with Villarreal 19th, 16 places lower. Last time out Liverpool won 2-1 away at Brentford, and Villarreal were held to a goalless draw at home by Elche.
Liverpool: form and key numbers
Liverpool have won three, drawn none and lost none of their three UEFA Champions League games so far, scoring 12 and letting in 7. That has them 3rd on 9 points.
Their last six in all competitions read four wins, one draw and one defeat, at 2.0 goals scored and 1.3 conceded per game. Last time out they beat Brentford 2-1 away; before that came a 6-3 win away at LASK and a 3-0 defeat at home to Manchester City.
Two clean sheets in that spell, but they also drew a blank twice. At home they've won one of three recently (3 scored, 4 conceded).
- ABrentford2-1W
- ALASK6-3W
- HManchester City0-3L
- ABournemouth1-0W
- HTottenham Hotspur3-1W
- HFulham0-0D
Liverpool: last 6 results in all competitions, newest first.
Villarreal: form and key numbers
So far in the UEFA Champions League, Villarreal have won one, drawn none and lost two of three, with 8 goals scored and 8 conceded, good for 19th place and 3 points.
Over the last six matches it has been three wins, one draw and two defeats, averaging 1.7 goals for and 1.0 against. Last time out they were held to a goalless draw by Elche; before that came a 3-1 win at home to Napoli and a 1-0 defeat away at Real Madrid.
They failed to score in two of those games. On the road they've won one of two recently (3 scored, 2 conceded).
- HElche0-0D
- HNapoli3-1W
- AReal Madrid0-1L
- HLevante3-1W
- AMalaga3-1W
- HReal Betis1-2L
Villarreal: last 6 results in all competitions, newest first.
Liverpool vs Villarreal: match analysis
There isn't much between Liverpool's home form and Villarreal's away form. Six points separate the two sides in the table.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aston Villa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| ··· | |||||||
| 18 | PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Villarreal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Inter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
We make Liverpool clear favourites at 70%, with Villarreal on 16% and the draw at 15%.
- 2.01.7
- 1.31.0
- 2.61.1
On goals, it expects around 3.7 in the game: 2.6 for Liverpool and 1.1 for Villarreal. Over 2.5 goals is 71% and both teams scoring 64%.
Their recent games have averaged 3.0 goals.
Every market at a glance
- ResultLiverpool win70%
- Double chanceEither team wins85%
- GoalsOver 2.571%
- Both teams to scoreYes64%
- Clean sheetLiverpool31%
- CornersLiverpool 6.0 · Villarreal 4.210.2 expected
- Cards3.7 yellows expectedRed 8%
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