League phase, matchday 3

4 - 3

Full time

Tuesday 20 October 2026 · 20:00 · HT 2-2 · Anfield, Liverpool · Referee Szymon Marciniak

Liverpool v Villarreal: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Liverpool's last 3 home games and Villarreal's last 5 away games in their leagues before kick-off, both teams scored in 4 of 8, over 2.5 goals in 5 of 8, with 11.8 corners per match (league 9.4) and 5.5 cards (league 4.1).

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use each side's league games.

Seasons

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League games only

· 2026/27

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Match stats

Liverpool v Villarreal, full match

53%

Possession

47%

2.37

Expected goals (xG)

1.61

22

Shots

14

7

Shots on target

5

7

Corners

2

12

Fouls

10

0

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

4

Goals and cards

4'

Goal

Georges Mikautadze VIL

27'

Yellow card

Alberto Moleiro VIL

29'

Goal

Sergi Cardona VIL

36'

Goal

Alexis Mac Allister LIV

41'

Yellow card

Santiago Mouriño VIL

45+2'

Goal

Ronald Araújo LIV

65'

Goal

Alexis Mac Allister LIV

68'

Goal

Florian Wirtz LIV

87'

Goal

Tani Oluwaseyi VIL

At a glance

Liverpool

W

L

W

D

W

Villarreal

D

L

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Liverpool's home games and Villarreal's away games in their leagues this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Liverpool's last 3 home games and Villarreal's last 5 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

50%

4/8 games · League 50%

Over 1.5 goals

63%

5/8 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

63%

5/8 games · League 50%

Over 3.5 goals

50%

4/8 games · League 31%

Over 9.5 corners

75%

6/8 games · League 46%

Over 3.5 cards

88%

7/8 games · League 57%

Liverpool clean sheet

33%

1/3 games · League 29%

Villarreal clean sheet

0%

0/5 games · League 29%

Liverpool fail to score

67%

2/3 games · League 29%

Villarreal fail to score

40%

2/5 games · League 29%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.8

Corners

11.8

League 9.4

Cards

5.5

League 4.1

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Liverpool

4-3-3

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Alisson

DEFENDERS

4

5

21

33

MIDFIELDERS

10

Alexis Mac Allister

38

Ryan Gravenberch

42

Trey Nyoni

FORWARDS

18

Cody Gakpo

67

Lewis Koumas

73

Rio Ngumoha

SUBSTITUTES

2

7

53

9

29

25

28

6

44

94

76

Villarreal

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

25

Péter Gulácsi

DEFENDERS

6

12

15

23

MIDFIELDERS

14

Santi Comesaña

18

Pape Gueye

24

Nathan-Dylan Saliba

FORWARDS

9

Georges Mikautadze

10

Alberto Moleiro

17

Tajon Buchanan

SUBSTITUTES

3

8

7

21

22

1

2

5

11

16

27

28

Referee: Szymon Marciniak

4 games in the Premier League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.0

League 4.1

Yellow cards per game

2.8

Red cards per game

0.25

Fouls per game

27.3

League 23.3

Penalties per game

0.00

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

LIV

VIL

Match

League

Goals per match

2.4

2.9

2.7

2.9

Over 0.5

86%

6/7

89%

8/9

88%

14/16

93%

Over 1.5

71%

5/7

67%

6/9

69%

11/16

76%

Over 2.5

57%

4/7

67%

6/9

63%

10/16

54%

Over 3.5

29%

2/7

56%

5/9

44%

7/16

36%

Over 4.5

0%

0/7

11%

1/9

6%

1/16

20%

Bet

LIV

VIL

Match

League

Yes

43%

3/7

67%

6/9

56%

9/16

53%

Yes and win

14%

1/7

22%

2/9

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

43%

3/7

67%

6/9

56%

9/16

43%

Yes and draw

29%

2/7

22%

2/9

25%

4/16

21%

Yes and loss

0%

0/7

22%

2/9

16%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/7

11%

1/9

6%

1/16

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Bet

LIV

VIL

Match

League

Corners per match

9.3

11.6

10.6

9.4

Over 7.5

71%

5/7

100%

9/9

88%

14/16

70%

Over 8.5

43%

3/7

67%

6/9

56%

9/16

49%

Over 9.5

43%

3/7

67%

6/9

56%

9/16

44%

Over 10.5

43%

3/7

67%

6/9

56%

9/16

39%

Over 11.5

29%

2/7

56%

5/9

44%

7/16

27%

Over 12.5

14%

1/7

33%

3/9

25%

4/16

17%

Referee Szymon Marciniak: 3.0 cards and 27.3 fouls per game in 4 games this season

Bet

LIV

VIL

Match

League

Cards per match

5.1

4.9

5.0

4.2

Over 2.5

86%

6/7

78%

7/9

81%

13/16

77%

Over 3.5

71%

5/7

78%

7/9

75%

12/16

59%

Over 4.5

57%

4/7

67%

6/9

63%

10/16

43%

Over 5.5

57%

4/7

56%

5/9

56%

9/16

27%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Alberto Moleiro

7 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/6

29%

2/7

0%

0/7

0%

0/7

Cody Gakpo

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/3

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Georges Mikautadze

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/3

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.