Liverpool 4–3 Villarreal
Liverpool
4–3HT 2–2
Villarreal
Liverpool played Villarreal in the UEFA Champions League on 20 October 2026 at Anfield. The match finished 4–3.
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Goals and cards
- 4'Georges Mikautadze
- 27'Alberto Moleiro — Yellow card
- 29'Sergi Cardona Bermúdez (assist by Nathan-Dylan Saliba)
- 36'Alexis Mac Allister (assist by Konstantinos Tsimikas)
- 41'Álvaro Santiago Mouriño González — Yellow card
- 45+2'Ronald Araujo (assist by Rio Ngumoha)
- 65'Alexis Mac Allister (assist by Rio Ngumoha)
- 68'Florian Wirtz (assist by Cody Gakpo)
- 87'Tani Oluwaseyi (assist by Ayoze Pérez)
Line-ups
Liverpool 4-2-3-1
- Alisson Becker
- R. Araújo
- J. Jacquet
- V. van Dijk
- K. Tsimikas
- A. Mac Allister
- T. Nyoni
- R. Ngumoha
- R. Gravenberch
- C. Gakpo
- L. Koumas
- SUBSTITUTES
- B. Barcola
- L. Chambers
- J. Danns
- J. Gomez
- A. Isak
- M. Kerkez
- G. Mamardashvili
- J. McConnell
- F. Wirtz
- F. Woodman
- M. Laffey
- COACHES: Andoni Iraola
Villarreal 4-2-3-1
- P. Gulácsi
- S. Mouriño
- Pau Navarro
- Renato Veiga
- Sergi Cardona
- N. Saliba
- P. Gueye
- T. Buchanan
- Santi Comesaña
- Alberto Moleiro
- G. Mikautadze
- SUBSTITUTES
- 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
- COACHES: Iñigo Pérez
Match statistics
| Liverpool | Villarreal | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.41 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.54 |
| 463 | Accurate passes | 415 |
| 14 | Shots inside box | 9 |
| 8 | Shots outside box | 5 |
| 7 | Blocked shots | 7 |
| 10 | Free kicks | 11 |
| 7 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 8 | Shots off goal | 2 |
| 2 | Offsides | 4 |
| 539 | Total passes | 498 |
| 22 | Total shots | 14 |
| 7 | Corners | 2 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 12 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 53% | Possession | 47% |