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Liverpool — Villarreal, 20 October 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 4:3

match finished UEFA Champions League · Matchday 3 Tuesday 20 October · 19:00 UTC
Liverpool Liverpool 3th · 9 pts LWWW
4 : 3 1st half 2:2
Villarreal 19th · 3 pts LLWL Villarreal
Anfield · referee S. Marciniak
Match predictionSafe

Liverpool to score

93% · Both teams scored in 3 of 3 Liverpool games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Liverpool to score”, and the match finished 4:3.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Liverpool 62% draw 18% Villarreal 20%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Liverpool win, and the match finished 4:3. Fans backed Liverpool win — they got it right.

fans 51 votes
Liverpool 74% draw 7% Villarreal 19%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
G. Mikautadze 0-1 4'
A. Moleiro 27'
S. Cardona assist: N. Saliba 0-2 29'
A. Mac Allister assist: K. Tsimikas 1-2 36'
S. Mourino 41'
R. Araujo assist: R. Ngumoha 2-2 45+2'
F. Wirtz for R. Araujo 46'
T. Oluwaseyi for N. Saliba 46'
J. Foyth for A. Moleiro 54'
A. Perez for G. Mikautadze 60'
A. Freeman for T. Buchanan 60'
A. Mac Allister assist: R. Ngumoha 3-2 65'
A. Isak for L. Koumas 66'
F. Wirtz assist: C. Gakpo 4-2 68'
J. Gomez for J. Jacquet 74'
B. Barcola for R. Ngumoha 74'
G. Moreno for S. Comesana 78'
J. McConnell for T. Nyoni 81'
T. Oluwaseyi assist: A. Perez 4-3 87'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Liverpool Liverpool 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Villarreal Villarreal
1 Alisson
33 Ronald Araújo 5 Jérémy Jacquet 4 Virgil van Dijk 21 Kostas Tsimikas
10 Alexis Mac Allister 42 Trey Nyoni
73 Rio Ngumoha 38 Ryan Gravenberch 18 Cody Gakpo
67 Lewis Koumas
9 Georges Mikautadze
17 Tajon Buchanan 24 Nathan-Dylan Saliba 10 Alberto Moleiro
14 Santi Comesaña 18 Pape Gueye
15 Santiago Mouriño 6 Pau Navarro 12 Renato Veiga 23 Sergi Cardona
25 Péter Gulácsi
Liverpool bench
  1. 9Alexander Isak
  2. 29Bradley Barcola
  3. 7Florian Wirtz
  4. 28Freddie Woodman
  5. 25Giorgi Mamardashvili
  6. 53James McConnell
  7. 76Jayden Danns
  8. 2Joe Gomez
  9. 44Luke Chambers
  10. 94Michael Laffey
  11. 6Miloš Kerkez
Villarreal bench
  1. 5Alassane Diatta
  2. 3Alexander Freeman
  3. 22Ayoze Pérez
  4. 16Carlos Maciá
  5. 7Gerard Moreno
  6. 11Ilias Akhomach
  7. 28Joselillo Gaitán
  8. 8Juan Foyth
  9. 2Logan Costa
  10. 1Luiz Júnior
  11. 27Nizar El Jmili
  12. 21Tani Oluwaseyi

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
53%Possession47%
22Shots14
7Shots on target5
8Shots off target2
7Blocked shots7
14Shots inside box9
8Shots outside box5
144Attacks72
60Dangerous attacks37
7Corners2
2Offsides4
12Fouls10
0Yellow cards2
2Saves4
541Passes498
464Accurate passes415
14Free kicks14
15Throw-ins14
4Goal kicks11
0Penalties0
LiverpoolLiverpoolVillarrealVillarrealThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Liverpool and Villarreal met on matchday 3 of the UEFA Champions League on 20 October at Anfield. Final score — 4:3.

Liverpool sit 3th on 9 points after 4 matches (3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss). Villarreal sit 19th on 3 points after 4 matches (1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season
Liverpool Liverpool last five Villarreal Villarreal
LWWW form LLWL
4 Matches 4
3 — 0 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 0 — 3
14 — 10 Scored — conceded 8 — 14
2.25 Points per game 0.75
3.5 Goals scored per game 2
0 Clean sheets 0
0 Failed to score 1
winless in 1 Current streak winless in 2

Liverpool at home: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 6—4, 3 points per match.

Villarreal away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 5—7, 0 points per match.

League table

after the match
#TeamPWDLGoalsPts
3Aston VillaAston Villa430112—69
4LiverpoolLiverpool330012—79
5Real MadridReal Madrid330010—59
…
28RB LeipzigRB Leipzig31023—83
29VillarrealVillarreal41038—143
30FeyenoordFeyenoord41034—113
Full UEFA Champions League table