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EKW2Liverpool - Villarreal
Liverpool host Villarreal
Liverpool return to Anfield on Tuesday night to face Villarreal in the Champions League, with Liverpool sitting on six points from two matches while Villarreal have three from their opening two matches. The hosts occupy fifth place on goal difference, while the Spanish side are four places further back in fourteenth.
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Recent momentum points different ways
Liverpool have won four of their last five matches, including one defeat. Villarreal arrive having won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five, most recently drawing 0-0. The market implies a home win at 62.9 per cent, with a Villarreal victory given a 16.7 per cent chance.
A win would lift Liverpool to nine points from three matches, while defeat would leave them on six. For Villarreal, victory would take them to six points from three matches, while defeat would leave them on three points from three matches. The gap in goal difference, Liverpool on plus-four, Villarreal on plus-one.
The head-to-head ledger favours the hosts
The four meetings between these sides produced eleven goals, with Liverpool winning three and losing one. The most recent pair both went Liverpool's way, 3-2 and 2-0, while the earlier two split 3-0 and 0-1. Those results stretch back to 2016, and both clubs have changed shape more than once since then, but the record offers Villarreal little to lean on ahead of Tuesday's match.
We are covering this one live. Follow it with us in the match centre for the line-ups when they land, the goals as they go in, and the full timeline.
Will Liverpool's home form be enough to beat a Villarreal side in decent shape?
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