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Villarreal
Liverpool vs Villarreal: match report
Liverpool hosted Villarreal at Anfield on Tuesday 20 October 2026, in the Champions League. Szymon Marciniak is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.
Result and scorers
Liverpool 4-3 Villarreal. Goals: Georges Mikautadze 4' for Villarreal; Sergi Cardona 29' for Villarreal; Alexis Mac Allister 36' for Liverpool; Ronald Araújo 45'+2' for Liverpool; Alexis Mac Allister 65' for Liverpool; Florian Wirtz 68' for Liverpool; Tani Oluwaseyi 87' for Villarreal. Attendance: 59,610.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 4' Goal: Georges Mikautadze (Villarreal) 0-1
- 27' Yellow card: Alberto Moleiro (Villarreal)
- 29' Goal: Sergi Cardona (Villarreal) 0-2
- 36' Goal: Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) 1-2
- 41' Yellow card: Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal)
- 45'+2' Goal: Ronald Araújo (Liverpool) 2-2
- 65' Goal: Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) 3-2
- 68' Goal: Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) 4-2
- 87' Goal: Tani Oluwaseyi (Villarreal) 4-3
Match stats (contains the result)
| 52.5% | Possession | 47.5% |
| 22 | Shots | 14 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 8 | Corners | 2 |
| 12 | Fouls | 10 |
| 2 | Offsides | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Liverpool 4-2-3-1
Coach: Andoni Iraola
- 1 Alisson Becker GK
- 33 Ronald Araujo DEF
- 5 Jérémy Jacquet DEF
- 4 Virgil van Dijk DEF
- 21 Konstantinos Tsimikas DEF
- 10 Alexis Mac Allister MID
- 42 Trey Nyoni MID
- 73 Rio Ngumoha FWD
- 38 Ryan Gravenberch MID
- 18 Cody Gakpo FWD
- 67 Lewis Koumas FWD
Bench
- 7 Florian Wirtz MID
- 9 Alexander Isak FWD
- 2 Joseph Gomez DEF
- 29 Bradley Barcola FWD
- 53 James McConnell MID
- 25 Giorgi Mamardashvili GK
- 28 Freddie Woodman GK
- 6 Miloš Kerkez DEF
- 44 Luke Chambers DEF
- 94 Michael Laffey MID
- 76 Jayden Danns FWD
Villarreal 4-2-3-1
Coach: Inigo Pérez
- 25 Péter Gulácsi GK
- 15 Santiago Mouriño DEF
- 6 Pau Navarro DEF
- 12 Renato Veiga DEF
- 23 Sergi Cardona DEF
- 14 Santi Comesaña MID
- 18 Pape Gueye MID
- 17 Tajon Buchanan FWD
- 24 Nathan Saliba MID
- 10 Alberto Moleiro FWD
- 9 Georges Mikautadze FWD
Bench
- 21 Tani Oluwaseyi FWD
- 8 Juan Foyth DEF
- 3 Alex Freeman DEF
- 22 Ayoze Pérez FWD
- 7 Gerard Moreno FWD
- 1 Luíz Júnior GK
- 2 Logan Costa DEF
- 5 Alassane Diatta MID
- 16 Carlos Maciá MID
- 28 Joselillo Gaitán FWD
- 27 Nizar El Jmili FWD
- 11 Ilias Akhomach FWD
Previous meetings
- Tuesday 3 May 2022: Villarreal 2-3 Liverpool
- Wednesday 27 April 2022: Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal
- Thursday 5 May 2016: Liverpool 3-0 Villarreal
- Thursday 28 April 2016: Villarreal 1-0 Liverpool