UEFA Champions League
· LEAGUE_STAGE · Tue 20 Oct, 19:00
Pre-match prediction
62%
22%
16%
Liverpool 62%
Draw 22%
16% Villarreal
✓Based on the confirmed starting lineups, not just each club's overall record.
Expected goals
1.93 – 0.92
Over 2.5 goals
54%
Both teams to score
52%
Model confidence
normal
Most likely scorelines
2-0 11%
1-0 11%
1-1 11%
2-1 10%
3-0 7%
Lineups
Reference only — not used by the prediction model. Positions (LB/CB/RB etc.) are a best-effort guess from the source's own left-to-right player order, not a confirmed tactical slot.
V
Villarreal
4-2-3-1
25
Gulácsi GK
1492
23
Cardona LB
1606
12
Veiga CB
1517
6
Navarro CB
1554
15
Mouriño RB
1565
18
Gueye CDM
1541
24
Saliba CDM
10
Moleiro LW
1546
14
Comesaña CAM
1668
17
Buchanan RW
1526
9
Mikautadze ST
1521
1
Becker GK
1845
21
Tsimikas LB
1540
4
van Dijk CB
1932
5
Jacquet CB
1508
33
Araújo RB
1510
10
Allister CM
1626
42
Nyoni CM
1500
38
Gravenberch CM
1590
18
Gakpo LW
1571
67
Koumas ST
73
Ngumoha RW
1468
L
Liverpool
4-3-3
Liverpool · Bench
B. Barcola, L. Chambers, J. Danns, J. Gomez, A. Isak, M. Kerkez, G. Mamardashvili, J. McConnell, F. Wirtz, F. Woodman, M. Laffey
Villarreal · Bench
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
Liverpool · last 5 C
Villarreal · last 5 B
Head-to-head
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