Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 27 April 2022

Result

Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal

Champions League · Wednesday 27 April 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Liverpool 2-0 Villarreal: match report

Liverpool won against Villarreal 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 27 April 2022. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Liverpool's goals came from an own goal by Pervis Estupiñán (53') and Sadio Mané (55'). Villarreal did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 25 points from 10 and Villarreal 10th on 18 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (8.4), ahead of Jordan Henderson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Liverpool win, 0 draws and 1 for Villarreal.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Villarreal's D-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Virgil van DijkLiverpool
  • 47'Yellow card · Pervis EstupiñánVillarreal
  • 53'Own goal · Pervis EstupiñánLiverpool · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 2-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Giovani Lo CelsoVillarreal

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Liverpool 1, draws 0, Villarreal 1.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago Alcântara, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané, Luis Díaz

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Raúl Albiol, Pau Torres, Pervis Estupiñán, Giovani Lo Celso, Étienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Francis Coquelin, Samuel Chukwueze, Arnaut Danjuma