Liverpool 4-3 Villarreal: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 20 October 2026

Result

Liverpool 4-3 Villarreal

Champions League · Tuesday 20 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Anfield, Liverpool · half-time 2-2

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Liverpool 4-3 Villarreal: match report

Liverpool beat Villarreal 4-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 20 October 2026 at Anfield. The half-time score was 2-2.

Georges Mikautadze opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Alexis Mac Allister (36'), Ronald Araujo (45+2'), Alexis Mac Allister (65') and Florian Wirtz (68'). Villarreal scored through Georges Mikautadze (4'), Sergi Cardona (29') and Tani Oluwaseyi (87').

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Villarreal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 22nd on 6 points from 2 and Villarreal 41st on 3 points from 2. In the current table Liverpool are 4th on 9 points and Villarreal are 29th on 3 points.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Mac Allister of Liverpool (9.1), ahead of Rio Ngumoha (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 1 for Villarreal.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Georges MikautadzeVillarreal · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Alberto MoleiroVillarreal
  • 29'Goal · Sergi CardonaVillarreal · 0-2
  • 36'Goal · Alexis Mac AllisterLiverpool · 1-2
  • 41'Yellow card · Santiago MouriñoVillarreal
  • 45+2'Goal · Ronald AraujoLiverpool · 2-2
  • 65'Goal · Alexis Mac AllisterLiverpool · 3-2
  • 68'Goal · Florian WirtzLiverpool · 4-2
  • 87'Goal · Tani OluwaseyiVillarreal · 4-3

Form and table

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4Liverpool3300127+59WWW
29Villarreal4103814-63LWLL

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Head-to-head

4 meetings: Liverpool 3, draws 0, Villarreal 1.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alisson, Ronald Araujo, Jérémy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Alexis Mac Allister, Trey Nyoni, Rio Ngumoha, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo, Lewis Koumas

Villarreal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Péter Gulácsi, Santiago Mouriño, Pau Navarro, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Tajon Buchanan, Nathan Saliba, Alberto Moleiro, Georges Mikautadze

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