Villarreal will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 2-1 La Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Alaves.

In that game, Villarreal managed 67% possession and 16 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Villarreal was Samuel Chukwueze (47'). Alaves got 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Laguardia (4') and Gonzalo Escalante (31') scored for Alaves.

It has been seldom in recent times that Villarreal haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Villarreal have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 7 goals during that time. Even so, we must now wait to see whether that trend shall continue on here in this game.

Liverpool will come into the encounter following on from a 0-1 Premier League win vs Newcastle United in their most recent outing.

In that game, Liverpool had 65% possession and 24 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Liverpool was Naby Keïta (19'). At the other end, Newcastle United had 4 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Over the course of their last half-dozen clashes, Liverpool have amassed a tally of 15 goals. Liverpool have also scored on each one of those occasions. During that period, they have seen 5 goals scored by their opponents.