Ace Football Team previews the Champions League semi-final between Villarreal and Liverpool who meet up this coming Tuesday. The pre-match analysis includes the latest team stats, match history and the best betting tips.
Villarreal take on Liverpool for a second leg match in their Champions League semi-final clash on Tuesday at Estadio de la Ceramica. The Yellow Submarine need 
two unanswered goals to get back into the tie, after losing the first leg 2-0 last week.
Latest form and previous Champions League encounters between Villarreal and Liverpool
Villarreal hope to bounce back
Villarreal have been a bit bleak in their last 3 matches, although it opened with a 2-0 victory against Valencia. Unable to follow that up, they went down 2-0 against Liverpool, before handing over all 3 points in a 2-1 defeat against Deportivo Alaves.
Liverpool in a rich vein of form
Liverpool are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last 3 matches on the bounce. Everton got left behind in a 2-0 win, before Villarreal got hammered in a 2-0 victory. Newcastle was the most recent victim in a 0-1 win for the Reds.
Latest encounters between Villarreal and Liverpool
Villarreal were unable to penetrate the Liverpool defense the last two times they met. The latter ended up winning by a 2-0 and 3-0 scoreline. Perhaps something worth considering before settling on your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Highlights from the last game between Villarreal and Liverpool:
To find out how to watch Tuesday’s match on an online stream, check out this link here.
Betting stats and facts for Villarreal and Liverpool
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on stats from the last couple of games that Villarreal and Liverpool played across all tournaments.
- Villarreal have not lost the last 12 home matches in a row
- Villarreal have scored in 20 of the last 22 home matches
- Villarreal have won 4 of the last 5 home matches
- Liverpool have scored in 44 of the last 45 away matches
- Liverpool have not lost 25 of the last 27 away matches
- Liverpool have won 10 of the last 11 away matches
Players to focus on in Villarreal vs Liverpool
It is difficult to look past Arnaut Danjuma, when on the search for a marksman. He seems to be on a strong run as he hit the target 4 times in his last 6 games for Villarreal. Sadio Mane has managed to score 4 times in the last half dozen matches for Liverpool. It is probably safe to say that they will both be looking to add to their total here once again.
Best tips for the match: Villarreal vs Liverpool
In conclusion, we present betting tips for this Champions League match, which are based on the above statements. Besides the main prediction for this game, we have also come up with some lower and higher risk alternatives.
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