Liverpool – Villarreal, Picks and Tips
Jurgen Klopp's Cormorants are fighting with real chances at the 4 trophies they started the season for: the Premier League, the FA Cup, the League Cup (already won) and the Champions League trophy. On the other hand, the Yellow Submarine will have in this semi-final another bonus to a fantastic year of European Cups, in which they won the Europa League, got into the Champions League and knocked Juventus and Bayern out of the running. Liverpool v Villarreal is the second Champions League semi-final, the lopsided one in which the Brits start as favourites and Unai Emery's side can only hope for a miracle. The first semi-final brings Man City and Real Madrid face to face in the league semi-final. Liverpool v Villarreal is played on Wednesday 27 April at 20:00 at Anfield Road in Liverpool. It's only the third head-to-head meeting between the two sides, following a Europa League double-header in 2016. That season, Jurgen Klopp's newly-capped side reached the final only for perennial Europa League side FC Sevilla to win it. Villarreal have also won the former UEFA Intertoto competition twice, in 2003 and 2004, in addition to the Europa League in 2021. But let's see what the stats look like for the Liverpool v Villarreal match, for inspired betting.
Liverpool are perhaps the fittest team in 2022, with only one defeat in 2022. And that defeat came at a time when it didn't matter so much.Klopp had already sealed qualification in the San Siro round with Inter. Coming closer to the present, the most recent 10 matches for Liverpool have yielded the following results: 8 wins (Everton, Manchester United, Manchester City in the FA Cup, Benfica in the Champions League, Watford, Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup, Arsenal and Brighton) and 2 draws (Manchester City in the Premier League and Benfica in the Champions League). The German coach has managed to bring the team on top form in key moments of the 2021-2022 season, and the Liverpool v Villarreal semi-final is one such moment.The Yellow Submarine are not sitting great in the Primera Division, where they are in 7th place, 3 points behind Sociedad, who occupy the Conference League place after 33 rounds. The last 10 games have meant 5 wins (Valencia, Getafe, Bayern and Juventus in the Champions League and Celta Vigo), 3 draws (Bayern, Bilbao) and 3 heavy defeats (Levante, Cadiz and Osasuna). Will Villarreal be able to go all the way in the UEFA Champions League or is Liverpool an extremely tough nut for Emery and his men?
Our recommendation tip for Liverpool – Villarreal: OVER 2.5 GOALS @ 1.55