Liverpool
UEFA Champions League · 2026Liverpool vs Villarreal · UEFA Champions League
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What the record shows
The retained record does not give either club a clear edge on the metrics that clear the gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
History
Head-to-head
Recent meetings between these teams.
Last 5 meetings
Season-opening preview
Current-season evidence is still building.
This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.
1 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade
Current season so far
Completed matches in the season being played. Kept separate from the historical block below.
- Liverpool1 matches
- Villarreal1 matches
Previous-season context
Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.
Both clubs played the same competition and season, so these values are directly comparable.
Liverpool
- Competition
- UEFA Champions League
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 12 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 30 May 2026
- Goals scored2 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.08 goals/match
- Expected goals2.48 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed0.95 xG/match
- Shots19.2 shots/match
- Shots allowed9.83 shots/match
- Shots on target7.5 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.42 shots/match
- Possession52.8%
- Corners6.58 corners/match
- Corners allowed3.75 corners/match
- Fouls11.8 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency42%
- Scoring frequency67%
Villarreal
- Competition
- UEFA Champions League
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 8 matches
- Profile grade
- B
- Data cutoff
- 30 May 2026
- Goals scored0.63 goals/match
- Goals allowed2.25 goals/match
- Expected goals1.21 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.56 xG/match
- Shots13.6 shots/match
- Shots allowed11 shots/match
- Shots on target3.75 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed4.63 shots/match
- Possession42.4%
- Corners3.38 corners/match
- Corners allowed3.38 corners/match
- Fouls12.8 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency0%
- Scoring frequency38%
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
- At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
- At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
- At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
- Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.
Known unknowns
- Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
- Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
- The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
- The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
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