Liverpool prepare to cement their place in the Champions League final this summer as they travel to face Villarreal with a two-goal lead at the Estadio de la Ceramica. The Reds hold a 2-0 lead on aggregate with Jurgen Klopp eager to get a third Champions League final and his fourth European final as Liverpool boss.
Typically, it is the Reds who are the favourites at 8/11 to win this match with Betfred while the Yellow Submarine are 18/5 and a draw is 31/10. The hosts have lost two of their three meetings with Liverpool but did win the last time they met on home soil back in 2016 thanks to an Adrian Lopez winner.
The Reds are just a handful of matches away for history with the Premier League title race look set to go to the final day of the season, an FA Cup final with Chelsea and a Champions League final to play for - they could well secure the elusive quadruple. The mindset and consistency this side has shown has been nothing short of outstanding so a trip to Paris - a city which Liverpool are no stranger to lifting a European trophy in - is there's to lose.
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Villarreal will be bitterly frustrated with how things turned out at the weekend as Unai Emery will be looking to transform his side's fortunes around. A 2-1 defeat away to relegation-fighting Alaves was not the preparation they needed ahead of the second leg and still sit outside the European places.
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Tips
- Mo Salah to score and Liverpool to win - 6/4
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Team stats
Both teams in matches involving Liverpool have scored 23 times from 55 matches in all competitions including six in 11 Champions League matches. For Villarreal, both teams have scored in 24 from 49 matches in all competitions including six in 11 as well in UEFA's top club competition. Both teams to score is 8/13.
Liverpool have finished 36 matches in all competitions with three or more total goals including six matches in the Champions League. For Villarreal, they have finished 23 matches with three or more total goals in all competitions including five in Europe this season. Over 2.5 goals is 8/13.
Player to watch
Mo Salah would have been frustrated at being benched at the weekend but that would hint the Egyptian would start ahead of his teammates in Spain. The winger has been sensational this season and it is no wonder given the fact he has scored 30 times in 45 appearances in all competitions for the Reds.
He will be itching to resurrect his form from earlier this season having only found the net twice in his last 10 appearances for the club - both times coming from their 4-0 win over Man United.
H2H
This will be just the fourth time these two sides have met which have all happened under Klopp's reign as Liverpool boss. They first met in the Europa League in 2016 shortly before the Reds lost in the final to Sevilla. It will also be Liverpool's 50th match against Spanish opposition in all European competitions picking up 19 wins, 13 draws and 17 defeats.
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