Liverpool – Villarreal, Prediction – Champions League

🥳 Liverpool comes after a very sweet victory in the Merseyside derby

Liverpool is determined to win the title in England or at least torment City until the last minute, because even when things were not going well in the local derby with Everton, the Reds did not stop trying in every way to break the defense of the Toffees and finally they succeeded twice. Undoubtedly, Liverpool is extremely motivated in the Champions League and enters this match as a huge favorite. The goal of the Reds is not to allow any underestimation of Villarreal and to play the match in their typical way – with a furious pace, a lot of speed, pressure and a variety of attacks.

💹 Villarreal already believe that they can reach the final

However, Villarreal know that Liverpool have a bad tendency to underestimate certain matches at a certain moment, as it often happens that the Reds lead with a few goals, but then start to allow and create unnecessary problems. There are many examples this season. The good thing for the fans of the yellow submarine is that their team has great synchronicity and is tactically almost perfect, which has been proven many times in recent years by the tournament genius, Emery.

⚽ The Spaniards will probably copy some of Everton’s approaches in this match

Certainly Villarreal have a lot to take from Anfield’s approach to struggling to survive Everton, because Liverpool were totally impersonal in the first half. Surely Villarreal will want to concede as few goals as possible in this match and then decide it in the return match in Spain, where they will be in front of their fans. The truth is that due to the style of play of Villarreal, their great motivation and quality of work on the pitch, I do not expect an easy match for Liverpool. My forecast is Villarreal +1.5, 2.0 Asian Handicap of 1.78 and I think that the real coefficient for this line should be at least 0.20 lower.