Match Centre: Liverpool vs Villarreal
Allister 36′Araujo 45+2′Allister 65′Wirtz 68′
Mikautadze 4′Cardona 29′Oluwaseyi 87′
Player of the match Alexis Mac Allister 9.1
GolVolt rating 8.7GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 65' Allister, 3:2-
0:2 → 4:3
Liverpool came from behind to win.
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3 of 5
Villarreal turned that many shots on target into goals, from an xG of 1.4.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 3:2, from 52% to 87% (Liverpool).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+3' · 4:3Liverpool 92%draw 7%Villarreal 0%
90+3' · 4:3xG Liverpool 2.33xG Villarreal 1.39
90+3' · 4:3Last 10 minutes: Villarreal pressing (11:4 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Comeback from 0:2, Mac Allister: two goals.
- Dramaweight 50% Comeback from 0:2.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 8.6 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Mac Allister: two goals, Mac Allister: rated 9.1.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 8.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.5 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% xG 3.7, 7 goals, 36 shots.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 7.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 8.7more watchable than 87% of Champions League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
7 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 4' Goal: Georges Mikautadzeleft foot0:1
- 27' Alberto Moleiroyellow card · foul
- 29' Goal: Sergi Cardonaleft foot · assist: Saliba0:2
- 36' Goal: Alexis Mac Allisterheader · assist: Tsimikas1:2
- 41' Santiago Mouriñoyellow card · foul
- 45+2' Goal: Ronald Araujoheader · assist: Ngumoha2:2
- Half-time · 2:2
- 46' SubstitutionOluwaseyi for Saliba
- 46' SubstitutionWirtz for Araujo
- 54' SubstitutionFoyth for Moleiro
- 60' 2 substitutionsFreeman for BuchananPérez for Mikautadze
- 65' Goal: Alexis Mac Allisterright foot · assist: Ngumoha3:2
- 66' SubstitutionIsak for Koumas
- 68' Goal: Florian Wirtzleft foot · assist: Gakpo4:2
- 74' 2 substitutionsBarcola for NgumohaGomez for Jacquet
- 78' SubstitutionMoreno for Comesaña
- 81' SubstitutionMcConnell for Nyoni
- 87' Goal: Tani Oluwaseyileft foot · assist: Pérez4:3
- Full-time · 4:3
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Liverpool
Villarreal
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Liverpool
- 25 Giorgi Mamardashvili GK —
- 28 Freddie Woodman GK —
- 2 Joe Gomez DEF on
- 6 Milos Kerkez DEF —
- 44 Luke Chambers DEF —
- 7 Florian Wirtz MID on
- 53 James McConnell MID on
- 94 Michael Laffey MID —
- 9 Alexander Isak ATT on
- 29 Bradley Barcola ATT on
- 76 Jayden Danns ATT —
Villarreal
- 1 Luiz Júnior GK —
- 2 Logan Costa DEF —
- 3 Alex Freeman DEF on
- 8 Juan Foyth DEF on
- 5 Alassane Diatta MID —
- 16 Carlos Macià MID —
- 7 Gerard Moreno ATT on
- 11 Ilias Akhomach ATT —
- 21 Tani Oluwaseyi ATT on
- 22 Ayoze Pérez ATT on
- 27 Nizar El Jmili ATT —
- 28 Joselillo Gaitán ATT —
Match sheet
- Coaches
- Andoni Iraola Liverpool Iñigo Pérez Villarreal
- Stadium
- Anfield, Liverpool
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Liverpool Alexis Mac Allister
- 2. place · Liverpool Rio Ngumoha
- 3. place · Liverpool Florian Wirtz
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Federico Chiesa Suspended
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Wataru Endo Suspended
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Nicolas Pépé Injured
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