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Liverpool vs. Villarreal: Team News, Preview, Live Stream, TV Info
- Updated: May 5, 2016
Liverpool host Villarreal in the UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg, seeking to overturn a 1-0 deficit and reach the Reds’ first European final since 2007.
Jurgen Klopp’s side conceded in injury time in the first leg in Spain last week, meaning the job at Anfield will be far more tricky than it might have been.
With the Reds missing Mamadou Sakho, and Villarreal being strong on the counter-attack, a goal for the visitors would see Klopp’s side needing three goals to progress.
Of course, Liverpool are accustomed to such comebacks, not least their quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund where they came from 2-0 and 3-1 behind to win 4-3 on one of Anfield’s most incredible European nights.
But Villarreal will play a more compact game than the Bundesliga side and will likely be looking to take a 0-0 draw and therefore progress to the final. The Yellow Submarine have never reached a European final, twice missing out at the semi-final stage before, in 2006 and 2011.
Villarreal have been in formidable form at home this season, winning all seven Europa League games and conceding just once. But away from Estadio El Madrigal, they’ve won just two of their six Europa games, although they’ve only lost once—which was back in September.
The last time Liverpool were at this stage of European competition was in 2010, when they were knocked out by Spanish opposition—Atletico Madrid—on away goals, having lost the away leg 1-0 and winning 2-1 at Anfield after extra time.
With a place in the final and a spot in next season’s UEFA Champions League for the tournament winners at stake, the significance of the outcome cannot be understated for Klopp and Liverpool.
Date: Thursday, 5 May
Time: 8.05 p.m. GMT / 3.05 p.m. ET
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
TV Info: BT Sport Europe / FOX Sports 1
Live Stream: BT Sport Europe (U.K only) / FOX Soccer 2GO (U.S only)
Form Lines (Last 5 Games)
Liverpool
Lost 3-1 vs. Swansea CityLost 1-0 …
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