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Liverpool vs Villarreal Preview and Prediction

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Jurgen Klopp’s side will be geared up for the return leg of the Europa league, hoping to upturn the 1-0 deficit from the 1st leg as Liverpool host Villarreal at Anfield on Thursday night.

Villarreal scored a 92nd minute goal that made the difference last Thursday night, they will be hoping to maintain the 1 goal lead as they travel to Anfield this Thursday to progress into the Europa league final.

The Europa League is Liverpool’s only shot at silverware this campaign and this is also their only hope for a place in the Europe competition next season. They will be hoping for a miracle in this game to progress into the finals.

Form Guide

Villarreal is in a good form in the Europa League, they are unbeaten in their last 12 matches.

Liverpool are also good in Europa, besides their first leg defeat, they are unbeaten in the Europa League this season.

Liverpool are unbeaten in their 6 home games in the Europa League and they have scored in each of their Europa league home games this season.

Liverpool: Team news

Jordan Henderson, Origi and Emre Can are out on injury, while Sakho is banned following a failed dope test.

Danny Ings is back to training but is yet to be certified fit as he might not feature again this season.
Liverpool: Predicted Starting Line-up (4)

Mignolet,
Clyne, Skrtel, Lovren, Moreno;
Milner, Leiva, Allen;
Coutinho, Firmino,Sturridge.

Villarreal: Team News

Eric Bailly will sit out in this game as he hasn’t recovered from the knock he picked up in the first leg. While the 23-year old striker Leo Baptistao is sidelined through a groin injury.
Villarreal: Predicted Starting Line-up (4-4-2)

Areola
Rukavinna, Musacchio, Bonera, Marin
Samuel, Rodrigo, Trigueros, Castillejo
Adrian, Soldado.

Liverpool vs Villarreal: Head to Head Stats

This will be their third game played between these two teams, the two previous meetings have recorded a low turn out of goals as Adrian’s 92nd minute strike last Thursday night has been the only goal scored in games between the two.

Liverpool vs Villarreal: Prediction

Liverpool will be all out to grab a win at home but Villarreal will not be a work over team. The game is expected to be a tough one .

The game is expected be a rough one with many yellow cards or even a red card, the game is also expected to see less goals judging by their last meetings and might go on to extra time or penalties.


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Real Madrid vs Manchester City Preview and Prediction

  12:12 PM    

Manchester City visit the Bernabeu on Wednesday looking to book their place in their first-ever Champions League final when they take on Real Madrid in their semi-final second-leg tie.

Both teams have it all to play for in the Spanish capital after last Tuesday's 0-0 first-leg stalemate at the Etihad Stadium, with England goalkeeper Joe Hart producing a handful of crucial late saves to prevent Zinedine Zidane's side snatching an away goal, or two.


An understrength Citizens side lost 4-2 at the weekend to Southampton in the Premier League, but boss Manuel Pellegrini is expected to recall key players such as Vincent Kompany, Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero after the trio were rested on Sunday at St Mary's Stadium. Tonight's victors will face La Liga joint-leaders Atletico Madrid in the final inside Milan's San Siro on May 28 after Diego Simeone's side brushed past FC Bayern Munich on away goals (Agg 2-2) on Tuesday night. City, who currently sit fourth in the Premier League standings, are currently unbeaten in six Champions League matches - their longest-ever run in the competition. However they have lost three of their last four European visits to Spanish opposition in this tournament, although they did prevail victorious in their last trip at Sevilla during the group stages earlier this season. Citizens boss Pellegrini will be hoping top goalscorer Aguero, who has bagged 28 goals in all competitions so far this term, can halt his Champions League goal drought having not scored since February against Dynamo Kiev in the last-16. In fact, the Argentina ace has failed to register a shot on target in the competition for over 430 minutes. Meanwhile Madrid’s most dangerous threat is back from injury, having missed the first-leg encounter at the Etihad last week. Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the Champions League's all-time top goalscorer with 93 strikes, has seemingly fully recovered from a hamstring strain and trained with the rest of his teammates on Monday. The former Manchester United forward, has netted 47 goals in all competitions this campaign, is also this year's leading scorer in the European elite-club competition with 16 strikes - just one shy of his own record set back in 2013-14. The only previous competitive meeting between Madrid and City at the Bernabeu was during the group stage of the 2012/13 competition, where the English outfit twice lead through goals from Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov, but eventually lost 3-2 thanks to a stoppage-time winner from none other than Ronaldo. Ex-player and Champions League winner Zidane will be hoping to guide his men to a 14th final in the competition as they look to extend an unbeaten nine-game run against English sides in the Champions League.

Team News:
Despite Ronaldo being back, boss Zidane confirmed Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is a doubt after limping off in the first-leg clash with a hamstring problem.
Defensive midfielder Casimero is also facing a race against time to take to the field tonight after suffering a knock against Real Sociedad at the weekend.
Meanwhile for City, fellow midfielder David Silva (hamstring) is certainly ruled out, whilst Samir Nasri is ineligible.
However manager Pellegrini is poised to recall a host of key players that were rested during their weekend visit to Southampton – including the likes of Kompany, De Bruyne and Aguero.
Midfielder Yaya Toure also trained on Tuesday having missed the past two games with a thigh injury.
Unfortunately defender Pablo Zabaleta looks to be sidelined for the next three weeks after admitting he had torn a muscle in his left calf.

League Position: Real Madrid – 3rd (La Liga – 84 pts); Man City – 4th (Premier League – 64 pts)
Previous Meeting: Man City 0-0 Real Madrid – April 26, 2016 (Champions League)

  

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