Match preview for La Liga: Levante - Villarreal at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Ciudad de Valencia (26354 seats)

La Liga: Levante are 26 points short of Villarreal, but are set to go full throttle. Game on!

Insights:
  • Levante have the most conceded goals (58) in La Liga

Levante and Villarreal should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Levante form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the La Liga this season. Levante have only managed 2 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia.

The fans are hoping that Levante will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the match against Osasuna (placed 10th). Martí, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best performer for the team in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.61 (out of 10). Martí scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the match before that, Levante hosted Espanyol and drew the game 1-1.

Levante has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Levante have conceded 22 from these games.

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Villarreal form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Villarreal so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Villarreal are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Villarreal lost away at Cadiz (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

hometeam won

After this away game Villarreal return home for a Champions League game against FC Bayern München. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

Villarreal - Levante 5-0 was the outcome when these two contenders previously played each other, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Levante wins - draws - Villarreal wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
8 goals
VillarrealA. Groeneveld
A. Groeneveld
8 goals
LevanteJ. Morales Nogales
J. Morales Nogales
7 goals

Levante missing players

Villarreal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Levante Villarreal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 6 Played P 4 14 29
3 2 0 Won W 1 3 12
10 7 4 Drew D 1 5 9
16 5 2 Lost L 2 6 8
31 17 5 Scored S 4 13 48
58 22 8 Conceded C 3 13 27
90% 79% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 83%
79% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 50% 62%
52% 43% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 45%
34% 29% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 34%
21% 21% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 21%
52% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 41%
21% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 41%
38% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 57% 34%
 
4.3 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.6 5.4
4.6 4.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6.6 5.4
2.9 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.1
6 5 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.4 11.7 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 11.1 12.7
3.7 4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 4.6
29% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 36%
 
12.5 10.9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 13.1 11.2
5.1 4.1 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 3.5
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Levante have the fewest points (13) at home in La Liga
  • Levante have the most conceded goals (58) in La Liga
  • Levante have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in La Liga
  • Levante have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in La Liga
  • Levante have the the worst goal difference (-27) in La Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 29 20 6 3 59 25 15 10 4 1 32 13 14 10 2 2 27 12 34 66
2 Sevilla 29 15 12 2 40 19 14 10 4 0 28 11 15 5 8 2 12 8 21 57
3 Barcelona 28 15 9 4 56 29 13 9 2 2 31 13 15 6 7 2 25 16 27 54
4 Atlético Madrid 29 16 6 7 53 36 14 9 3 2 25 13 15 7 3 5 28 23 17 54
5 Real Betis 29 15 5 9 50 35 15 8 2 5 27 18 14 7 3 4 23 17 15 50
6 Real Sociedad 29 13 9 7 29 29 14 8 4 2 11 6 15 5 5 5 18 23 0 48
7 Villarreal 29 12 9 8 48 27 15 9 4 2 35 14 14 3 5 6 13 13 21 45
8 Athletic Club 29 10 11 8 33 28 14 7 3 4 23 15 15 3 8 4 10 13 5 41
9 Valencia 29 10 10 9 42 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 40
10 Osasuna 29 10 8 11 29 36 15 4 6 5 14 20 14 6 2 6 15 16 -7 38
11 Celta de Vigo 29 9 9 11 33 32 15 5 4 6 20 19 14 4 5 5 13 13 1 36
12 Espanyol 29 9 9 11 35 41 15 8 4 3 22 16 14 1 5 8 13 25 -6 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 5 14 29 34 15 8 3 4 21 11 13 1 2 10 8 23 -5 32
14 Elche 29 8 8 13 30 40 14 5 5 4 16 15 15 3 3 9 14 25 -10 32
15 Getafe 29 6 11 12 27 33 14 6 4 4 19 13 15 0 7 8 8 20 -6 29
16 Granada 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 4 6 17 22 15 2 6 7 14 24 -15 28
17 Cadiz 29 5 12 12 25 41 15 2 8 5 12 18 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 27
18 Mallorca 29 6 8 15 26 49 15 4 6 5 13 17 14 2 2 10 13 32 -23 26
19 Deportivo Alavés 29 5 7 17 23 48 15 4 4 7 12 18 14 1 3 10 11 30 -25 22
20 Levante 29 3 10 16 31 58 14 2 7 5 17 22 15 1 3 11 14 36 -27 19

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 29 20 6 3 59 25 15 10 4 1 32 13 14 10 2 2 27 12 34 66
2 Sevilla 29 15 12 2 40 19 14 10 4 0 28 11 15 5 8 2 12 8 21 57
3 Barcelona 28 15 9 4 56 29 13 9 2 2 31 13 15 6 7 2 25 16 27 54
4 Atlético Madrid 29 16 6 7 53 36 14 9 3 2 25 13 15 7 3 5 28 23 17 54
5 Real Betis 29 15 5 9 50 35 15 8 2 5 27 18 14 7 3 4 23 17 15 50
6 Real Sociedad 29 13 9 7 29 29 14 8 4 2 11 6 15 5 5 5 18 23 0 48
7 Villarreal 29 12 9 8 48 27 15 9 4 2 35 14 14 3 5 6 13 13 21 45
8 Athletic Club 29 10 11 8 33 28 14 7 3 4 23 15 15 3 8 4 10 13 5 41
9 Valencia 29 10 10 9 42 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 40
10 Osasuna 29 10 8 11 29 36 15 4 6 5 14 20 14 6 2 6 15 16 -7 38
11 Celta de Vigo 29 9 9 11 33 32 15 5 4 6 20 19 14 4 5 5 13 13 1 36
12 Espanyol 29 9 9 11 35 41 15 8 4 3 22 16 14 1 5 8 13 25 -6 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 5 14 29 34 15 8 3 4 21 11 13 1 2 10 8 23 -5 32
14 Elche 29 8 8 13 30 40 14 5 5 4 16 15 15 3 3 9 14 25 -10 32
15 Getafe 29 6 11 12 27 33 14 6 4 4 19 13 15 0 7 8 8 20 -6 29
16 Granada 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 4 6 17 22 15 2 6 7 14 24 -15 28
17 Cadiz 29 5 12 12 25 41 15 2 8 5 12 18 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 27
18 Mallorca 29 6 8 15 26 49 15 4 6 5 13 17 14 2 2 10 13 32 -23 26
19 Deportivo Alavés 29 5 7 17 23 48 15 4 4 7 12 18 14 1 3 10 11 30 -25 22
20 Levante 29 3 10 16 31 58 14 2 7 5 17 22 15 1 3 11 14 36 -27 19

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