Most experts are most impressed by Villarreal so far this season, with their 5th position in the La Liga table and looking forward to facing Girona (who are sitting at 11th).
- Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Girona have the most points from losing position (12) in La Liga
The hosts Villarreal saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Copa Del Rey. Thankfully the previous game, versus Real Madrid, was also a home game here at Estadio de la Cerámica. The away team is better rested.
Villarreal form and stats
Villarreal are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Estadio de la Cerámica. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Villarreal has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio de la Cerámica, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Villarreal regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a Copa Del Rey duel also played here at Estadio de la Cerámica: A 2-3 defeat against Real Madrid. Torres, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Torres won 4 of 6 duels.
A 1-1 draw away in the La Liga before that, with Celta de Vigo the opponent.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Villarreal's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Villarreal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de la Cerámica with 13 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Villarreal have conceded only 6 goals.
Girona form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Girona so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Girona had fun at their own home (Estadio de la Cerámica) last time out, beating Sevilla 2-1. Herrera and Stuani scored. Herrera came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sevilla last time out, making the manager Muñoz feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder García was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.9. García hit six key passes and had 67 successful passes (of 69 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Espanyol.Observe that 10 of this side's 13 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
Girona are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Girona struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's five Villarreal victories, zero draws and three Girona wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Stuani Curbelo 5 goals |   A. Rodríguez 4 goals |  G. Moreno Balaguero 4 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Girona missing players
| Villarreal | Girona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 35% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 62% | 65% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 29% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 41% | 29% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 41% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 5.2 | 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 5.3 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 14.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 11.8 | 13.9 |
| 4.8 | 6.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 25% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | 29% |
| 13.2 | 11.6 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.9 | 11.6 |
| 4.2 | 2.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
- All of Villarreal's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Girona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Girona have the most points from losing position (12) in La Liga
- Girona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Villarreal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Villarreal haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 38 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | Mallorca | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Girona | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Valencia | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 13 | Almeria | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Getafe | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -16 | 16 |
| 19 | Sevilla | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 20 | Elche | 17 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -24 | 5 |
