The home fans plan for a win and three points in this fixture, as the home advantage could be decisive against a stumbling visitor. Villarreal are in 13th spot while the guesting Las Palmas stress at 14th.
- Villarreal have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in La Liga
- Las Palmas have the fewest scored goals (4) in La Liga
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Las Palmas, who are travelling more than 2100 kilometers to play this game.
Villarreal have less rest than Las Palmas in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Estadio de la Cerámica. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Las Palmas have had more rest.
Villarreal form and stats
Villarreal have collected 3 points from their La Liga home games so far after 1-0-3.
Villarreal's previous fixture was a Europa League game also played at their own arena, ending 1-0 versus Rennes. The home side are looking to build on that result. Goalkeeper Reina got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.15 out of ten. Reina saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Villarreal played out a La Liga draw 0-0 when visiting Getafe.Villarreal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de la Cerámica with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Villarreal have conceded 9 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Las Palmas form and stats
0 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Las Palmas playing as the away team in the La Liga this season. It's all red in the travel logs of Las Palmas, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Las Palmas go into this game after a win, the home game against Celta de Vigo that ended 2-1. Cardona came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Celta de Vigo last time out, making the manager Pimienta feel like a tactical genius. Defender Cardona was the best team player with a rating of 8.12. Cardona hit four key passes and won 13 of 18 duels.
A 0-2 defeat away at Real Madrid before that.As opposed to that, Palmas have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Villarreal five wins, three draws and Las Palmas two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sørloth 4 goals |  G. Moreno Balaguero 2 goals |   J. Viera Ramos 2 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Las Palmas missing players
| Villarreal | Las Palmas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 13.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.8 | 11.1 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 33% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 15.8 | 16.8 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 16.8 | 12.5 |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 7 | 4.4 |
- All of Villarreal's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Las Palmas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Las Palmas have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Las Palmas have failed to score a single goal away.
- Las Palmas have lost all their away matches so far.
- Las Palmas have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in La Liga
- Las Palmas have the fewest points (0) away in La Liga
- Las Palmas have the fewest scored goals (0) away in La Liga
- Las Palmas have the fewest scored goals (4) in La Liga
- Las Palmas have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in La Liga
- Las Palmas haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Villarreal have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Villarreal have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Villarreal have scored more than double the goals of Las Palmas.
- Villarreal have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in La Liga
- 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 | Real Madrid | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Girona | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Valencia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Getafe | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Cadiz | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Villarreal | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Las Palmas | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Sevilla | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 16 | Mallorca | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 7 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alavés | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Granada | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 5 |
| 20 | Almeria | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 3 |
