La Liga preview and numbers: Villarreal - Real Valladolid at Estadio de la Cerámica

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

Villarreal should be probable winners of this home game vs Real Valladolid, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Villarreal have the most points from losing position (14) in La Liga
  • Real Valladolid have the fewest scored goals (8) away in La Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Villarreal form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 13 La Liga games here at Estadio de la Cerámica for Villarreal. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Villarreal enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Real Madrid's place. The match ended 3-2 with Chukwueze (2) and Morales scoring. The versatile forward Chukwueze outperformed all teammates in that match and got a match rating of 9.11 out of 10. Chukwueze scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Real Sociedad.

Villarreal are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 2 and lost 1.

Villarreal has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Villarreal have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Valladolid form and stats

Real Valladolid have only collected 8 points from their away games in the La Liga, after 2-2-10 (14 played).

Valladolid's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mallorca that finished 3-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Mallorca was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? The draw against Mallorca came from a losing position. The Real Valladolid manager Suárez brought on Monchu as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Pérez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.21. Pérez scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-6 loss visiting Real Madrid's place.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Valladolid, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Real Valladolid has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Villarreal have not lost in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) versus Real Valladolid.

The two combatants have battled previously this season: Real Valladolid - Villarreal 0-3.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealJ. Morales Nogales
J. Morales Nogales
7 goals
VillarrealS. Chukwueze
S. Chukwueze
6 goals
VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
6 goals

Villarreal missing players

Real Valladolid missing players

Villarreal Real Valladolid
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 5 14 28
14 8 4 Won W 1 2 8
5 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
9 3 0 Lost L 4 10 15
37 19 10 Scored S 2 8 23
26 10 3 Conceded C 15 31 47
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
68% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 64%
39% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 57% 50%
14% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 21% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 14%
36% 46% 75% BTTS BTTS 20% 36% 36%
39% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 21%
32% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 57% 50%
 
5.2 5.5 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.9 4.4
4.9 3.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.3 6.1
2.5 2.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.1 2.4
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
12.6 14.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.4 11.1
4.8 5.5 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.5 3.6
27% 26% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 23% 23%
 
12.4 10.5 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 20.4 18.6 15.7
3.9 2.8 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.2 6.9 5.3
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Valladolid have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Real Valladolid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Valladolid have the fewest scored goals (8) away in La Liga
  • Real Valladolid haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Real Valladolid have scored away.
  • Villarreal have the most points from losing position (14) 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 Barcelona 27 23 2 2 53 9 13 11 2 0 27 2 14 12 0 2 26 7 44 71
2 Real Madrid 28 18 5 5 59 24 14 9 4 1 34 12 14 9 1 4 25 12 35 59
3 Atletico Madrid 28 17 6 5 45 20 14 8 3 3 26 11 14 9 3 2 19 9 25 57
4 Real Sociedad 28 15 6 7 37 26 14 7 4 3 17 12 14 8 2 4 20 14 11 51
5 Villarreal 28 14 5 9 37 26 13 8 2 3 19 10 15 6 3 6 18 16 11 47
6 Real Betis 28 13 6 9 34 29 14 7 3 4 19 14 14 6 3 5 15 15 5 45
7 Athletic Club 28 11 7 10 38 29 14 6 3 5 18 11 14 5 4 5 20 18 9 40
8 Osasuna 28 10 8 10 24 28 14 7 1 6 14 15 14 3 7 4 10 13 -4 38
9 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 10 9 33 33 14 5 5 4 19 16 14 4 5 5 14 17 0 37
10 Celta de Vigo 28 9 9 10 36 39 14 5 5 4 21 16 14 4 4 6 15 23 -3 36
11 Girona 27 9 7 11 42 42 14 7 3 4 25 19 13 2 4 7 17 23 0 34
12 Mallorca 28 9 7 12 25 30 14 6 4 4 13 10 14 3 3 8 12 20 -5 34
13 Sevilla 28 8 8 12 33 44 14 5 4 5 18 18 14 3 4 7 15 26 -11 32
14 Cadiz 28 7 10 11 23 40 14 4 6 4 14 19 14 3 4 7 9 21 -17 31
15 Almeria 28 8 6 14 34 48 15 8 2 5 23 19 13 0 4 9 11 29 -14 30
16 Getafe 28 7 9 12 27 36 14 5 4 5 16 16 14 2 5 7 11 20 -9 30
17 Real Valladolid 28 8 5 15 23 47 14 6 3 5 15 16 14 2 2 10 8 31 -24 29
18 Valencia 28 7 6 15 30 34 14 6 3 5 21 13 14 1 3 10 9 21 -4 27
19 Espanyol 28 6 9 13 34 46 14 3 4 7 18 25 14 3 5 6 16 21 -12 27
20 Elche 28 2 7 19 20 57 14 1 4 9 11 25 14 1 3 10 9 32 -37 13

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La Liga is the top professional level of the Spanish football league system. Is is often referred to as the Primera División and is considered one of the absolute top leagues of Europe and the world. 20 teams play 380 fixtures from August to May to create a final league table.