This match features two teams living in the basement of the La Liga, Girona holding 14th place and Villarreal lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Girona form and stats
With 2 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Girona, who have the fewest points (12) at home in La Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Girona are slowly digging their own grave here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Deportivo Alaves match. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Girona to get some points in this home game.The Girona fans got no joy from their last match, a La Liga game also here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi: A 1-2 defeat against Espanyol. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Atletico Madrid.
This is expected to be a close game, with Girona perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Girona as a small favourite), we find four games. Girona has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Girona here at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi, with less than one goal per game on average (15 from 16 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Girona defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
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 3-5-7 (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 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Real Betis. Ahead of that game was the 4-4 draw at home against Barcelona.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Villarreal in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Villarreal, 9 draws and 8 defeats.
Villarreal are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 15 games. 21 goals have been conceded by Villarreal in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Villarreal - Girona 0-1. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 3 Girona victories, 0 draws and 2 Villarreal wins.Top Goalscorers
  C. Stuani 18 goals |   K. Toko Ekambi 8 goals / 1 assists |  Portu 6 goals / 2 assists |
Girona missing players
Villarreal missing players
| Girona | Villarreal | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | Played | 15 | 31 |
| 33 | 15 | Scored | 15 | 39 |
| 43 | 25 | Conceded | 21 | 45 |
| 87% | 81% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 87% |
| 74% | 75% | Over 1.5 | 73% | 77% |
| 42% | 44% | Over 2.5 | 53% | 58% |
| 26% | 25% | Over 3.5 | 27% | 29% |
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 10% |
| 52% | 62% | Both teams to score | 40% | 58% |
| 26% | 19% | Clean Sheet | 40% | 26% |
| 35% | 38% | Failed To Score | 40% | 29% |
- Girona is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 31 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 81 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 50 | 73 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 62 |
| 3 | Real Madrid | 31 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 60 |
| 4 | Getafe | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | Sevilla | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 49 |
| 6 | Valencia | 31 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 46 |
| 7 | Deportivo Alavés | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 45 |
| 8 | Athletic Club | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 43 |
| 9 | Real Betis | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 40 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | -4 | 43 |
| 10 | Real Sociedad | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -1 | 40 |
| 11 | Leganés | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -4 | 40 |
| 12 | Eibar | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -2 | 39 |
| 13 | Espanyol | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 38 |
| 14 | Girona | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | -10 | 34 |
| 15 | Levante | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | -12 | 33 |
| 16 | Celta de Vigo | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 53 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -8 | 32 |
| 17 | Villarreal | 31 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -6 | 30 |
| 18 | Real Valladolid | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 30 |
| 19 | Rayo Vallecano | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 20 | Huesca | 31 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 32 | -20 | 24 |
