Soccer fixture guide: Home ticketholders with high expectations before Real Madrid - Villarreal

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (81044 seats)

La Liga: A pair of contenders who have performed nicely thus far. Let's get ready for Real Madrid - Villarreal with this thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (57) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Villarreal have scored away.

Real Madrid have less rest than Villarreal in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Del Rey game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Barcelona.

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid have performed here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu this season with 9 wins from 13 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 0. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.

Madrid are returning here after visiting Barcelona in a Copa Del Rey fixture and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Attacking player Benzema edged out all others in that match and was awarded a match rating of 9.43 out of 10. Benzema scored three goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Before that, Real Madrid had a La Liga home game versus Real Valladolid which ended with a victory 6-0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Chelsea in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.

Goals decide football matches and Madrid are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 13 league matches. Real Madrid are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 13 matches.

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Villarreal form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Villarreal are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

232 minutes! That's how long the Villarreal goalkeeper Jose Manuel Reina Paez and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Jackson and Parejo scored in Villarreal's previous match, the home game against Real Sociedad that ended 2-0. Foyth was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.44. The defender Foyth won 9 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Osasuna with the score of 3-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Villarreal have scored 15 goals in 14 league games away.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head match ended Villarreal - Real Madrid 2-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Real Madrid victories, five draws and one Villarreal win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
14 goals
Real MadridV. Júnior
V. Júnior
8 goals
MadridF. Valverde Dipetta
F. Valverde Dipetta
7 goals

Real Madrid missing players

Villarreal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Madrid Villarreal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 14 27
18 9 2 Won W 1 5 13
5 4 2 Drew D 0 3 5
4 0 0 Lost L 3 6 9
57 32 6 Scored S 2 15 34
21 9 3 Conceded C 5 14 24
93% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
85% 92% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 67%
59% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 37%
33% 46% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 11%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
59% 69% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 21% 33%
37% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 41%
11% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 33%
 
6 6.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.9 5.2
4.2 2.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6 4.8
1.9 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
18 20.4 17 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 10.6 12.5
6.5 7.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 4.7
32% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 27% 27%
 
11 9 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 13.6 12.1
3.2 2.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.8 3.9
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Madrid have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Real Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Villarreal have scored away.
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (32) at home in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals (57) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in La Liga
  • Real Madrid have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 27 18 5 4 57 21 13 9 4 0 32 9 14 9 1 4 25 12 36 59
3 Atletico Madrid 27 16 6 5 43 19 14 8 3 3 26 11 13 8 3 2 17 8 24 54
4 Real Sociedad 27 14 6 7 35 26 13 6 4 3 15 12 14 8 2 4 20 14 9 48
5 Real Betis 27 13 6 8 34 27 13 7 3 3 19 12 14 6 3 5 15 15 7 45
6 Villarreal 27 13 5 9 34 24 13 8 2 3 19 10 14 5 3 6 15 14 10 44
7 Athletic Club 27 10 7 10 36 28 14 6 3 5 18 11 13 4 4 5 18 17 8 37
8 Rayo Vallecano 27 9 10 8 32 31 13 5 5 3 18 14 14 4 5 5 14 17 1 37
9 Osasuna 27 9 8 10 22 27 13 6 1 6 12 14 14 3 7 4 10 13 -5 35
10 Celta de Vigo 27 9 8 10 34 37 14 5 5 4 21 16 13 4 3 6 13 21 -3 35
11 Girona 27 9 7 11 42 42 14 7 3 4 25 19 13 2 4 7 17 23 0 34
12 Mallorca 27 9 6 12 22 27 14 6 4 4 13 10 13 3 2 8 9 17 -5 33
13 Sevilla 27 8 7 12 31 42 13 5 3 5 16 16 14 3 4 7 15 26 -11 31
14 Getafe 27 7 9 11 27 34 14 5 4 5 16 16 13 2 5 6 11 18 -7 30
15 Cadiz 27 6 10 11 21 40 14 4 6 4 14 19 13 2 4 7 7 21 -19 28
16 Real Valladolid 27 8 4 15 20 44 13 6 2 5 12 13 14 2 2 10 8 31 -24 28
17 Almeria 27 7 6 14 32 47 14 7 2 5 21 18 13 0 4 9 11 29 -15 27
18 Valencia 27 7 6 14 29 32 14 6 3 5 21 13 13 1 3 9 8 19 -3 27
19 Espanyol 27 6 9 12 33 44 13 3 4 6 17 23 14 3 5 6 16 21 -11 27
20 Elche 27 2 7 18 19 55 14 1 4 9 11 25 13 1 3 9 8 30 -36 13

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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 Barcelona 27 23 2 2 53 9 13 11 2 0 27 2 14 12 0 2 26 7 44 71
2 Real Madrid 27 18 5 4 57 21 13 9 4 0 32 9 14 9 1 4 25 12 36 59
3 Atletico Madrid 27 16 6 5 43 19 14 8 3 3 26 11 13 8 3 2 17 8 24 54
4 Real Sociedad 27 14 6 7 35 26 13 6 4 3 15 12 14 8 2 4 20 14 9 48
5 Real Betis 27 13 6 8 34 27 13 7 3 3 19 12 14 6 3 5 15 15 7 45
6 Villarreal 27 13 5 9 34 24 13 8 2 3 19 10 14 5 3 6 15 14 10 44
7 Athletic Club 27 10 7 10 36 28 14 6 3 5 18 11 13 4 4 5 18 17 8 37
8 Rayo Vallecano 27 9 10 8 32 31 13 5 5 3 18 14 14 4 5 5 14 17 1 37
9 Osasuna 27 9 8 10 22 27 13 6 1 6 12 14 14 3 7 4 10 13 -5 35
10 Celta de Vigo 27 9 8 10 34 37 14 5 5 4 21 16 13 4 3 6 13 21 -3 35
11 Girona 27 9 7 11 42 42 14 7 3 4 25 19 13 2 4 7 17 23 0 34
12 Mallorca 27 9 6 12 22 27 14 6 4 4 13 10 13 3 2 8 9 17 -5 33
13 Sevilla 27 8 7 12 31 42 13 5 3 5 16 16 14 3 4 7 15 26 -11 31
14 Getafe 27 7 9 11 27 34 14 5 4 5 16 16 13 2 5 6 11 18 -7 30
15 Cadiz 27 6 10 11 21 40 14 4 6 4 14 19 13 2 4 7 7 21 -19 28
16 Real Valladolid 27 8 4 15 20 44 13 6 2 5 12 13 14 2 2 10 8 31 -24 28
17 Almeria 27 7 6 14 32 47 14 7 2 5 21 18 13 0 4 9 11 29 -15 27
18 Valencia 27 7 6 14 29 32 14 6 3 5 21 13 13 1 3 9 8 19 -3 27
19 Espanyol 27 6 9 12 33 44 13 3 4 6 17 23 14 3 5 6 16 21 -11 27
20 Elche 27 2 7 18 19 55 14 1 4 9 11 25 13 1 3 9 8 30 -36 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.