La Liga: Real Madrid expected to win home game against Villarreal

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano (8400 seats)

It's advantage Real Madrid so far with their 2nd position in the La Liga table, welcoming Villarreal who are placed 7th.

Insights:
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Villarreal are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid have performed here at Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano this season with 12 wins from 18 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 3. Madrid haven’t lost a league-game in 17 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Levante, 112 days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Madrid, who won 1-0 against Athletic Club (placed 9th). Luka Modrić (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.34/10. Modrić hit four key passes and had 83 successful passes (of 88 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Granada and winning 4-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Madrid home games with this odds we find 14 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, nine matches were won by at least two goals.

Madrid have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano with 31 goals in 18 league matches. Real Madrid have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Villarreal form and stats

The visitors are W7-D7-L4 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Villarreal goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo Andres is eager to challenge this, with his 213 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Gerard Moreno and Carlos Bacca (3) secured the home win 4-0 against Sevilla in their previous game. The attacker Carlos Bacca got a match rating of 9.41 in that game. Bacca scored three goals and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. As you can tell from the results above, Villarreal was very dominant against Sevilla, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Gerard Moreno and Carlos Bacca (3) providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Carlos Bacca's lethal finishing against Sevilla. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Real Valladolid at their stadium, the result 2-0.

You'll want to know how Villarreal managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Manchester United in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Villarreal's attacking play in away games, having scored 30 goals in 18 league matches away. As opposed to that, Villarreal have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Villarreal - Madrid 1-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Madrid, five draws and one win for Villarreal. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
23 goals
Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
22 goals
Real MadridC. Casimiro
C. Casimiro
6 goals

Real Madrid missing players

Villarreal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Madrid Villarreal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 5 18 37
24 12 5 Won W 0 7 15
9 3 0 Drew D 3 7 13
4 3 1 Lost L 2 4 9
65 31 11 Scored S 2 30 59
27 12 2 Conceded C 8 19 42
89% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 89%
76% 83% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 86%
43% 39% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 56% 57%
27% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 39% 30%
14% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 5%
51% 44% 17% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 65%
46% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 27%
14% 11% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 28% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
13.9 15.3 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 9.5 10.9
4.5 4.4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.7 4.3
39% 39% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 45% 37%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Madrid have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 37 25 8 4 65 24 19 15 3 1 41 11 18 10 5 3 24 13 41 83
2 Real Madrid 37 24 9 4 65 27 18 12 3 3 31 12 19 12 6 1 34 15 38 81
3 Barcelona 37 23 7 7 84 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 18 12 2 4 40 18 46 76
4 Sevilla 37 23 5 9 52 33 18 13 1 4 26 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 19 74
5 Real Sociedad 37 16 11 10 58 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 18 7 5 6 24 17 20 59
6 Real Betis 37 16 10 11 47 48 19 10 5 4 27 21 18 6 5 7 20 27 -1 58
7 Villarreal 37 15 13 9 59 42 19 8 6 5 29 23 18 7 7 4 30 19 17 58
8 Celta de Vigo 37 14 11 12 53 54 18 9 3 6 28 27 19 5 8 6 25 27 -1 53
9 Athletic Club 37 11 13 13 46 40 19 8 6 5 29 19 18 3 7 8 17 21 6 46
10 Granada 37 13 6 18 47 65 18 9 3 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 45
11 Osasuna 37 11 11 15 37 47 18 7 5 6 21 22 19 4 6 9 16 25 -10 44
12 Cadiz 37 11 10 16 34 56 19 5 5 9 17 30 18 6 5 7 17 26 -22 43
13 Valencia 37 10 12 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 18 2 5 11 16 30 -3 42
14 Levante 37 9 13 15 44 55 18 5 8 5 25 28 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 40
15 Deportivo Alaves 37 9 11 17 36 56 19 6 6 7 21 25 18 3 5 10 15 31 -20 38
16 Getafe 37 9 10 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 18 3 4 11 13 30 -15 37
17 Huesca 37 7 12 18 34 53 18 5 6 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 33
18 Elche 37 7 12 18 32 55 18 4 8 6 16 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -23 33
19 Real Valladolid 37 5 16 16 33 55 18 3 7 8 18 28 19 2 9 8 15 27 -22 31
20 Eibar 37 6 12 19 29 51 18 2 7 9 12 20 19 4 5 10 17 31 -22 30

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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 Atletico Madrid 37 25 8 4 65 24 19 15 3 1 41 11 18 10 5 3 24 13 41 83
2 Real Madrid 37 24 9 4 65 27 18 12 3 3 31 12 19 12 6 1 34 15 38 81
3 Barcelona 37 23 7 7 84 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 18 12 2 4 40 18 46 76
4 Sevilla 37 23 5 9 52 33 18 13 1 4 26 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 19 74
5 Real Sociedad 37 16 11 10 58 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 18 7 5 6 24 17 20 59
6 Real Betis 37 16 10 11 47 48 19 10 5 4 27 21 18 6 5 7 20 27 -1 58
7 Villarreal 37 15 13 9 59 42 19 8 6 5 29 23 18 7 7 4 30 19 17 58
8 Celta de Vigo 37 14 11 12 53 54 18 9 3 6 28 27 19 5 8 6 25 27 -1 53
9 Athletic Club 37 11 13 13 46 40 19 8 6 5 29 19 18 3 7 8 17 21 6 46
10 Granada 37 13 6 18 47 65 18 9 3 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 45
11 Osasuna 37 11 11 15 37 47 18 7 5 6 21 22 19 4 6 9 16 25 -10 44
12 Cadiz 37 11 10 16 34 56 19 5 5 9 17 30 18 6 5 7 17 26 -22 43
13 Valencia 37 10 12 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 18 2 5 11 16 30 -3 42
14 Levante 37 9 13 15 44 55 18 5 8 5 25 28 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 40
15 Deportivo Alaves 37 9 11 17 36 56 19 6 6 7 21 25 18 3 5 10 15 31 -20 38
16 Getafe 37 9 10 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 18 3 4 11 13 30 -15 37
17 Huesca 37 7 12 18 34 53 18 5 6 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 33
18 Elche 37 7 12 18 32 55 18 4 8 6 16 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -23 33
19 Real Valladolid 37 5 16 16 33 55 18 3 7 8 18 28 19 2 9 8 15 27 -22 31
20 Eibar 37 6 12 19 29 51 18 2 7 9 12 20 19 4 5 10 17 31 -22 30

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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.