La Liga match prediction: Little separates SD Eibar and Villarreal in quality

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Date: Thu 31.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ipurua Municipal Stadium (7083 seats)

Struggling SD Eibar will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Villarreal in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

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SD Eibar form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga for SD Eibar at their home stadium (Ipurua Municipal Stadium) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

SD Eibar lost their last game at Real Valladolid (placed 8th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Barcelona (0-3).

This is expected to be a close game, with SD Eibar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SD Eibar as a small favourite), we find five games. SD Eibar has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.

There will be little rest for SD Eibar after this match as they are travelling to Leganés for a La Liga game in only three days.

SD Eibar have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ipurua Municipal Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches. SD Eibar have conceded 7 from these games.

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Villarreal form and stats

Playing away, Villarreal, who have the most scored goals (24) in La Liga, have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the La Liga this season.

Villarreal won their last game, 4-1 versus Deportivo Alavés played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Espanyol at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Villarreal in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Villarreal, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Villarreal, the La Liga home match versus Athletic Club. Busy days.

Villarreal have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Villarreal in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): SD Eibar 3 wins, 3 draws and Villarreal 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealGerard Moreno
Gerard Moreno
7 goals / 2 assists
VillarrealK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
5 goals / 2 assists
VillarrealSanti Cazorla
Santi Cazorla
4 goals / 4 assists

SD Eibar missing players

Villarreal missing players

SD Eibar Villarreal
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 2 5 10
2 2 0 Won W 2 2 5
3 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 1 Lost L 0 3 3
10 6 0 Scored S 4 7 24
15 7 3 Conceded C 0 6 14
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 90%
50% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 80% 80%
20% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 40%
20% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 30%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 70%
30% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 30%
40% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.7 4.5 2 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 5.2 4.1
4 2.5 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.5 7.2 7
3.3 3.2 5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.4 1.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of SD Eibar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • SD Eibar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SD Eibar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Villarreal have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Villarreal have scored more than double the goals of SD Eibar.
  • Villarreal have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Villarreal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

SD Eibar
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Club Friendlies
All Home Away Home vs top
26-09-19 LAL SD Eibar 3 - 2 Sevilla
29-09-19 LAL SD Eibar 2 - 0 Celta de Vigo
04-10-19 LAL Real Betis 1 - 1 SD Eibar
19-10-19 LAL SD Eibar 0 - 3 Barcelona
26-10-19 LAL Real Valladolid 2 - 0 SD Eibar
31-10-19 LAL SD Eibar 19:00 Villarreal
03-11-19 LAL Leganés 18:30 SD Eibar
09-11-19 LAL SD Eibar 18:30 Real Madrid
24-11-19 LAL SD Eibar 16:00 Deportivo Alavés
01-12-19 LAL Real Sociedad 01:00 SD Eibar
Villarreal
All Copa Del Rey La Liga Europa League
All Home Away Away vs low
24-09-19 LAL Barcelona 2 - 1 Villarreal
27-09-19 LAL Villarreal 5 - 1 Real Betis
05-10-19 LAL Osasuna 2 - 1 Villarreal
20-10-19 LAL Espanyol 0 - 1 Villarreal
25-10-19 LAL Villarreal 4 - 1 Deportivo Alavés
31-10-19 LAL SD Eibar 19:00 Villarreal
03-11-19 LAL Villarreal 14:00 Athletic Club
10-11-19 LAL Mallorca 12:00 Villarreal
24-11-19 LAL Villarreal 18:30 Celta de Vigo
01-12-19 LAL Valencia 01:00 Villarreal

  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 9 6 1 2 23 10 4 4 0 0 16 5 5 2 1 2 7 5 13 19
2 Atlético Madrid 10 5 4 1 10 5 6 3 3 0 7 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 5 19
3 Real Madrid 9 5 3 1 16 9 4 3 1 0 10 5 5 2 2 1 6 4 7 18
4 Villarreal 10 5 2 3 24 14 5 3 2 0 17 8 5 2 0 3 7 6 10 17
5 Granada 9 5 2 2 16 10 4 3 0 1 4 1 5 2 2 1 12 9 6 17
6 Real Sociedad 9 5 1 3 16 10 4 3 0 1 9 3 5 2 1 2 7 7 6 16
7 Sevilla 9 5 1 3 11 11 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 3 0 2 6 7 0 16
8 Real Valladolid 10 3 5 2 10 9 4 1 3 0 4 2 6 2 2 2 6 7 1 14
9 Getafe 9 3 4 2 14 12 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 13
10 Athletic Club 10 3 4 3 8 7 5 3 1 1 6 2 5 0 3 2 2 5 1 13
11 Valencia 9 3 4 2 13 13 5 2 3 0 9 6 4 1 1 2 4 7 0 13
12 Levante 9 3 2 4 10 11 4 2 2 0 5 2 5 1 0 4 5 9 -1 11
13 Osasuna 9 2 5 2 7 8 4 1 3 0 4 3 5 1 2 2 3 5 -1 11
14 Deportivo Alavés 10 3 2 5 8 13 5 3 1 1 5 1 5 0 1 4 3 12 -5 11
15 Mallorca 10 3 1 6 7 13 6 3 1 2 5 4 4 0 0 4 2 9 -6 10
16 SD Eibar 10 2 3 5 10 15 4 2 0 2 6 7 6 0 3 3 4 8 -5 9
17 Celta de Vigo 9 2 3 4 5 11 5 2 1 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 1 5 -6 9
18 Real Betis 9 2 3 4 12 19 5 2 2 1 8 6 4 0 1 3 4 13 -7 9
19 Leganés 10 1 2 7 5 14 6 1 1 4 3 8 4 0 1 3 2 6 -9 5
20 Espanyol 9 1 2 6 4 15 5 0 0 5 1 11 4 1 2 1 3 4 -11 5

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