Valencia duels with Villarreal in La Liga match

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Wed 03.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de Mestalla (54000 seats)

Both Valencia and Villarreal are craving for points in this game, even with the visitors holding a 20 point advantage in the standings.

Insights:
  • Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Villarreal have the most points from losing position (17) in La Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Valencia and Villarreal.

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Valencia form and stats

When playing at home in the La Liga, Valencia have managed 7 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games. When Valencia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Real Betis, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Real Sociedad and FC Barcelona), they have won 2 of 4 matches!

Valencia lost their last game at Cadiz (placed 14th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Defender Diakhaby got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.01/10. Diakhaby won 5 of 5 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Valladolid in a game that was won 2-1.

The Valencia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches.

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Villarreal form and stats

6 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Villarreal playing as the away team in the La Liga this season.

Villarreal had fun at their own home (Estadio de Mestalla) last time out, beating Celta de Vigo 3-1. Jackson (2) and Terrats scored. Jackson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.41. Jackson scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Espanyol.

Goals galore? This team have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all having three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).

Villarreal find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Villarreal have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the participants played each other earlier this season; Villarreal - Valencia 2-1. Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Valencia won six, Villarreal were winners in four and we saw zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealJ. Morales Nogales
J. Morales Nogales
7 goals
VillarrealS. Chukwueze
S. Chukwueze
6 goals
VillarrealN. Jackson
N. Jackson
6 goals

Valencia missing players

Villarreal missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Valencia Villarreal
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 6 16 32
9 7 2 Won W 3 6 16
6 3 0 Drew D 2 3 5
17 6 2 Lost L 1 7 11
35 23 4 Scored S 7 19 46
39 16 2 Conceded C 3 18 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 94%
66% 62% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 72%
47% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 47%
12% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 19% 19%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
47% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 17% 31% 44%
19% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 83% 44% 34%
34% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 28%
 
6.1 7.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 4.9 5.3
4.6 3.3 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.9 4.9
2.4 2.7 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.3
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
12.9 14.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.4 13.5
3.9 4.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 5.1
28% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 28% 28%
 
10.9 8.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 14.1 12.7
4.1 3.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.7 4
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Valencia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Valencia have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Valencia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Villarreal have the most points from losing position (17) in La Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Barcelona 32 25 4 3 59 11 16 13 3 0 32 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 48 79
2 Real Madrid 32 21 5 6 69 30 16 11 4 1 40 14 16 10 1 5 29 16 39 68
3 Atletico Madrid 32 20 6 6 55 25 16 10 3 3 31 13 16 10 3 3 24 12 30 66
4 Real Sociedad 32 17 7 8 41 29 15 8 4 3 19 13 17 9 3 5 22 16 12 58
5 Villarreal 32 16 5 11 46 33 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 3 7 19 18 13 53
6 Real Betis 32 14 7 11 39 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 16 6 3 7 17 22 2 49
7 Athletic Club 31 13 7 11 42 31 16 7 3 6 20 12 15 6 4 5 22 19 11 46
8 Osasuna 32 12 8 12 29 34 16 8 1 7 17 19 16 4 7 5 12 15 -5 44
9 Rayo Vallecano 32 11 10 11 38 41 16 7 5 4 23 18 16 4 5 7 15 23 -3 43
10 Girona 31 11 8 12 48 45 16 9 3 4 31 21 15 2 5 8 17 24 3 41
11 Sevilla 31 11 8 12 38 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 16 5 4 7 18 26 -7 41
12 Mallorca 31 11 7 13 30 34 15 7 4 4 16 11 16 4 3 9 14 23 -4 40
13 Celta de Vigo 32 10 9 13 38 45 16 6 5 5 22 17 16 4 4 8 16 28 -7 39
14 Cadiz 32 8 11 13 25 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 15 3 5 7 9 21 -19 35
15 Real Valladolid 32 10 5 17 29 55 16 7 3 6 18 21 16 3 2 11 11 34 -26 35
16 Almeria 32 9 6 17 40 57 16 8 2 6 24 21 16 1 4 11 16 36 -17 33
17 Valencia 32 9 6 17 35 39 16 7 3 6 23 16 16 2 3 11 12 23 -4 33
18 Espanyol 32 7 10 15 38 53 16 4 5 7 19 25 16 3 5 8 19 28 -15 31
19 Getafe 32 7 10 15 29 42 16 5 5 6 17 18 16 2 5 9 12 24 -13 31
20 Elche 32 3 7 22 24 62 16 2 4 10 15 27 16 1 3 12 9 35 -38 16

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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 FC Barcelona 32 25 4 3 59 11 16 13 3 0 32 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 48 79
2 Real Madrid 32 21 5 6 69 30 16 11 4 1 40 14 16 10 1 5 29 16 39 68
3 Atletico Madrid 32 20 6 6 55 25 16 10 3 3 31 13 16 10 3 3 24 12 30 66
4 Real Sociedad 32 17 7 8 41 29 15 8 4 3 19 13 17 9 3 5 22 16 12 58
5 Villarreal 32 16 5 11 46 33 16 10 2 4 27 15 16 6 3 7 19 18 13 53
6 Real Betis 32 14 7 11 39 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 16 6 3 7 17 22 2 49
7 Athletic Club 31 13 7 11 42 31 16 7 3 6 20 12 15 6 4 5 22 19 11 46
8 Osasuna 32 12 8 12 29 34 16 8 1 7 17 19 16 4 7 5 12 15 -5 44
9 Rayo Vallecano 32 11 10 11 38 41 16 7 5 4 23 18 16 4 5 7 15 23 -3 43
10 Girona 31 11 8 12 48 45 16 9 3 4 31 21 15 2 5 8 17 24 3 41
11 Sevilla 31 11 8 12 38 45 15 6 4 5 20 19 16 5 4 7 18 26 -7 41
12 Mallorca 31 11 7 13 30 34 15 7 4 4 16 11 16 4 3 9 14 23 -4 40
13 Celta de Vigo 32 10 9 13 38 45 16 6 5 5 22 17 16 4 4 8 16 28 -7 39
14 Cadiz 32 8 11 13 25 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 15 3 5 7 9 21 -19 35
15 Real Valladolid 32 10 5 17 29 55 16 7 3 6 18 21 16 3 2 11 11 34 -26 35
16 Almeria 32 9 6 17 40 57 16 8 2 6 24 21 16 1 4 11 16 36 -17 33
17 Valencia 32 9 6 17 35 39 16 7 3 6 23 16 16 2 3 11 12 23 -4 33
18 Espanyol 32 7 10 15 38 53 16 4 5 7 19 25 16 3 5 8 19 28 -15 31
19 Getafe 32 7 10 15 29 42 16 5 5 6 17 18 16 2 5 9 12 24 -13 31
20 Elche 32 3 7 22 24 62 16 2 4 10 15 27 16 1 3 12 9 35 -38 16

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