La Liga: The middle-of-the-table spots shows the journey Villarreal and Almería have been on so far. Both contenders are eager to play; bring it!
- Villarreal have not yet lost a game at home.
- Almería have yet to win a game away.
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 Villarreal and Almería.
Villarreal form and stats
Villarreal have collected seven points from their first three La Liga games here at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, a promising start.
The club members are hoping that Villarreal will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against FC Barcelona (placed 2nd). Villarreal lost the game against FC Barcelona in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that. Parejo (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.33/10. Parejo hit one key pass and had 36 successful passes (of 43 total).
Before that, Villarreal had a home game versus Osasuna which ended with a victory 2-0.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 Villarreal home games with this odds we find 8 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 6 matches were won by at least two goals.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 10 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hapoel Be'er Sheva are coming to town in four days.
Villarreal can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. As for guarding their own goal, Villarreal have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Almería form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. A depressing four defeats in a row for Almería in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Elche.
The followers enjoyed Almería's previous game versus Girona (placed 18th), a 3-2 win played at home. Touré has scored for the visitors three matches in a row. The skill! Midfielder Baptistão was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.4. Baptistão scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A 1-3 defeat away at Real Betis before that.Almería are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 5 away games.
Head 2 Head
Villarreal have won or drawn the last 10 matches (6-4-0) versus Almería.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Baena 3 goals |   E. Toure 3 goals |  A. Danjuma 2 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Almería missing players
| Villarreal | Almería | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 10% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 10% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| 5.1 | 6.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 5.4 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 6.6 | 7.1 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.3 | 15 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 9 | 9.7 |
| 5.1 | 7.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 24% | 30% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 28% |
| 12.1 | 10.7 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 12.6 | 14.9 |
| 3.7 | 1.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
- All of Villarreal's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almería have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Almería have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Almería have yet to win a game away.
- Almería haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Villarreal have not yet lost a game at home.
- Villarreal have won significantly more corners at 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | FC Barcelona | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Valencia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 13 | Almería | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Celta de Vigo | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | Getafe | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 9 |
| 18 | Girona | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 8 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -13 | 7 |
| 20 | Elche | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -18 | 3 |
