Football betting preview: Villarreal favourites when Granada come to town

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Mon 16.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

This game was marked in the calendar a long time ago by followers of both parties, as it's the first La Liga fixture of the season. Both Villarreal and Granada are aiming for a positive start to their season.

This has all the signs of an interesting match with lots of fun and excitement as both parties are well refreshed since they last played a game. Bring it on!

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Villarreal form and stats

Last season, Villarreal's league statistics were 15 wins, 13 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the La Liga. Over these 38 matches they scored 60 goals and conceded 44. Playing at home last season Villarreal managed 8-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 23 conceded.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Villarreal friendly games in pre-season: Villarreal played six friendlies, won 0, drew 3 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Villarreal scored 9 goals and conceded 12 in these six games.

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Granada form and stats

Let's have a look at how Granada performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 7 draws and 18 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded 65 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 12 with 22/40 goals scored/conceded.

Granada played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these five matches Granada scored 9 and conceded 4 goals.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Villarreal six wins, four draws and Granada zero victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Villarreal missing players

Granada missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villarreal Granada
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Villarreal Last season Granada
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 8   Won W   4 13
13 6   Drew D   3 7
10 5   Lost L   12 18
60 29   Scored S   22 47
44 23   Conceded C   40 65
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
87% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 82%
58% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 61%
29% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   37% 32%
5% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 16%
66% 74%   BTTS BTTS   74% 61%
26% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 24%
18% 11%   Failed to Score F T   16% 21%
 
4.2 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   2.6 3.4
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.9
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.6
5 4   Red cards R C   2 6
 
10.8 12.3   Shots (avg) S (   8.3 9
4.2 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 2.9
38% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cadiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Celta de Vigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Deportivo Alaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Levante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Osasuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rayo Vallecano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Sociedad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sevilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 67 25 19 15 3 1 41 11 19 11 5 3 26 14 42 86
2 Real Madrid 38 25 9 4 67 28 19 13 3 3 33 13 19 12 6 1 34 15 39 84
3 Barcelona 38 24 7 7 85 38 19 11 5 3 44 20 19 13 2 4 41 18 47 79
4 Sevilla 38 24 5 9 53 33 19 14 1 4 27 11 19 10 4 5 26 22 20 77
5 Real Sociedad 38 17 11 10 59 38 19 9 6 4 34 21 19 8 5 6 25 17 21 62
6 Real Betis 38 17 10 11 50 50 19 10 5 4 27 21 19 7 5 7 23 29 0 61
7 Villarreal 38 15 13 10 60 44 19 8 6 5 29 23 19 7 7 5 31 21 16 58
8 Celta de Vigo 38 14 11 13 55 57 19 9 3 7 30 30 19 5 8 6 25 27 -2 53
9 Granada 38 13 7 18 47 65 19 9 4 6 25 25 19 4 3 12 22 40 -18 46
10 Athletic Club 38 11 13 14 46 42 19 8 6 5 29 19 19 3 7 9 17 23 4 46
11 Osasuna 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 7 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 16 25 -11 44
12 Cadiz 38 11 11 16 36 58 19 5 5 9 17 30 19 6 6 7 19 28 -22 44
13 Valencia 38 10 13 15 50 53 19 8 7 4 34 23 19 2 6 11 16 30 -3 43
14 Levante 38 9 14 15 46 57 19 5 9 5 27 30 19 4 5 10 19 27 -11 41
15 Getafe 38 9 11 18 28 43 19 6 6 7 15 13 19 3 5 11 13 30 -15 38
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 9 11 18 36 57 19 6 6 7 21 25 19 3 5 11 15 32 -21 38
17 Elche 38 8 12 18 34 55 19 5 8 6 18 23 19 3 4 12 16 32 -21 36
18 Huesca 38 7 13 18 34 53 19 5 7 7 17 21 19 2 6 11 17 32 -19 34
19 Real Valladolid 38 5 16 17 34 57 19 3 7 9 19 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -23 31
20 Eibar 38 6 12 20 29 52 19 2 7 10 12 21 19 4 5 10 17 31 -23 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 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cadiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Celta de Vigo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Deportivo Alaves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Elche 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Espanyol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Levante 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mallorca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Osasuna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rayo Vallecano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Real Betis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Real Sociedad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sevilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Valencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Villarreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.