Match preview: Home crowd has big expectations when Villarreal greet Real Betis

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 13.Aug
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

A new La Liga adventure is about to start and this is the first proper game for Villarreal and Real Betis. Get ready!

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Villarreal form and stats

Last season, Villarreal's league stats were 19 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses, leading to 5th position in the La Liga. Over these 38 matches they scored {59 goals} and let in 40. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Villarreal delivered 12-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with {36 goals} and 18 conceded.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Villarreal's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 5 matches, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Villarreal have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and seven practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Villarreal scored {6 goals} and let in {18 goals} during these seven games.

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Real Betis form and stats

Let's have a look at how Real Betis performed last season in the La Liga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 9 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 20/23 goals scored/conceded.

Just as the home team, Real Betis have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Real Betis win, 1 draw and 4 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Villarreal won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Real Betis got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Villarreal missing players

Real Betis missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villarreal Real Betis
Total Home vs low 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%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Villarreal Last season Real Betis
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
19 12   Won W   8 17
7 3   Drew D   4 9
12 4   Lost L   7 12
59 36   Scored S   20 46
40 18   Conceded C   23 41
95% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
76% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 61%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 21%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 11%
50% 58%   BTTS BTTS   42% 47%
32% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 34%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   42% 34%
 
5.5 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4
4.8 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.5
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
4 3   Red cards R C   6 15
 
13.6 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.2
5.3 6.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
29% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 29%
 
12.7 11.3   Shots against (avg) S A   12.8 12.3
4.1 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Almería 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atletico Madrid 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 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Girona 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 Las Palmas 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 Barcelona 38 28 4 6 70 20 19 15 3 1 37 4 19 13 1 5 33 16 50 88
2 Real Madrid 38 24 6 8 75 36 19 13 5 1 44 16 19 11 1 7 31 20 39 78
3 Atletico Madrid 38 23 8 7 70 33 19 13 3 3 41 15 19 10 5 4 29 18 37 77
4 Real Sociedad 38 21 8 9 51 35 19 11 5 3 26 16 19 10 3 6 25 19 16 71
5 Villarreal 38 19 7 12 59 40 19 12 3 4 36 18 19 7 4 8 23 22 19 64
6 Real Betis 38 17 9 12 46 41 19 9 5 5 26 18 19 8 4 7 20 23 5 60
7 Osasuna 38 15 8 15 37 42 19 11 1 7 24 21 19 4 7 8 13 21 -5 53
8 Athletic Club 38 14 9 15 47 43 19 8 3 8 22 15 19 6 6 7 25 28 4 51
9 Mallorca 38 14 8 16 37 43 19 10 5 4 22 12 19 4 3 12 15 31 -6 50
10 Girona 38 13 10 15 58 55 19 10 3 6 35 26 19 3 7 9 23 29 3 49
11 Rayo Vallecano 38 13 10 15 45 53 19 9 5 5 28 22 19 4 5 10 17 31 -8 49
12 Sevilla 38 13 10 15 47 54 19 7 5 7 24 25 19 6 5 8 23 29 -7 49
13 Celta de Vigo 38 11 10 17 43 53 19 7 6 6 26 21 19 4 4 11 17 32 -10 43
14 Cadiz 38 10 12 16 30 53 19 7 6 6 19 23 19 3 6 10 11 30 -23 42
15 Valencia 38 11 9 18 42 45 19 8 5 6 27 19 19 3 4 12 15 26 -3 42
16 Getafe 38 10 12 16 34 45 19 7 6 6 21 20 19 3 6 10 13 25 -11 42
17 Almería 38 11 8 19 49 65 19 10 3 6 29 22 19 1 5 13 20 43 -16 41
18 Real Valladolid 38 11 7 20 33 63 19 8 4 7 21 25 19 3 3 13 12 38 -30 40
19 Espanyol 38 8 13 17 52 69 19 4 7 8 27 35 19 4 6 9 25 34 -17 37
20 Elche 38 5 10 23 30 67 19 3 6 10 18 29 19 2 4 13 12 38 -37 25

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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 Almería 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Atletico Madrid 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 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Getafe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Girona 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 Las Palmas 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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