La Liga preview: Can Villarreal edge out victory against Real Betis?

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

5th position in the La Liga table for Villarreal so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 7th-placed Real Betis visits Estadio de la Cerámica.

Insights:
  • Villarreal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Real Betis has the most conceded goals (37) in La Liga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Villarreal form and stats

The story so far in the La Liga for Villarreal at their home stadium (Estadio de la Cerámica) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats. In general it's been a long time since Villarreal tasted defeat here at Estadio de la Cerámica, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Villarreal has four draws from their last four matches.

Villarreal manager U. Emery Etxegoien and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Elche (placed 19th) in the La Liga. A Copa Del Rey defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Levante (after extra-time).

Opportunity lost for Villarreal in the Elche match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Villarreal handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and two defeats.

Villarreal are traveling soon after this match as the Europa League match at Salzburg awaits in four days.

Villarreal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio de la Cerámica with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Villarreal have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Betis form and stats

The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (37) in La Liga, are W4-D1-L6 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a La Liga home defeat versus Barcelona with 2-3 on the scoreboard. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Athletic Club (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) in the Copa Del Rey.

Betis are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and eight defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Betis have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Betis, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Real Betis - Villarreal 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Villarreal, two draws and two wins for Real Betis. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
12 goals
Real BetisS. Canales Madrazo
S. Canales Madrazo
7 goals
VillarrealF. Alcácer García
F. Alcácer García
5 goals

Villarreal missing players

Real Betis missing players

Villarreal Real Betis
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
8 5 2 Won W 0 4 9
12 6 2 Drew D 1 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 2 6 10
31 17 7 Scored S 4 14 29
22 10 5 Conceded C 9 22 37
82% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 86%
45% 45% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 45% 45%
32% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 32%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 18%
64% 82% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 27% 41%
27% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 32%
27% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.1 2.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 2 4 5
 
10.5 12 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.5 11.3
3.9 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.9
36% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 34%
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • Real Betis has the most conceded goals (37) in La Liga
  • Real Betis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Villarreal have not yet lost a game at home.

  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 19 16 2 1 40 10 10 9 1 0 24 3 9 7 1 1 16 7 30 50
2 Barcelona 21 13 4 4 44 20 10 6 3 1 23 11 11 7 1 3 21 9 24 43
3 Real Madrid 21 13 4 4 37 19 9 6 0 3 16 7 12 7 4 1 21 12 18 43
4 Sevilla 21 13 3 5 31 16 10 7 1 2 18 7 11 6 2 3 13 9 15 42
5 Villarreal 22 8 12 2 31 22 11 5 6 0 17 10 11 3 6 2 14 12 9 36
6 Real Sociedad 22 9 8 5 36 20 11 4 5 2 18 10 11 5 3 3 18 10 16 35
7 Real Betis 22 9 3 10 29 37 11 5 2 4 15 15 11 4 1 6 14 22 -8 30
8 Granada 22 8 6 8 26 36 11 6 3 2 16 13 11 2 3 6 10 23 -10 30
9 Levante 21 6 9 6 31 31 10 4 5 1 18 14 11 2 4 5 13 17 0 27
10 Athletic Club 21 7 4 10 28 26 11 6 1 4 19 10 10 1 3 6 9 16 2 25
11 Celta de Vigo 21 6 7 8 24 31 10 5 1 4 15 17 11 1 6 4 9 14 -7 25
12 Valencia 22 5 9 8 28 30 11 3 5 3 16 14 11 2 4 5 12 16 -2 24
13 Getafe 21 6 6 9 17 26 11 4 3 4 9 8 10 2 3 5 8 18 -9 24
14 Cadiz 22 6 6 10 20 35 11 2 4 5 11 17 11 4 2 5 9 18 -15 24
15 Osasuna 22 5 7 10 21 31 11 4 3 4 13 15 11 1 4 6 8 16 -10 22
16 Deportivo Alaves 22 5 7 10 19 29 12 3 4 5 10 15 10 2 3 5 9 14 -10 22
17 SD Eibar 22 4 8 10 18 25 11 1 4 6 5 12 11 3 4 4 13 13 -7 20
18 Real Valladolid 22 4 8 10 21 33 11 2 4 5 12 19 11 2 4 5 9 14 -12 20
19 Elche 20 3 9 8 18 28 11 1 6 4 10 17 9 2 3 4 8 11 -10 18
20 Huesca 22 2 10 10 18 32 11 1 5 5 6 12 11 1 5 5 12 20 -14 16

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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.