The Villarreal & Real Madrid managers U. Emery Etxegoien and Z. Zidane are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the La Liga league table.
Villarreal and Real Madrid should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Villarreal form and stats
Villarreal, who have the most points (13) at home in La Liga, have collected 13 points from their La Liga home games so far after 4-1-0. After failing to beat Huesca here at Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
It's back home for Villarreal, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Getafe away with the result 3-1. Manu Trigueros, Gerard Moreno and Paco Alcácer found the net in that victory. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The Villarreal manager U. Emery Etxegoien has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. Villarreal have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Real Madrid form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Real Madrid, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-4 versus Valencia (placed 9th). Before that, Real Madrid secured a home win against Inter with the score 3-2.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Champions League trip to Inter.
Real Madrid are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Madrid have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Villarreal two wins, four draws and Real Madrid four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Alcácer García 5 goals |  G. Moreno Balaguero 4 goals |   K. Benzema 4 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Real Madrid missing players
| Villarreal | Real Madrid | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 78% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 88% |
| 78% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 62% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 56% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 38% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | 67 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 78 | 119 |
| 38 | 28 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 28 | 40 |
| 34% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 35% |
- All of Villarreal's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Real Madrid have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Villarreal has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in La Liga
- Villarreal has the most points (13) at home in La Liga
- Villarreal have not yet lost a game at home.
- Villarreal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Villarreal have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Villarreal haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Real Sociedad | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 2 | Villarreal | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Granada | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Cadiz | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 8 | Barcelona | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | Valencia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Getafe | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Elche | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Sevilla | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Osasuna | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Athletic Club | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Deportivo Alaves | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Eibar | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Levante | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | Real Valladolid | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 20 | Huesca | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |