La Liga preview and data: Villarreal - Valencia at Estadio de la Cerámica

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Competition: Spain La Liga
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio de la Cerámica (23500 seats)

Stats, patterns, recent fixtures, form details, head-2-head, team selections and much more: Here's all you should know about Villarreal - Valencia!

Insights:
  • Villarreal have the most scored goals (36) at home in La Liga

It's no vacation for neither Villarreal nor Valencia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Villarreal form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio de la Cerámica as Villarreal have scored 36 goals to get 32 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the La Liga are 9-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Villarreal, who won 2-1 against Getafe (placed 15th). Moreno, an attacker, was the champion performer for the team in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 9.04 (out of 10). Moreno scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.

Goals decide football matches and Villarreal are scoring many of them at home; 36 on target from 16 league matches. Villarreal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio de la Cerámica in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches.

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Valencia form and stats

As the visiting team in La Liga matches, Valencia have produced an overall stat of 5-5-6 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Osasuna with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Diakhaby, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.24. Diakhaby hit one key pass and won 12 of 15 duels.

Before that, Valencia travelled to Rayo Vallecano and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

The schedule is very tough for Valencia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa Del Rey game at Real Betis is waiting in only three days.

The visiting Valencia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Valencia have conceded 26 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Villarreal and Valencia have played each other already this season: Valencia - Villarreal 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Villarreal two wins, zero draws and Valencia eight victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ValenciaG. Ganchinho Guedes
G. Ganchinho Guedes
11 goals
ValenciaC. Soler Barragán
C. Soler Barragán
11 goals
VillarrealG. Moreno Balaguero
G. Moreno Balaguero
9 goals

Villarreal missing players

Valencia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Villarreal Valencia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 3 16 32
13 9 3 Won W 3 5 10
10 5 1 Drew D 0 5 12
9 2 1 Lost L 0 6 10
51 36 12 Scored S 7 21 44
31 15 5 Conceded C 2 26 46
84% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 84%
66% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 75%
44% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 56%
31% 44% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 34%
19% 31% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 31% 22%
44% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 69% 69%
38% 50% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 31% 31%
34% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 16%
 
5.5 6.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 4.4 4.9
5.2 4.1 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.8 4.7
2.1 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.9 3.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
12.7 13.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.1 10.8
4.4 5.9 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.1 4
36% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 32% 34%
 
11.4 9.8 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.1 12.3
3.7 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.9 4.6
Key stats in La Liga this season:
  • 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 the most scored goals (36) at home in La Liga

  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 31 22 6 3 63 26 16 11 4 1 34 13 15 11 2 2 29 13 37 72
2 Barcelona 30 17 9 4 60 31 14 10 2 2 32 13 16 7 7 2 28 18 29 60
3 Sevilla 31 16 12 3 44 22 15 11 4 0 32 13 16 5 8 3 12 9 22 60
4 Atletico Madrid 31 17 6 8 57 38 15 10 3 2 29 14 16 7 3 6 28 24 19 57
5 Real Betis 32 17 6 9 56 37 16 9 2 5 31 19 16 8 4 4 25 18 19 57
6 Real Sociedad 32 15 10 7 32 30 16 9 5 2 12 6 16 6 5 5 20 24 2 55
7 Villarreal 32 13 10 9 51 31 16 9 5 2 36 15 16 4 5 7 15 16 20 49
8 Athletic Club 31 11 12 8 36 30 15 8 3 4 25 16 16 3 9 4 11 14 6 45
9 Osasuna 32 12 8 12 33 41 16 5 6 5 15 20 16 7 2 7 18 21 -8 44
10 Valencia 32 10 12 10 44 46 16 5 7 4 23 20 16 5 5 6 21 26 -2 42
11 Espanyol 31 10 9 12 36 42 16 9 4 3 23 16 15 1 5 9 13 26 -6 39
12 Celta de Vigo 31 9 9 13 34 35 16 5 4 7 21 21 15 4 5 6 13 14 -1 36
13 Elche 32 9 8 15 35 44 16 6 5 5 20 17 16 3 3 10 15 27 -9 35
14 Rayo Vallecano 31 9 7 15 32 38 16 8 4 4 22 12 15 1 3 11 10 26 -6 34
15 Getafe 32 7 11 14 29 37 16 7 4 5 21 15 16 0 7 9 8 22 -8 32
16 Granada 31 6 11 14 35 52 15 4 5 6 19 24 16 2 6 8 16 28 -17 29
17 Mallorca 32 7 8 17 27 53 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 2 2 12 13 36 -26 29
18 Cadiz 31 5 13 13 26 43 16 2 8 6 13 20 15 3 5 7 13 23 -17 28
19 Deportivo Alavés 32 6 7 19 25 53 16 5 4 7 13 18 16 1 3 12 12 35 -28 25
20 Levante 31 4 10 17 35 61 16 3 7 6 21 25 15 1 3 11 14 36 -26 22

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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 Real Madrid 31 22 6 3 63 26 16 11 4 1 34 13 15 11 2 2 29 13 37 72
2 Barcelona 30 17 9 4 60 31 14 10 2 2 32 13 16 7 7 2 28 18 29 60
3 Sevilla 31 16 12 3 44 22 15 11 4 0 32 13 16 5 8 3 12 9 22 60
4 Atletico Madrid 31 17 6 8 57 38 15 10 3 2 29 14 16 7 3 6 28 24 19 57
5 Real Betis 32 17 6 9 56 37 16 9 2 5 31 19 16 8 4 4 25 18 19 57
6 Real Sociedad 32 15 10 7 32 30 16 9 5 2 12 6 16 6 5 5 20 24 2 55
7 Villarreal 32 13 10 9 51 31 16 9 5 2 36 15 16 4 5 7 15 16 20 49
8 Athletic Club 31 11 12 8 36 30 15 8 3 4 25 16 16 3 9 4 11 14 6 45
9 Osasuna 32 12 8 12 33 41 16 5 6 5 15 20 16 7 2 7 18 21 -8 44
10 Valencia 32 10 12 10 44 46 16 5 7 4 23 20 16 5 5 6 21 26 -2 42
11 Espanyol 31 10 9 12 36 42 16 9 4 3 23 16 15 1 5 9 13 26 -6 39
12 Celta de Vigo 31 9 9 13 34 35 16 5 4 7 21 21 15 4 5 6 13 14 -1 36
13 Elche 32 9 8 15 35 44 16 6 5 5 20 17 16 3 3 10 15 27 -9 35
14 Rayo Vallecano 31 9 7 15 32 38 16 8 4 4 22 12 15 1 3 11 10 26 -6 34
15 Getafe 32 7 11 14 29 37 16 7 4 5 21 15 16 0 7 9 8 22 -8 32
16 Granada 31 6 11 14 35 52 15 4 5 6 19 24 16 2 6 8 16 28 -17 29
17 Mallorca 32 7 8 17 27 53 16 5 6 5 14 17 16 2 2 12 13 36 -26 29
18 Cadiz 31 5 13 13 26 43 16 2 8 6 13 20 15 3 5 7 13 23 -17 28
19 Deportivo Alavés 32 6 7 19 25 53 16 5 4 7 13 18 16 1 3 12 12 35 -28 25
20 Levante 31 4 10 17 35 61 16 3 7 6 21 25 15 1 3 11 14 36 -26 22

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