Villarreal are set for a new task after their 2-1 vs Guijuelo in the previous match. Valencia are coming to town!
- Villarreal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Valencia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
Villarreal and Valencia 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
3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the La Liga numbers at home for Villarreal so far this season.
Villarreal are returning here after visiting Guijuelo in a Copa Del Rey game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Mandi, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Mandi hit two key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.
Before that game, a nice away victory at Santa Amalia. A Copa Del Rey match. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Villarreal have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
It should be considered that a peek at the 14 most recent league matches shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Villarreal as they are travelling to their away game against FC Cartagena in the Copa Del Rey. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Villarreal in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. From these home matches, Villarreal have conceded only 4 goals.
Valencia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Valencia so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Valencia has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Impressive finishing from Guillamón, Kluivert and Almeida secured the home win 3-0 against Real Betis in their previous game. That win felt nice as this club had gone five league rounds without victory. Gayà was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.33. The defender Gayà served one assist, hit four key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Real Sociedad that ended 1-1.We have checked recent matches where Valencia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Valencia have another match away in just three days, a Copa Del Rey game versus La Nucia. A difficult programme for the visiting team!
Valencia have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Valencia have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Villarreal won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Valencia managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Rodríguez 4 goals |   E. Cavani 4 goals |  A. Groeneveld 2 goals |
Villarreal missing players
Valencia missing players
| Villarreal | Valencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 71% |
| 29% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 7% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 14% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 57% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 50% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 5.4 | 7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 5 | 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.3 | 4.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.6 | 13.8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 13.7 | 14.2 |
| 4.7 | 6.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 23% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | 32% |
| 12.7 | 10.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 13.2 | 10.6 |
| 4.2 | 2.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
- All of Villarreal's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Valencia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Valencia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | FC Barcelona | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 28 | 37 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Real Sociedad | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Athletic Club | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 24 |
| 5 | Atletico Madrid | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Osasuna | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Valencia | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 11 | Mallorca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 12 | Real Valladolid | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | Girona | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Almeria | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Getafe | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Espanyol | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 18 | Sevilla | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 11 |
| 20 | Elche | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 4 |
