Villarreal welcomes Real Madrid for a face in match day 24 at Estadio de la Cerámica of the Spanish top flight, the La Liga this Saturday. Showdown is scheduled for February 12th 2022 at 18:15 EAT.
Villarreal have impressed in front of their own supporters this season, picking up 24 points from 12 matches, recording seven wins in the process, which is the fourth-best record in the division at the moment. They are in good form, and are also the current Europa champions. However, they are about to lock horns with a clear superior here.
Villarreal get into this fixture in high spirits following a 0-2 La Liga success against Real Betis in their last game. In that match, Villarreal had 39% possession, nine shots with three of them on target and goals scored by Pau Torres (41′) and Étienne Capoue (83′). Real Betis got nine shots with three of them on target.
Real Madrid has maintained an authority at the top of the table, and it seems they are determined to go all the way and replace arch-rivals Atleti as the league champions. Coming into this game, they have picked up three wins a draw and a loss in the last five games both home and away. In the last five games both scored in three games and Madrid scored nine goals.
La Casa Blanca takes this trip to Estadio de la Ceramica after 1-0 La Liga triumph versus Granada in their last outing. In that game, they had 66% possession, 24 shots with 11 of them on target and a goal scored by Marco Asensio (74′). Granada CF got seven shots with three of them on target.
Villarreal vs Real Madrid head to head
In the 43 head-to-head encounters between the two sides since 1998, Real Madrid has 24 victories; there have been 15 draws while Villarreal will be looking for their 5th success over this opponent.
- Real Madrid 0-0 Villarreal 25/09/21
- Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal 22/05/21
- Villarreal 1-1 Real Madrid 21/11/20
- Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal 16/07/20
- Villarreal 2-2 Real Madrid 01/09/19
Home
- Real Betis 0-2 Villarreal
- Villarreal 3-0 Mallorca
- Elche 1-0 Villarreal
- Villarreal 2-2 Atletico
- Gijon 2-1 Villarreal
Away
- Real Madrid 1-0 Granada
- Bilbao 1-0 Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 2-2 Elche
- Elche 1-2 Real Madrid
- Real Madrid 2-0 Bilbao
Villarreal team news
Francis Coquelin, Paco Alcácer and Rubén Peña are not available for Villarreal boss Unai Emery with injuries.
Real Madrid team news
The visitors are likely to be without both Karim Benzema and Ferland Mendy through injuries while Vinicius Junior is unavailable again following suspension.
Prediction and odds
While Real Madrid is the leader in the league and certainly the better team on paper, we can see this game ending in a draw as Villarreal is also a very good team especially while they are playing at home.
- Draw
- Real Madrid Win
- Goals under 2.5
