Valencia and Villarreal are set to start the preparations for the 2021-22 La Liga campaign when they face off in their first friendly match this Friday at the Oliva Nova Beach and Golf Resort with kickoff at 19:00.
This will the first friendly match for both sides with Valencia planning to have five friendlies before the kickoff of La Liga in mid-August whereas Villarreal have planned to have two friendlies before meeting up with Chelsea in UEFA Super Cup match on August 11th.
Valencia will head into the friendly off the back of a 0-0 draw against Huesca in a La Liga match back in May. The Bats ended the last campaign in the 13th position with 43 points and a goal difference of -3. Therefore, Jose Bordalas will aim to getting his managerial stint with club off to a strong start in Friday’s clash.
Villarreal on the other hand finished off their season in a style with their first international trophy after a 1:1 draw after extra time and an incredible 11:10 score after penalties which saw Villarreal lift the UEFA Europa League cup for the first time over Manchester United.
The Yellow Submarine finished their last La Liga campaign in the seventh position with 58 points and will aim to pick up where they left with a win in the Friday’s match.
Valencia vs Villarreal head to head
Both sides have 58 matches between them since 1998 with Valencia winning 22 matches while Villarreal have 19 wins and 10 matches ended in draw. Here are the results from their previous encounters;
- Valencia 2-1 Villarreal Mar 05, 2021
- Villarreal 2-1 Valencia Oct 18, 2020
- Villarreal 1-2 Valencia Aug 28, 2020
- Villarreal 2-0 Valencia Jun 28, 2020
- Valencia 2-1 Villarreal Nov 30, 2019
Home
- Huesca 0-0 Valencia
- Valencia 4-1 Eibar
- Sevilla 1-0 Valencia
- Valencia 3-0 Valladolid
- Valencia 2-3 Barcelona
Away
- Villarreal 11-10 Manchester United
- Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal
- Villarreal 4-0 Sevilla
- Valladolid 0-2 Villarreal
- Villarreal 2-4 Celta Vigo
Valencia team news
Valencia have injury worries heading into the match. However, Jose Gaya, Daniel Wass, Denis Cheryshev, Goncalo Guedes, Carlos Soler, Maximiliano Gomez and Kang-in Lee will all be unavailable having been involved in international duties with their respective nations.
Villarreal team news
Villarreal will be without Samuel Chukwueze who is currently recovering from an injury he picked at the end of last season. Pau Torres, Pervis Estupina and Gerald Moreno are unavailable having been involved in international duties with their respective countries.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
