Villarreal will be looking for their fourth successive La Liga victory when they welcome Levante to Estadio de la Ceramica on Monday.
The hosts are currently sitting 10th in the table, having collected 25 points from their opening 18 matches of the season, while Levante are bottom of the division, picking up just eight points from 18 matches.
Villarreal have have struggled for consistencey in La Liga this season, but Unai Emery’s side will enter Monday’s clash off the back of a three-game winning streak in the league.
They have won their last five games across all competitions, having also defeated Atalanta BC in the Champions League on December 9 and Sanluqueno in the Copa del Rey on December 15.
Emery’s side have been victorious in their last three league matches against Levante, including a 5-1 victory when the two teams met back in April, while they also won 2-1 at home last season.
As for Levante, they are still yet to win in any match in La Liga this season, drawing eight of their 18 matches, lost the other 10, to sit bottom of the table with 8 points.
They are currently seven points behind 17th-placed Elche, and there is still more games to be played, but it is a real concern as they are still looking for their first victory.
Levante have picked just one point from their last four league matches, losing to Real Betis, Espanyol and Valencia, in addition to sharing points with Osasuna in a goalless draw.
Granotes, who were knocked out of the Copa delRey by Alcoyano on penalties on December 14, have finished 15th twice, 12th and 14th in La Liga since being promoted back to this level, and they are very much in a relegation battle at this stage of the season.
Villarreal vs Levante head to head
The two Spanish teams have previously had 36 encounters across all competitions, with Villarreal being victorious in 22 while Levante have 9, and they have drawn in 5. Villarreal have scored 60 goals and conceded 31. They have drawn 0-0 in their last encounter in a club friendly match.
Villarreal 1-2 Levante 05/09/20
Villarreal 2-1 Levante 02/01/21
Levante (E)1-0 Villarreal 03/02/21
Levante 1-5 Villarreal 18/04/21
Villarreal 0-0 Levante 29/07/21
Villarreal latest home form
Villarreal have most recently been on a good form at home, having won in their last two matches, scoring 7 goals and conceding 2 after defeating Rayo Vallecano and Alaves. Although, they have recently lost to Barcelona in the league and Manchester United in the Champions League on November 23.
Villarreal 1-0 Getafe 07/11/21
Villarreal 0-2 Manchester United 23/11/21
Villarreal 1-3 Barcelona 27/11/21
Villarreal 2-0 Rayo Vallecano 12/12/21
Villarreal 5-2 Alaves 21/12/21
Villarreal latest away form
Villarreal have recently been on a good run of form on the road, as they have lost just one of their last six away matches. They finished excellently in their last Copa del Rey matches, defeating Vitoria CF 8-0 and Sanluqueno 7-1, and they also defeated Real Sociedad in La Liga.
Vitoria CF 0-8 Villarreal 30/11/21
Sevilla 1-0 Villarreal 04/12/21
Atalanta 2-3 Villarreal 09/12/21
Sanluqueno 1-7 Villarreal 15/12/21
Real Sociedad 1-3 Villarreal 18/12/21
Levante latest home form
Levante have been on a poor run of form at home, as they have failed to record any victory in their last five matches. They have only managed three draws in their last five matches at home. In their last five matches, they have scored 5 goals and conceded 9.
Levante 2-2 Atletico Madrid 28/10/21
Levante 0-3 Granada 01/11/21
Levante 0-0 Athletic Bilbao 19/11/21
Levante 0-0 Osasuna 05/12/21
Levante 3-4 Valencia 20/12/21
Levante latest away form
Levante have recently managed to defeat Huracan Melilla 8-0 in the Copa del Rey. They however lost to Alcoyano through penalty shootouts after a 3-3 draw in the Copa del Rey. They have also lost in their last six matches in La Liga, with their most recent being 4-3 to Espanyol.
Alaves 2-1 Levante 06/11/21
Real Betis 3-1 Levante 28/11/21
Huracan Melilla 0-8 Levante 02/12/21
Espanyol 4-3 Levante11/12/21
Alcoyano (P)3-3 Levante 14/12/21
Villarreal news
Villarreal will miss out Ruben Pena through injury, while Francis Coquelin and Arnaut Danjuma are fitness doubts ahead of this match.
Boulaye Dia will be keeping his place alongside Gerard Moreno in the final third of the field, but Yeremi Pino could come into the side in place of Samuel Chukwueze.
Levante news
Pepelu and Roberto Soldado will remain out of the match through suspension, while Shkodran Mustafi and Sergio Postigo will miss the match through injury.
Jorge de Frutos, Jose Luis Morales and Roger Marti are in line to start, while Nemanja Radoja should return from injury to feature in the midfield.
Prediction and Odds
Levante have been a struggling side in the season so far, and despite wanting to improve, this match may proof to be a tough one for them.
Villarreal have recently been on an impressive form in the league, and with their quality, we see them overcome Levante to take the victory.
Odds: 1 1.35 X 2.45 2 3.50
Probable outcomes
Villarreal 1-0 Levante
Villarreal 2-0 Levante
Villarreal 3-1 Levante
Villarreal 4-1 Levante
Villarreal 4-2 Levante
