Villarreal vs Espanyol Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th April 2025

Villarreal take on Espanyol on Sunday at Estadio de la Ceramica with both fighting to improve on their current position at either end of the LaLiga standings.

Ranked as number 5 in the LaLiga standings, Villarreal, have so far collected 44 points this season, while Espanyol collected 27 points. This puts them up as number 15 after 25 rounds.

Villarreal came away with three points from the latest encounter with Espanyol. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other on Sunday.

Villarreal show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.1 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 21 goals, whilst they allowed ten goals against, for an average of one per outing. They pulled off two clean sheets.

Espanyol are currently not the most scoring team in the LaLiga, as they only found the back of the net nine times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.9 goals a game in which they conceded eight times, an average of 0.8 per game. They managed three clean sheets in these.

Villarreal had a good reading on Espanyol in their last two meetings, which they won by 4-2 and 2-1, respectively.

Villarreal vs Espanyol Prediction

Villarreal Form

Villarreal are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Las Palmas 1-2, and then drawing 1-1 with Valencia. They were back as winners when they defeated Rayo Vallecano 0-1. Villarreal managed to win two of their past six home matches in the LaLiga. In the remaining four, they drew three and lost one, as they scored 14 and conceded seven goals.

Espanyol Form

In their past three matches, Espanyol lost 2-1 against Real Sociedad, drew 1-1 with Athletic Club and won 0-1 against Deportivo Alaves. Espanyol claimed just one win from the last six away games in the LaLiga. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by nine goals to four.

A home win for Villarreal is the obvious choice at Estadio de la Ceramica. With the attacking qualities on display here, it has the makings of a high scoring affair when Espanyol come visiting.

Villarreal showed very little mercy in their last nine games against teams from the bottom six. They claimed 23 points and seven wins after scoring 24 goals and conceding nine. No other side in the LaLiga claimed as many points against teams from the bottom. Espanyol fought their way to two wins and eight points from their last eight games against teams inside the top six. They were on target eight times in these matches, but also let in 15 goals. Villarreal are looking at a record of 12 wins, eight draws and five defeats in the LaLiga this season. Espanyol have a record of seven wins, six draws and 12 defeats in the LaLiga.

Villarreal vs Espanyol Squads

Villarreal Squad

Garcia will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Espanyol from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Diego Conde (0/19), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/7), Alfonso Pedraza (0/0), Arnau Sola (0/0), Eric Bailly (0/10), Juan Foyth (0/8), Kiko (0/21), Logan Costa (2/19), Pau Navarro (0/10), Raul Albiol (0/15), Sergi Cardona (1/24), Willy Kambwala (0/8), Alejandro Baena (6/23), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (3/23), Denis Suarez (1/13), Pape Gueye (2/23), Santi Comesana (3/23), Tajon Buchanan (0/3), Ayoze Perez (11/18), Gerard Moreno (3/12), Ilias Akhomach (1/11), Nicolas Pepe (1/17), Thierno Barry (8/24), Yeremi Pino (1/22).

Espanyol Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Espanyol players that the manager Manolo Gonzalez will choose from for the upcoming game:

Angel Fortuno (0/0), Fernando Pacheco (0/0), Joan Garcia (0/25), Pol Tristan (0/0), Alvaro Tejero (1/22), Brian Olivan (0/17), Carlos Romero (2/21), Fernando Calero (1/10), Leandro Cabrera (2/21), Marash Kumbulla (2/23), Omar El Hilali (0/24), Pablo Ramon (0/0), Sergi Gomez (0/11), Alex Kral (0/25), Alvaro Aguado (0/11), Edu Exposito (0/6), Jose Gragera (0/10), Pol Lozano (0/19), Rafel Bauza (0/5), Urko Gonzalez (0/5), Alejo Veliz (1/20), Antoniu Roca (0/14), Javier Puado (8/23), Jofre Carreras (2/24), Omar Sadik (0/0), Pere Milla (0/10), Roberto Fernandez (2/6), Walid Cheddira (1/17).

Villarreal vs Espanyol Team News

Villarreal might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Espanyol. Villarreal have to alter their line-up, as both Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo and Pape Gueye get a day in the shade.

Espanyol have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Villarreal at Estadio de la Ceramica. Marash Kumbulla is ineligible for selection in the Espanyol squad, as he is suspended.

Villarreal vs Espanyol Lineups

Villarreal vs Espanyol H2H

Villarreal had a good reading on Espanyol in their last two meetings, which they won by 4-2 and 2-1, respectively. Villarreal hold a 5-3-2 advantage against Espanyol from their latest encounters. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 9/20.

Villarreal vs Espanyol Results

In the last ten matches between Villarreal and Espanyol over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on at least three goals are at 2/3 with bookies.

Villarreal vs Espanyol Betting Tips

Javier Puado shows decent form right now for Espanyol, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the LaLiga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Villarreal, who are strong favourites on Sunday. Siding with Ayoze Perez also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six LaLiga matches.

In their last 10 matches at Estadio de la Ceramica across all tournaments Villarreal won four times, drew four and lost two times. Espanyol claimed two wins, one draw and seven defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Villarreal on home soil currently, as both teams scored in eight of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target five times in Espanyol''s last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams scored seven times in the last ten encounters between Villarreal and Espanyol, while over 2.5 goals came out six times. Villarreal scored 1.8 goals on average, while Espanyol pulled 1.2 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Villarreal, who scored an average of 2.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in two of the last ten outings for Espanyol, who managed to score 0.9 times in those matches.