Almeria vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st April 2024

Villarreal go up against Almeria this coming Sunday for a La Liga meeting at Power Horse Stadium.

Sitting bottom of the table, Almeria have claimed 14 points after 31 rounds, while Villarreal have amassed 39 points. This places the latter as number 9 in the La Liga at the moment.

Almeria are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Villarreal. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment this coming Sunday.

Almeria are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 16 goals. They managed two clean sheets in these matches.

Villarreal are brimming with confidence in front of goal before the upcoming away match in the La Liga, as they can show off very handsome numbers from their previous ten games. The visitors scored 2.1 times on average per match, for a total of 21 goals. They also let in 12 goals, leaving an average of 1.2 per match. They fought their way to two clean sheets.

Villarreal got the better of Almeria in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 2-1 and 2-0, respectively.

Almeria vs Villarreal Prediction

Almeria Form

Almeria added four points to the standings in their previous three matches, where they first beat Las Palmas 0-1. They were then defeated 0-3 against Osasuna, before drawing 2-2 against Real Sociedad. Almeria didn't manage a single win in any of their previous six La Liga games at the Power Horse Stadium. They have a record of four draws and two defeats, in which they conceded ten and scored four goals.

Villarreal Form

In has been a bit of everything for Villarreal in their previous three matches, as they first beat Valencia by 1-0. This was followed by a disappointing 1-2 defeat against Atletico Madrid, before an encounter with Athletic Club produced a 1-1 draw. Villarreal won half their previous six away matches in the La Liga, as well as seeing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 13 goals whilst conceding 11.

Almeria have experienced several draws in recent matches, which makes the stalemate look like a tasty bet this coming Sunday against Villarreal at Power Horse Stadium.

Villarreal recorded 18 points following five wins from their last nine games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 17 goals, but also conceded 11. Almeria claimed one win, 11 draws as well as 19 defeats in the La Liga this season. Villarreal have a record of ten wins, nine draws and 12 defeats in the La Liga.

Almeria vs Villarreal Squads

Almeria Squad

Pepe Mel will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Villarreal from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Diego Marino (0/0), Fernando Martinez (0/2), Luis Maximiano (0/28), Aleksandar Radovanovic (0/7), Alex Centelles (0/10), Bruno Langa (0/6), Cesar Montes (0/16), Juan Brandariz (0/24), Marc Pubill (1/17), Martin Svidersky (0/0), Alejandro Pozo (0/17), Dion Lopy (0/28), Edgar Gonzalez (2/26), Gonzalo Melero (0/23), Iddrisu Baba (0/24), Jonathan Viera (2/16), Lucas Robertone (0/27), Luka Romero (2/7), Marcos Pena (0/2), Sergio Arribas (6/29), Adrian Embarba (3/29), Anthony Lozano (0/13), Ibrahima Kone (0/8), Largie Ramazani (3/28), Leo Baptistao (5/25), Luis Suarez (4/10), Marko Milovanovic (1/11), Rachad Fettal (0/0).

Villarreal Squad

Here is the full team squad of Villarreal. The 58 year-old Marcelino Garcia will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Filip Joergensen (0/30), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Pepe Reina (0/0), Adria Altimira (0/11), Aissa Mandi (1/14), Alberto Moreno (1/23), Antonio Espigares (0/0), Daniel Budesca (0/0), Eric Bailly (0/7), Jorge Cuenca (3/23), Juan Foyth (1/12), Kiko (0/17), Raul Albiol (0/23), Stefan Lekovic (0/0), Yerson Mosquera (0/9), Alejandro Baena (2/28), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (3/26), Denis Suarez (0/0), Etienne Capoue (1/28), Francis Coquelin (0/12), Manuel Trigueros (0/11), Ramon Terrats (0/14), Santi Comesana (2/22), Alexander Soerloth (14/27), Alfonso Pedraza (1/16), Bertrand Traore (0/6), Gerard Moreno (10/28), Goncalo Guedes (2/10), Ilias Akhomach (1/24), Jorge Pascual (0/0), Jose Luis Morales (6/23), Yeremi Pino (0/7).

Almeria vs Villarreal Team News

At the time of writing, Almeria have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Villarreal this coming Sunday. Gonzalo Melero gets a day off from the Almeria squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Cesar Montes, Luis Suarez and Ibrahima Kone are all absent from the Almeria squad that faces Villarreal at Power Horse Stadium.

Villarreal could have up to seven players on the injured and absent players for their match this coming Sunday atPower Horse Stadium Raul Albiol, Santi Comesana and Alfonso Pedraza sit this one out for Villarreal, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Almeria.

Eric Bailly, Alfonso Pedraza, Ramon Terrats, Daniel Parejo, Juan Foyth, Yeremi Pino and Denis Suarez all face a spell on the sidelines for Villarreal due to various injuries.

Almeria vs Villarreal Lineups

Almeria vs Villarreal H2H

Villarreal got the better of Almeria in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 2-1 and 2-0, respectively. Villarreal will be excited about a meeting with Almeria, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Villarreal go into the match with a 7-2-1 advantage. The bookies have Villarreal to win this match at best price odds of 6/5.

Almeria vs Villarreal Results

At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in the last ten matches between Villarreal and Almeria. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 5/4 with the bookies.

Almeria vs Villarreal Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Alexander Soerloth so far with 14 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target six times in his last six games, and no doubt Villarreal want him to continue this productive spell against Almeriathis coming Sunday.

Almeria didn't win a single one of their previous 10 games Power Horse Stadium across all tournaments, but did at least manage to draw six along the way. They endured four defeats in this run. Villarreal won three of their last 10 league games away, as well as drawing three and losing four. Villarreal seem incapable of keeping things tight away from home, conceding at least once in their last 10 away games. Almeria kept four clean sheets in their last 10 games on home soil.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet six times in the last ten encounters between Almeria and Villarreal as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Almeria scored an average of 0.8 goals a game, with Villarreal averaging 1.7 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Almeria, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Villarreal, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.9 times goals per game themselves.