Espanyol vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th September 2024

Espanyol enjoy home advantage, when visitors Villarreal swing by on Thursday for a clash in the LaLiga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Espanyol are number 13 in the table on seven points after six matches. Villarreal rank as number 5 with 11 points after six matches played.

We are bound to see an exciting game this coming Thursday as both Espanyol and Villarreal are looking to add some much-needed points to their respective accounts.

Espanyol step into their next home match this coming Thursday having scored a nice average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 16 goals, while also allowing 18 goals against. That is an average of 1.8 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet one times in those matches.

Villarreal scored 21 goals, conceded 20 and held on for a clean sheet in one of their last ten matches.

Villarreal beat Espanyol twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 4-2 and 1-0, respectively.

Espanyol vs Villarreal Prediction

Espanyol Form

In their last three matches, Espanyol beat Rayo Vallecano by 2-1 and Deportivo Alaves by 3-2, before losing against Real Madrid by 4-1. Espanyol managed to win two of their past six home matches in the LaLiga. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored 13 and conceded 14 goals.

Villarreal go into the season with the clear aim of a top half finish, and if they can build some momentum early on, perhaps even throw their hat in the ring for a place in an international tournament.

Villarreal Form

Villarreal have a win and a draw to show from their last three matches. They first finished even in a 1-1 draw with Valencia, before they won a game against Mallorca with a 1-2 scoreline. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 1-5 defeat at the hands of Barcelona. Villarreal managed a decent return of three wins in their last six LaLiga away matches, in which they scored nine while also conceding seven times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.

Villarreal go into the season with the clear aim of a top half finish, and if they can build some momentum early on, perhaps even throw their hat in the ring for a place in an international tournament.

They usually throw caution to the wind, when clashing with each other, and with both Espanyol and Villarreal scoring freely over the past weeks, we expect a highly entertaining match.

Espanyol won two matches, scored six goals and conceded seven in their last four games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. This earned them seven points. Espanyol only drew once so far this season after six games played, in stead recording two wins and three defeats in the LaLiga. Villarreal are looking at three wins, two draws and one defeat in the LaLiga.

Espanyol vs Villarreal Squads

Espanyol Squad

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

Angel Fortuno (0/0), Fernando Pacheco (0/0), Joan Garcia (0/6), Alvaro Tejero (0/6), Brian Olivan (0/4), Carlos Romero (1/6), Fernando Calero (0/2), Leandro Cabrera (0/4), Marash Kumbulla (0/5), Omar El Hilali (0/6), Sergi Gomez (0/4), Alex Kral (0/6), Alvaro Aguado (0/6), Edu Exposito (0/0), Jose Gragera (0/6), Pol Lozano (0/3), Rafel Bauza (0/0), Alejo Veliz (1/6), Antoniu Roca (0/2), Irvin Cardona (0/5), Javier Puado (3/6), Jofre Carreras (0/6), Naci Unuvar (0/0), Omar Sadik (0/0), Pere Milla (0/3), Salvi Sanchez (0/0), Walid Cheddira (0/4).

Villarreal Squad

Below is the full team squad of Villarreal. The manager Garcia will pick his starting XI against Espanyol from these players:

Diego Conde (0/6), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/0), Alfonso Pedraza (0/0), Arnau Sola (0/0), Eric Bailly (0/4), Juan Bernat (0/2), Juan Foyth (0/0), Kiko (0/6), Logan Costa (1/4), Raul Albiol (0/5), Sergi Cardona (1/6), Willy Kambwala (0/1), Alejandro Baena (0/5), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (1/6), Denis Suarez (0/1), Pape Gueye (0/5), Ramon Terrats (0/4), Santi Comesana (0/6), Ayoze Perez (4/6), Gerard Moreno (0/2), Ilias Akhomach (0/5), Nicolas Pepe (0/5), Thierno Barry (1/5), Yeremi Pino (0/6).

Espanyol vs Villarreal Team News

Villarreal have five on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Espanyol on Thursday. Alfonso Pedraza and Pape Gueye racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Villarreal travelling party for their next match.

Juan Foyth, Yeremi Pino and Denis Suarez all face a spell on the sidelines for Villarreal due to various injuries.

Espanyol vs Villarreal Lineups

Espanyol vs Villarreal H2H

Villarreal beat Espanyol twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 4-2 and 1-0, respectively. Espanyol enter the match against Villarreal with a 2-4-4 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 20%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Espanyol vs Villarreal Results

In the last ten matches between Espanyol and Villarreal over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 10/11 with bookies.

Espanyol vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Javier Puado has three strikes in six LaLiga matches for Espanyol, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Villarreal. The visitors are looking to Ayoze Perez, who has provided his team with four LaLiga goals.

Espanyol won six of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at RCDE Stadium. They drew three and lost one as well, while Villarreal won four of their last 10 games away. They drew four and lost two. Espanyol kept a clean sheet six times in their previous 10 matches on home soil, while, Villarreal have been able to keep a clean sheet in two of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Espanyol and Villarreal, with the latter scoring 1.6 goals on average in these. Espanyol managed an average of 1.1 goals as both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Espanyol’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Villarreal. They performed an average of 1.5 goals in these.