Espanyol vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th November 2022

Villarreal visit RCDE Stadium on Wednesday for a La Liga fixture with home side Espanyol. The late encounter in the La Liga between these two teams was a belter of a 5-1 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Wednesday?

With 18 points after 13 games, Villarreal currently rank eighth in the La Liga standings. Espanyol play catch-up as they recorded 12 points in 13 matches, putting them up as 16th before their upcoming clash.

Villarreal will be looking to increase the gap on Espanyol after their La Liga clash this coming Wednesday. However, the hosts will be eager to prevent that as they will surely want to keep their upcoming opponent close.

Espanyol scored 13 goals, conceded 14 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Villarreal are currently not the most scoring team in the La Liga, 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 ten times, an average of one per game. They managed three clean sheets in of these.

Espanyol vs Villarreal Prediction

Espanyol form

Having collected three points from three draws in their previous three matches, Espanyol are on the lookout for a win again. Against Elche it finished 2-2, before they split the points with Mallorca in a 1-1 draw. In their latest match, they once again had to settle for a single point after drawing 1-1 against Atletico Madrid. Espanyol claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the La Liga, which also saw them drawing two and losing three matches, in which they scored eight and conceded 12 goals.

Aiming for a mid-table finish Espanyol would require a quick upturn in form to achieve even that.

Villarreal Form

Villarreal were unable to pick up a single point in their last three matches, as they were first beaten 1-0 by Athletic Bilbao. Next up, Lech Poznan won 3-0, before losing 0-2 against Mallorca. In their last six La Liga away matches, Villarreal failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn two and lost four, scoring zero while also conceding six times.

Villarreal had their target set on a podium finish as well as qualifying for Europe, and both are still within reach in the La Liga.

Villarreal and Espanyol seem to find it tough getting their defensively lines in order, as they both concede too many goals. We hope the trend continues on Wednesday, as we aim for both teams to score.

Villarreal recorded two wins from their last four games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected eight points. They scored seven goals while conceding two.

Espanyol claimed two wins, six draws as well as five defeats in the La Liga this season. Villarreal have a record of five wins, three draws and five defeats in the La Liga.

Espanyol vs Villarreal Team News

Espanyol are as close to an entire squad as they can with only one player unavailable for the side which faces Villarreal.

Espanyol are unable to field Adria Pedrosa on Wednesday against Villarreal, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Apparently, Villarreal have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Wednesday.

Giovani Lo Celso and Alfonso Pedraza all face a spell on the sidelines for Villarreal due to various injuries.

Espanyol vs Villarreal H2H

It was an enormously entertaining 5-1 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well on Wednesday. Villarreal look back on three wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Espanyol. The home side has a 20% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 2-5-3. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Espanyol vs Villarreal Results

Both teams scored five times in the previous ten matches between home side Espanyol and Villarreal. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 1.75.

Espanyol vs Villarreal Betting Tips

RCDE Stadium witnessed Espanyol winning two of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew four and lost four in this run. Villarreal won three of their previous 10 games away, drew two and lost five. Espanyol won two of their last 10 games on home soil without allowing a goal.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet five times. Espanyol managed an average of 0.9 goals, with Villarreal averaging 1.3 goals. Espanyol witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 1.3 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.2 times in those matches.