Real Madrid vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th December 2023

Villarreal go up against Real Madrid on Sunday for a La Liga meeting at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Real Madrid approach the next La Liga round as number two in the table, having claimed 39 points this season so far. With 16 games behind them, Villarreal amassed 16 points, placing them as number 13 before their next fixture.

Top side Real Madrid will be hoping to inflict more misery on lowly placed Villarreal on Sunday. The hosts should simply be able to bring far too much to the table for the visitors to have any say on Sunday.

Real Madrid scored 23 goals, conceded four, and pulled off six clean sheets in their past ten matches.

Villarreal are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 13 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.3 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 18 goals, and while Villarreal claimed one clean sheet, they conceded an average of 1.8 goals per match.

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-3 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Sunday.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Prediction

Real Madrid Form

In their last three matches, Real Madrid won 2-0 against Granada, before settling for a point in a 1-1 draw against Real Betis. They were back on top last time out, defeating Union Berlin 2-3. Real Madrid showed little mercy in their past six matches at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 15 times, while letting in two themselves.

Villarreal Form

Villarreal claimed four points in their last three matches, starting by a 0-0 draw with Maccabi Haifa. A 0-3 defeat against Real Sociedad was next up, before beating Rennes by 2-3. In their last six La Liga away matches, Villarreal failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn three and lost two, scoring seven while also conceding ten times.

While we don't believe Villarreal are strong enough to prevent Real Madrid from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

Real Madrid took 19 points from their last seven encounters with teams from the bottom half of the La Liga table. This amounts to six wins after scoring 19 times and conceding three. Villarreal claimed zero wins and zero points in their last five games against teams from the top six. They scored seven times in these matches, but also conceded 15 goals. Real Madrid have a record of 12 wins, three draws and one defeat in the La Liga this season. Villarreal are looking at four wins, four draws and eight defeats in the La Liga.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Squads

Real Madrid Squad

Carlo Ancelotti 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):

Andriy Lunin (0/6), Diego Pineiro (0/0), Fran Gonzalez (0/0), Kepa Arrizabalaga (0/10), Thibaut Courtois (0/0), Antonio Rüdiger (0/15), Daniel Carvajal (2/13), David Alaba (0/13), Eder Militao (0/1), Ferland Mendy (0/9), Francisco Garcia (0/11), Nacho Fernandez (0/10), Vinicius Tobias (0/0), Arda Guler (0/0), Aurelien Tchouameni (1/11), Brahim Diaz (2/11), Daniel Ceballos (0/6), Eduardo Camavinga (0/13), Federico Valverde (1/16), Jude Bellingham (12/14), Luka Modric (0/13), Nico Paz (0/4), Toni Kroos (1/16), Joselu (5/16), Lucas Vazquez (0/12), Rodrygo (6/16), Vinicius Junior (4/10).

Villarreal Squad

This is the full squad of players that the Villarreal head coach Garcia will select from for his starting XI:

Filip Joergensen (0/16), Pepe Reina (0/0), Adria Altimira (0/7), Aissa Mandi (0/7), Alberto Moreno (0/11), Antonio Espigares (0/0), Jorge Cuenca (1/10), Juan Foyth (1/12), Kiko (0/6), Raul Albiol (0/14), Alejandro Baena (1/14), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (1/15), Denis Suarez (0/4), Etienne Capoue (0/16), Francis Coquelin (0/1), Manuel Trigueros (0/4), Ramon Terrats (0/11), Santi Comesana (0/10), Alexander Soerloth (6/14), Alfonso Pedraza (0/11), Ben Brereton Diaz (0/12), Gerard Moreno (8/14), Ilias Akhomach (0/12), Jorge Pascual (0/1), Jose Luis Morales (4/11), Yeremi Pino (0/7).

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Team News

Real Madrid are sweating on the fitness of no less than eight players before their match this coming Sunday.

Daniel Carvajal, Vinicius Junior, Eduardo Camavinga, Arda Guler, Aurelien Tchouameni, Daniel Carvajal, Eder Militao and Thibaut Courtois take up space in the treatment room and won't be eligible to be called up for home side Real Madrid, when they face Villarreal this coming Sunday.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Villarreal, who are looking at six players nursing various problems. Alfonso Pedraza is unable to be feature for Villarreal in their upcoming match due to being suspended.

Santi Comesana, Aissa Mandi, Yeremi Pino, Denis Suarez, Ramon Terrats and Jorge Cuenca all face a spell on the sidelines for Villarreal due to various injuries.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Lineups

Real Madrid vs Villarreal H2H

Villarreal got the better of Real Madrid in their most recent meetings, as they first won 3-2, then 2-1. Real Madrid picked up four wins in their previous ten matches against Villarreal, while the latter claimed two wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 5/1.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Results

In the last ten matches between Real Madrid and Villarreal, both teams to score came up eight times.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Gerard Moreno scored four goals in six La Liga games for Villarreal. This took his total for the season up to eight goals scored in La Liga. Rodrygo is the man to point out for the home side, scoring five times in six La Liga outings.

Real Madrid claimed nine wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing one and losing zero. Villarreal won five of their last 10 away games, as they also drew three and lost two of these matches. Of the previous 10 outings at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid scored the opening goal five times, whereas their visitors were first on target in five of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals paid out seven times in the previous ten encounters between these two La Liga sides. Real Madrid pulled off an average of 1.5 goals, while Villarreal settled for an average of 1.4 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in this streak. Real Madrid performed an average of 2.5 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Villarreal. They performed an average of 1.7 goals in these.