Real Madrid vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th April 2023

Real Madrid appear to have a good chance to add three more points to their season account, as they face Villarreal in round 28 of the La Liga season. They will surely end up frustrated, should they fail to beat the visitors at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu this coming Saturday.

Real Madrid are chasing the first place in the La Liga after collecting 59 points from their initial 27 encounters. Villarreal trail them on 44 points after 27 rounds, sitting as number 6 in the table.

A win for Villarreal this coming Saturday will see them improve on their position in the table with an aim to finish in the top six of the La Liga.

Real Madrid enter their next La Liga match, averaging a decent 1.9 goals per game in their last ten matches, where they pulled off 19 goals, while also conceding five times. That amounts to an average of 0.5 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring six times.

Villarreal managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded 11 goals in total, and while claiming four clean sheets, they conceded 1.1 goals an average per game.

Villarreal ran out 2-1 winners the last time these two rivals played each other and are definitely planning to claim three points again on Saturday.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Prediction

Real Madrid Form

Real Madrid took six points from their last three matches, but started off by losing 2-1 against Barcelona. They responded by beating Real Valladolid 6-0, and followed that up by winning 0-4 against Barcelona. In their last six La Liga home matches, Real Madrid have four wins, while they've drawn two and lost none. They scored 16 and conceded two goals.

Villarreal Form

In their last three matches, Villarreal lost against Anderlecht by 0-1, beat Osasuna by 0-3 winning 2-0 against Real Sociedad. Villarreal managed a decent return of three wins in their last six La Liga away matches, in which they scored ten while also conceding eight times. They also experienced one draw and two defeats.

The way Real Madrid are performing right, a home win looks the most likely outcome, when Villarreal swing by. The visitors don't seem to possess enough stability currently to prevent the home side from a win.

Real Madrid won six matches, scored 21 goals and conceded 13 in their last 13 games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. This earned them 22 points. Villarreal won three and claimed ten points in their eight most recent games against teams inside the top six. They scored seven conceded eight goals. Real Madrid have a record of 18 wins, five draws and four defeats in the La Liga this season. Villarreal show off 13 wins, five draws and nine defeats in the La Liga.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Stats

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Squads

Real Madrid Squad

Ancelotti 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 La Liga this season):

Andriy Lunin (0/6), Thibaut Courtois (0/21), Alvaro Odriozola (0/2), Antonio Rüdiger (1/23), Daniel Carvajal (0/21), David Alaba (1/20), Eder Militao (4/23), Ferland Mendy (0/15), Jesus Vallejo (0/1), Nacho Fernandez (0/17), Sergio Ramos (0/0), Aurelien Tchouameni (0/22), Daniel Ceballos (0/20), Eduardo Camavinga (0/27), Federico Valverde (7/26), Luka Modric (4/24), Marco Asensio (6/21), Toni Kroos (2/22), Alvaro Rodriguez (1/4), Eden Hazard (0/4), Karim Benzema (14/17), Lucas Vazquez (3/13), Mariano Diaz (0/6), Rodrygo (5/24), Vinicius Junior (8/26).

Villarreal Squad

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

Filip Joergensen (0/1), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Pepe Reina (0/12), Aissa Mandi (0/11), Alberto Moreno (0/15), Jorge Cuenca (0/7), Juan Foyth (1/16), Kiko (0/15), Pau Torres (0/24), Raul Albiol (0/23), Alejandro Baena (4/24), Daniel Parejo (2/27), Etienne Capoue (0/19), Francis Coquelin (1/16), Giovani Lo Celso (1/12), Johan Mojica (0/17), Manuel Trigueros (0/16), Ramon Terrats (0/14), Samuel Chukwueze (4/26), Alfonso Pedraza (0/17), Diego Collado (0/2), Fer Nino (0/3), Gerard Moreno (6/16), Javi Ontiveros (0/0), Jose Luis Morales (6/26), Nicolas Jackson (3/16), Yeremi Pino (3/26).

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Team News

Real Madrid are looking at up to five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their home match against Villarreal this coming Saturday.

David Alaba, Aurelien Tchouameni, Alvaro Odriozola, Daniel Carvajal and Mariano Diaz are all absent from the Real Madrid squad that faces Villarreal at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Villarreal have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Real Madrid at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Giovani Lo Celso nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Villarreal.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Lineups

Real Madrid vs Villarreal H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Villarreal came away as 2-1 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Saturday. Looking back over their last ten encounters serves to emphasize how equally paired the two teams usually are. Visitors Villarreal claimed a win in one of the previous ten matches. Hosting side Real Madrid won four of these, as the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 8/15.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Results

Both teams to score came out eight times in the past ten matches between Real Madrid and Villarreal. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 7/10 with the bookies.

Real Madrid vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Real Madrid against Villarreal is also a battle between Karim Benzema and Jose Luis Morales with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has five La Liga goals in their last six games respectively.

Of their 10 most recent games at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu across all tournaments, Real Madrid won seven times, drew two and lost one. Villarreal won six of their recent 10 games on their travels, as well as drawing two and losing two. In their previous 10 away matches, Villarreal claimed three wins to nil.

Over 2.5 goals happened seven times in the past ten encounters between Real Madrid and Villarreal, with Real Madrid scoring 1.5 goals on average per game. Villarreal averaged 1.3 goals, while both teams scored eight times. Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet in five of Real Madrid’s past ten matches across all tournaments. They scored 2.3 goals on average along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in four of the last ten matches that Villarreal played across all tournaments. They scored 1.4 times on average in the process.