Valencia vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 2nd January 2024

Villarreal visit Valencia for another chapter in the rivalry between the two La Liga clubs this coming Tuesday at Estadio Mestalla, where a lot more than just points are on the line.

Valencia approach the next La Liga round as number 10 in the table, having claimed 23 points this season so far. With 18 games behind them, Villarreal amassed 19 points, placing them as number 13 before their next fixture.

Valencia have their target aimed at getting one over Villarreal on Tuesday. However, the latter should be highly motivated at the prospect of showing their skills in front of the crowd at Estadio Mestalla.

Valencia are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net ten times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just one goals per game, as they conceded 12 goals. They managed four clean sheets in these matches.

Villarreal scored 16 goals, conceded 22 and kept their opponents from scoring zero times in their last ten matches.

Neither Valencia nor Villarreal managed a breakthrough, when they last faced each other. They ended up settling for a point in a 1-1 draw, and the best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 12/5.

Valencia vs Villarreal Prediction

Valencia Form

Valencia have four points to show from their last three matches, as they lost 1-0 against Getafe, before drawing 1-1 with Barcelona. They won their most recent game 0-1 against Rayo Vallecano. Valencia won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the La Liga, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored seven and conceded two goals.

Villarreal Form

Results have been up and down for Villarreal, who beat Rennes by 2-3. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 4-1 against Real Madrid, before claiming three points in a 3-2 win against Celta Vigo. 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 11 times.

Are Valencia good enough currently to justify the prices with the bookies, when they face Villarreal at Estadio Mestalla? It could be tight, but strength in squad and match history still makes the home side our choice in the betting market.

Valencia recorded nine points following two wins from their last six games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored six goals, but also conceded four. Villarreal won zero matches and picked up one point from their last nine encounters with teams in the top half of the La Liga. They scored ten goals and conceded 23. Valencia so far pulled off a record of six wins, five draws and seven defeats in the La Liga this season. Villarreal put five wins, four draws and nine defeats on the board in the La Liga.

Valencia vs Villarreal Squads

Valencia Squad

Baraja 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):

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/18), Jaume Domenech (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/8), Cristhian Mosquera (0/16), Dimitri Foulquier (0/14), Gabriel Paulista (0/14), Hugo Guillamon (1/11), Jesus Vazquez (0/6), Jose Gaya (1/12), Marco Camus (0/0), Mouctar Diakhaby (1/12), Thierry Correia (0/17), Yarek Gasiorowski (0/7), Alberto Mari (0/1), Andre Almeida (0/8), Fran Perez (1/18), Hugo Gonzalez (0/6), Javier Guerra (3/16), Pepelu (2/18), Selim Amallah (0/12), Diego Lopez (2/18), Hugo Duro (7/18), Pablo Gozalbez (0/5), Roman Yaremchuk (0/12), Sergi Canos (1/11).

Villarreal Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Villarreal players that the manager Marcelino Garcia will choose from for the upcoming game:

Filip Joergensen (0/18), Pepe Reina (0/0), Adria Altimira (0/9), Aissa Mandi (1/9), Alberto Moreno (0/12), Antonio Espigares (0/0), Jorge Cuenca (1/12), Juan Foyth (1/12), Kiko (0/6), Raul Albiol (0/16), Alejandro Baena (1/16), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (2/17), Denis Suarez (0/4), Etienne Capoue (0/17), Francis Coquelin (0/1), Manuel Trigueros (0/6), Ramon Terrats (0/13), Santi Comesana (0/11), Alexander Soerloth (6/16), Alfonso Pedraza (1/13), Ben Brereton Diaz (0/13), Gerard Moreno (8/15), Ilias Akhomach (0/14), Jorge Pascual (0/1), Jose Luis Morales (5/13), Yeremi Pino (0/7).

Valencia vs Villarreal Team News

Valencia could have up to five missing players for various reasons for their upcoming match against Villarreal on Tuesday. There is no need for Thierry Correia to show up in the Valencia dressing room, as he is suspended.

Jose Gaya, Andre Almeida, Dimitri Foulquier and Gabriel Paulista are missing from the squad, Valencia will field against Villarrealthis coming Tuesday.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Villarreal, who are looking at seven players nursing various problems. Villarreal are without Alfonso Pedraza due to a suspension incurred from accumulating too many cards.

Gerard Moreno, Juan Foyth, Francis Coquelin, Yeremi Pino, Denis Suarez, Ramon Terrats and Jorge Cuenca all face a spell on the sidelines for Villarreal due to various injuries.

Valencia vs Villarreal Lineups

Valencia vs Villarreal H2H

It finished all square on when Valencia last faced Villarreal. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 12/5. Villarreal look back on four wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Valencia. The home side has a 40% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 4-2-4. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Valencia vs Villarreal Results

In the last ten matches between Valencia and Villarreal over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 4/5 with bookies.

Valencia vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Hugo Duro managed to hit the target twice recently for Valencia, while Jose Luis Morales, added five strikes in La Liga for Villarreal in his last six outings.

Estadio Mestalla witnessed Valencia winning five of their 10 latest matches across all tournaments here. They drew two and lost three in this run. Villarreal won five of their previous 10 games away, drew three and lost two. Both teams scored in three of the last 10 home matches for Valencia and in eight of the previous 10 away games for Villarreal.

There were over 2.5 goals five times in the last ten encounters between Valencia and Villarreal. Valencia managed an average of 1.2 goals, while the latter scored 1.1 goals on average. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run. In Valencia's last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in three of them. They managed to average one goal goals per match across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten outings for Villarreal, who managed to score 1.7 times in those matches.