Valencia vs Villarreal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 3rd May 2023

The La Liga clash at Estadio Mestalla on Wednesday sees home team Valencia battling it out for the win against Villarreal.

As it is one of the "top against the bottom" game, Villarreal should prove to be too strong for Valencia, although playing away from home. We have not seen enough from the hosts lately to consider them up for the task at Estadio Mestalla.

Valencia scored nine goals, conceded 12 and fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Villarreal scored an average of 2.2 goals in ten matches for a total of 22 goals. They also conceded 11 goals or an average of 1.1 per game, as they managed three clean sheets.

The last time the pair played each other Villarreal came away as 2-1 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Wednesday.

Valencia vs Villarreal Prediction

Valencia Form

Valencia hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Elche by 0-2, before winning 2-1 against Real Valladolid. The streak ended in a recent 2-1 defeat against Cadiz. In their last six La Liga home matches, Valencia have three wins, while they've drawn one and lost two. They scored six and conceded six goals.

Villarreal Form

Villarreal won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 2-1 against Sevilla, before beating Espanyol 4-2. Another win followed, this time by 3-1 against Celta Vigo. In their last six La Liga away matches, Villarreal have three wins, they've drawn zero and lost one three. They scored 12 while also conceding 11 times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.

Form favours Villarreal for the win a little more than prices with the bookmakers suggests. Even playing on home soil, the bookmakers have placed a little too much faith in Valencia, and we aim for the away win.

Villarreal won eight of their previous 11 encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the La Liga. They scored 22 and conceded ten goals and collected 25 points. Valencia have a record of nine wins, six draws and 17 defeats in the La Liga this season. Villarreal enjoy a record of 16 wins, five draws and 11 defeats in the La Liga.

Valencia vs Villarreal Stats

Valencia vs Villarreal Squads

Valencia Squad

Ruben Baraja 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):

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/32), Iago Herrerin (0/0), Jaume Domenech (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/16), Cristhian Mosquera (0/3), Dimitri Foulquier (0/25), Eray Coemert (1/22), Gabriel Paulista (1/16), Hugo Guillamon (1/24), Jesus Vazquez (0/9), Jose Gaya (1/25), Mouctar Diakhaby (3/24), Thierry Correia (0/22), Toni Lato (1/20), Andre Almeida (2/28), Fran Perez (0/7), Ilaix Moriba (0/22), Justin Kluivert (5/21), Nico Gonzalez (1/20), Yunus Musah (0/29), Diego Lopez (0/4), Edinson Cavani (5/21), Hugo Duro (1/25), Marcos de Sousa (1/17), Samuel Castillejo (4/24), Samuel Dias Lino (4/32).

Villarreal Squad

Here is the full team squad of Villarreal. The 64 year-old Quique Setien will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Filip Joergensen (0/1), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Pepe Reina (0/17), Aissa Mandi (0/16), Alberto Moreno (0/20), Jorge Cuenca (0/8), Juan Foyth (1/20), Kiko (0/17), Pau Torres (1/29), Raul Albiol (0/24), Alejandro Baena (4/29), Daniel Parejo (3/32), Etienne Capoue (3/23), Francis Coquelin (1/16), Giovani Lo Celso (1/17), Johan Mojica (0/18), Manuel Trigueros (0/18), Ramon Terrats (1/19), Samuel Chukwueze (6/31), Alfonso Pedraza (0/22), Diego Collado (0/2), Fer Nino (0/3), Gerard Moreno (6/16), Javi Ontiveros (0/0), Jose Luis Morales (7/29), Nicolas Jackson (6/20), Yeremi Pino (3/30).

Valencia vs Villarreal Team News

Valencia could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment on Wednesday.

Samuel Castillejo and Nico Gonzalez are all absent from the Valencia squad that faces Villarreal at Estadio Mestalla.

Villarreal seem to have only one player on the injured and absent list, when they travel to Estadio Mestalla to face Valencia.

Giovani Lo Celso is too injured to face Villarreal.

Valencia vs Villarreal Lineups

Valencia vs Villarreal H2H

Villarreal got the better of Valencia in their most recent meetings, as they first won 2-1, then 2-0. Look for either side to win this encounter, as they have a tendency not to draw their matches, since only one of the last ten encounters finished all square. Valencia won four times, while Villarreal ran out winners four times. A home win gets you odds at 2/1 with the bookies, while the best betting odds on an away win are at 13/10.

Valencia vs Villarreal Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Valencia and Villarreal. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 1/1 with bookies.

Valencia vs Villarreal Betting Tips

Samuel Dias Lino scored twice in the six most recent games for Valencia, with Nicolas Jackson providing four goals for Villarreal in his last six.

Valencia claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing five. Villarreal won five of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost three of the games in this run. Valencia managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played at Estadio Mestalla. Meanwhile, Villarreal were first on target in four of their last 10 outings away from home.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Valencia and Villarreal, with the latter scoring 1.1 goals on average in these. Valencia managed an average of 1.1 goals as both teams scored four times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Valencia, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Villarreal's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.9 goals in these matches.