Villarreal vs Almeria Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 23rd October 2022

Villarreal welcome Almeria for a clash in the La Liga at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia on Sunday. Villarreal and Almeria had to make do with a point each in their latest encounter, which finished with a 0-0 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 4.75.

Ranked as number nine in the La Liga standings, Villarreal, have so far collected 15 points this season, while Almeria collected ten points. This puts them up as number 13 after ten rounds.

While Villarreal could be closing on the top six with a win here, Almeria will be hoping to add some distance to the lower regions. Of these two possible scenarios, the former definitely looks more likely than the latter.

Villarreal only average a modest 1.2 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 12 goals. They also conceded six for an average of 0.6 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring six times.

Almeria scored 11 goals, conceded 17 and managed zero clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Villarreal vs Almeria Prediction

Villarreal form

In their last three matches, Villarreal beat Austria Wien by 0-1 and Osasuna by 2-0, before losing against Barcelona by 3-0. Villarreal 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 11 and conceded four goals.

Qualifying for Europe was a target going into this season, and Villarreal are keeping their eyes on the prize, though they are a little off track.

Almeria Form

Results have been up and down for Almeria, who beat Rayo Vallecano by 3-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 3-1 against Real Betis, before claiming three points in a 3-2 win against Girona. In their last six La Liga away matches, Almeria failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn one and lost five, scoring three while also conceding 12 times.

Few people saw Almeria at the fun end of the table this season, but they are displaying a great form right now.

Villarreal are the bookies favourite to claim the win, when Almeria arrive at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, and we believe the home side will prevail.

Villarreal took nine points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom half of the La Liga table. This amounts to two wins after scoring eight times and conceding one. Almeria won once and picked up three points from their last five encounters with teams in the top half of the La Liga. They scored five goals and conceded 11.

Villarreal vs Almeria Team News

At the time of writing, Villarreal have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Almeria this coming Sunday.

Francis Coquelin, Gerard Moreno and Juan Foyth are all absent from the Villarreal squad that faces Almeria at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia.

Almeria have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Villarreal on Sunday.

Almeria need to do without Alex Centelles, Marko Milovanovic and Juanjo, who are not fit enough to travel to Estadio Ciudad de Valencia.

Villarreal vs Almeria H2H

The most recent outing between Villarreal and Almeria failed to produce a winner, with the score reading 0-0 after the final whistle. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 4.75. Villarreal usually enjoy playing Almeria, claiming five wins in the last ten encounters. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 1.36.

Villarreal vs Almeria Results

In four of the previous ten matches between Villarreal and Almeria both teams scored.

Villarreal vs Almeria Betting Tips

While El Bilal Toure added three strikes to his account in his last six games in the La Liga, Arnaut Danjuma scored twice in his last six.

Villarreal won six of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing two as well. Almeria won three from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost five in this run. Villarreal have a justified hope of getting on the scoresheet at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia, since Almeria only managed three clean sheets in their 10 most recent away matches. The hosts claimed two clean sheets in their last 10 matches on home soil.

Less than three came out four times in the past ten encounters between Almeria and Villarreal, as both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. Villarreal performed 1.4 goals on average, whereas Almeria averaged 1.1 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Villarreal’s last ten matches across the tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 1.1 times in those matches.