Villarreal vs Espanyol Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th April 2023
Villarreal take on Espanyol for a match in the La Liga this coming Thursday at Estadio de la Ceramica.
Sitting bottom of the table, Espanyol have claimed 28 points after 30 rounds, while Villarreal have amassed 47 points. This places the latter as number six in the La Liga at the moment.
As it is the top against the bottom, Villarreal will be looking to make Espanyol feel the difference. How much of a fight will the latter be able to put up? We will find out on Thursday.
Villarreal scored 17 while allowing 13 goals against in the past ten matches. They claimed three clean sheets on the way.
Espanyol hit the target 11 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.1 goals a game. They conceded 1.9 goals per match for a total of 19 goals, while claiming two clean sheets as well.
The last time these two teams squared up, Villarreal ran out 0-1 winners which they surely won't mind doing again at Estadio de la Ceramica.
Villarreal vs Espanyol Prediction
Villarreal Form
Villarreal have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 2-3 victory against Real Madrid. Unable to follow that up, they went down 1-2 against Real Valladolid, before handing over all three points in a 2-1 defeat against Sevilla. Villarreal managed to win two of their past six home matches in the La Liga. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored six and conceded six goals.
Espanyol Form
In their previous three games, Espanyol lost 1-2 and 3-1 against Athletic Bilbao and Real Betis, respectively, before drawing 0-0 with Cadiz. In their last six La Liga away matches, Espanyol failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn zero and lost five, scoring six while also conceding 13 times.
Going forward, Villarreal and Espanyol are both in decent form, while at the same time being generous in defence. We are confident, both teams will find the back of the net on Thursday.
Villarreal took 28 points from their last 15 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the La Liga table. This amounts to eight wins after scoring 22 times and conceding 12. Espanyol claimed three wins and 13 points from their last 16 encounters with teams in the top half of the La Liga, while scoring 15 goals to 25 against. Villarreal so far pulled off a record of 14 wins, five draws and 11 defeats in the La Liga this season. Espanyol so far pulled off six wins, ten draws and 14 defeats in the La Liga.
Villarreal vs Espanyol Stats
- In 13 of the last 15 Villarreal home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 9 Villarreal matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Villarreal have conceded in 12 of the last 14 home matches
- Villarreal have scored in 9 of the last 10 matches
- In 6 of the last 8 Villarreal home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 10 of the last 12 matches Espanyol played, both teams scored
- Espanyol have lost 6 of the last 7 matches and both teams scored at the same time
- Espanyol have scored in 18 of the last 20 matches
- Espanyol have lost the last 4 away matches in a row and both teams scored at the same time
- Espanyol have lost 6 of the last 7 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
Villarreal vs Espanyol Squads
Villarreal Squad
Setien will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Espanyol from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):
Filip Joergensen (0/1), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Pepe Reina (0/15), Aissa Mandi (0/14), Alberto Moreno (0/18), Jorge Cuenca (0/8), Juan Foyth (1/18), Kiko (0/17), Pau Torres (1/27), Raul Albiol (0/24), Alejandro Baena (4/27), Daniel Parejo (2/30), Etienne Capoue (1/21), Francis Coquelin (1/16), Giovani Lo Celso (1/15), Johan Mojica (0/18), Manuel Trigueros (0/17), Ramon Terrats (0/17), Samuel Chukwueze (6/29), Alfonso Pedraza (0/20), Diego Collado (0/2), Fer Nino (0/3), Gerard Moreno (6/16), Javi Ontiveros (0/0), Jose Luis Morales (7/29), Nicolas Jackson (3/18), Yeremi Pino (3/28).
Espanyol Squad
Below is the full team squad of Espanyol. The manager Garcia will pick his starting XI against Villarreal from these players:
Alvaro Fernandez (0/11), Angel Fortuno (0/0), Fernando Pacheco (0/10), Joan Garcia (0/0), Adria Pedrosa (0/0), Aleix Vidal (0/22), Brian Olivan (1/23), Cesar Montes (1/13), Fernando Calero (0/20), Joan Puig (0/0), Leandro Cabrera (0/26), Omar El Hilali (0/5), Oscar Gil (0/25), Ronael Pierre-Gabriel (0/7), Ruben Sanchez (0/17), Sergi Gomez (0/23), Wassim Keddari (0/5), Daniel Villahermosa (0/0), Denis Suarez (0/11), Edu Exposito (2/22), Javier Puado (3/29), Jose Carlos Lazo (1/11), Jose Gragera (1/9), Keidi Bare (0/14), Luca Koleosho (0/0), Roger Martinez (0/0), Sergi Darder (5/30), Vinicius de Souza Costa (0/27), Daniel Gomez (0/8), Joselu (12/27), Martin Braithwaite (9/25), Nabili Touaizi (0/0), Nico Ribaudo (0/24).
Villarreal vs Espanyol Team News
Villarreal are as close to an entire squad as they can with only one player unavailable for the side which faces Espanyol.
Villarreal are unable to field Giovani Lo Celso this coming Thursday against Espanyol, as he is sidelined with an injury.
Espanyol have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match on Thursday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands.
Names like Keidi Bare and Adria Pedrosa most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Villarreal.
Villarreal vs Espanyol Lineups
Villarreal vs Espanyol H2H
Villarreal go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 5-1 and 1-0 the last two times they played Espanyol. Villarreal have a 40% win rate in the against Espanyol, who won two of these matches. The total record reads 4-4-2, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Villarreal vs Espanyol Results
Both teams to score paid out five times in the previous ten matches between home side Villarreal and Espanyol. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 4/5.
Villarreal vs Espanyol Betting Tips
Jose Luis Morales is showing good form for Villarreal, scoring three goals in their last six matches. Martin Braithwaite scored once in his previous half dozen outings.
Estadio de la Ceramica witnessed Villarreal winning four times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing one and losing five as well. Espanyol claimed three wins, one draw and six defeats in their last 10 games away. Villarreal are looking at five wins from a possible 10 La Liga matches. Their visitors this coming Thursday claimed all three points two times in their previous 10 league matches.
Both teams to not score paid out five times in the past ten encounters between Espanyol and Villarreal, whereas under 2.5 goals happened four times. Villarreal scored an average of 1.4 goals a game, with Espanyol averaging 0.9 goals in this run. Villarreal saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in eight of the last ten matches that Espanyol played across all tournaments. They scored 1.1 times on average in the process.
