Villarreal vs Real Madrid Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 24th January 2026

Real Madrid go up against Villarreal on Saturday for a LaLiga meeting at Estadio de la Ceramica.

While Real Madrid are chasing the lead in the LaLiga after collecting 48 points in 20 rounds, Villarreal trail by 41 points after 19 rounds, leaving them as number 3 in the table.

Villarreal are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Real Madrid but odds don't favour them to pull it off.

Villarreal show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.1 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 21 goals, whilst they allowed nine goals against, for an average of 0.9 per outing. They pulled off four clean sheets.

Real Madrid are brimming with confidence in front of goal before the upcoming away match in the LaLiga, as they can show off very handsome numbers from their previous ten games. The visitors scored 2.1 times on average per match, for a total of 21 goals. They also let in seven goals, leaving an average of 0.7 per match. They fought their way to five clean sheets.

Real Madrid beat Villarreal twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-1 and 2-1, respectively.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Prediction

Villarreal Form

In their last three matches, Villarreal won 3-1 against Deportivo Alaves, before losing 2-0 against Real Betis and 1-2 to Ajax. Villarreal claimed four wins in their last six LaLiga matches at the Estadio de la Ceramica. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded six and scored 13 goals.

Real Madrid Form

Real Madrid won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 3-2 against Albacete, before beating Levante 2-0. Another win followed, this time by 6-1 against Monaco. Real Madrid won three of a possible six away matches in the LaLiga, as well as playing three draws and suffering zero defeats. They scored nine while also conceding four times.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Villarreal and Real Madrid.

Villarreal won four matches, scored 13 goals and conceded 15 in their last ten games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. This earned them 14 points. Real Madrid scored 21 goals and conceded 13 in their last ten games against teams from the top half of the LaLiga table. This earned them six wins and 19 points. Villarreal claimed 13 wins, two draws as well as four defeats in the LaLiga this season. Real Madrid are looking at 15 wins, three draws and two defeats in the LaLiga.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Squads

Villarreal Squad

Garcia will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Real Madrid from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season):

Arnau Tenas (0/3), Diego Conde (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/16), Alfonso Pedraza (1/14), Ismael Sierra (0/0), Juan Foyth (0/12), Logan Costa (0/0), Pau Navarro (0/8), Rafa Marin (1/13), Santiago Mourino (0/13), Sergi Cardona (0/16), Willy Kambwala (0/0), Alberto Moleiro (8/19), Carlos Macia (0/4), Daniel Parejo (0/16), Mahamoud Barry (0/0), Pape Gueye (2/13), Renato Veiga (0/16), Santi Comesana (2/18), Tajon Buchanan (5/18), Thiago Fernandez (0/0), Thomas Partey (0/13), Ayoze Perez (2/12), Georges Mikautadze (5/14), Gerard Moreno (5/10), Ilias Akhomach (0/9), Nicolas Pepe (2/18), Pau Cabanes (0/0), Tani Oluwaseyi (2/15).

Real Madrid Squad

Here is the full team squad of Real Madrid. The 43 year-old Alvaro Arbeloa will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Andriy Lunin (0/0), Fran Gonzalez (0/0), Thibaut Courtois (0/20), Alvaro Carreras (1/18), Antonio Rüdiger (0/7), Daniel Carvajal (0/7), David Alaba (0/4), David Jimenez (0/0), Dean Huijsen (1/14), Eder Militao (1/13), Ferland Mendy (0/1), Francisco Garcia (1/7), Raul Asencio (2/14), Trent Alexander-Arnold (0/8), Aurelien Tchouameni (0/18), Brahim Diaz (0/12), Dani Ceballos (0/12), Eduardo Camavinga (1/14), Federico Valverde (0/19), Jorge Cestero (0/0), Jude Bellingham (4/16), Arda Guler (3/20), Franco Mastantuono (1/12), Gonzalo Garcia (3/15), Kylian Mbappe (19/19), Rodrygo (1/17), Vinicius Junior (5/20).

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Team News

Villarreal could be looking at five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Real Madrid. Alfonso Pedraza, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo, Georges Mikautadze and Pape Gueye can't be called up by the Villarreal-manager, with both serving a ban.

Real Madrid are juggling with four absent players on on Saturday when travelling to Villarreal. Daniel Carvajal is ineligible for selection in the Real Madrid squad, as he is suspended.

Daniel Carvajal, Vinicius Junior and David Alaba all face a spell on the sidelines for Real Madrid due to various injuries.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Lineups

Villarreal vs Real Madrid H2H

Real Madrid beat Villarreal twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-1 and 2-1, respectively. All in all, Real Madrid have a fine reading on Villarreal in previous seasons with a 5-3-2 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Real Madrid to win this match at best price odds of 21/20.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Results

The past ten matches between Villarreal and Real Madrid have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals on Saturday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/2 with the bookies.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Kylian Mbappe has been hitting the net regularly and now has five goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Saturday, it is because Real Madrid bank on him to build on these numbers against Villarreal. The latter relies on Alberto Moleiro, who found the target four times in six games.

Villarreal won four of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Estadio de la Ceramica. They drew two and lost four as well, while Real Madrid won five of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost two. Goals are flowing freely for Villarreal on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target eight times in Real Madrid''s last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams scored seven times in the last ten encounters between Villarreal and Real Madrid, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Villarreal scored 1.3 goals on average, while Real Madrid pulled two goals on average. Villarreal saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of the last ten games for Real Madrid, who managed to hit the net 2.7 times on average in these games.