Villarreal vs Real Madrid Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th January 2023

The spotlight is on Villarreal and Real Madrid, as the pair go looking to boost their confidence. They face each other on Saturday at Estadio de la Ceramica in the La Liga. Neither Villarreal nor Real Madrid managed a breakthrough, when they last faced each other. They ended up settling for a point in a 0-0 draw, and the best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 14/5.

One spot behind the leader of the table, Real Madrid have claimed 38 points after 15 rounds, while Villarreal have amassed 24 points and are now ranked as number seven in the La Liga standings.

Both Villarreal and Real Madrid go into the match on the back of decent results recently. Both will be eager to continue their good run, but with the advantage of playing on home soil, Villarreal could prove too tough a task for Real Madrid.

Villarreal scored eight goals, conceded ten and fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Real Madrid scored 20 goals, conceded nine and held on for a clean sheet in three of their last ten matches.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Prediction

Villarreal Form

Villarreal conquered seven points from their last three matches and started off drawing 1-1 with Guijuelo. Next up was a 2-1 win against Valencia, before Cartagena were defeated in 1-5 win. Villarreal claimed four wins in their last six La Liga 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 five and scored 11 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.

Real Madrid Form

Real Madrid are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Cadiz got left behind in a 2-1 win, before Real Valladolid got hammered in a 0-2 victory. Cacereno was the most recent victim in a 0-1 win for Real Madrid. Real Madrid have been outstanding on their travels lately, winning five of their previous six away matches in the La Liga. They saw no draws but lost once, while scoring 13 and conceding five goals.

Spoken of as title contenders, Real Madrid are currently doing a good job of living up to the hype in the La Liga this season.

With the results that Real Madrid have picked up lately, we favour them to grab another win, when going up against Villarreal at Estadio de la Ceramica.

Villarreal have taken nine points from their last seven games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. They won three of these matches with a scoreline of six goals to seven. Real Madrid scored ten goals and conceded seven in their last seven games against teams from the top half of the La Liga table. This earned them three wins and ten points. Villarreal enjoy a record of seven wins, three draws and five defeats in the La Liga this season. Real Madrid have a record of 12 wins, two draws and one defeat in the La Liga.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Team News

Villarreal have an almost full squad available against Real Madrid at Estadio de la Ceramica with only one player possibly missing.

Giovani Lo Celso sit this one out for Villarreal due to an injury.

Real Madrid face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Saturday against Villarreal.

Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal and Mariano Diaz all face a spell on the sidelines for Real Madrid due to various injuries.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Villarreal played Real Madrid. The pair split the points in a 0-0 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. Villarreal go into their upcoming match against Real Madrid with a 10% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 1-6-3 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Results

As both teams found their way to the goal seven times in their previous ten matches, betting on BTTS naturally would have been profitable. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 8/15 with the bookies.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the La Liga, Samuel Chukwueze will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Real Madrid hope Karim Benzema can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three La Liga goals in his last six La Liga games.

Villarreal won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing one as well. Real Madrid won seven from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew one and lost two in this run. Over 2.5 goals paid out with the bookmakers four times in the previous 10 Villarreal matches at Estadio de la Ceramica. It paid out in six of the previous 10 league matches away for Real Madrid.

The last ten encounters between Villarreal and Real Madrid saw over 2.5 goals scored six times, with Villarreal averaging 1.2 goals a game. Real Madrid scored 1.4 goals on average in these, as both teams scored seven times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Villarreal’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten outings for Real Madrid, who managed to score 2.4 times in those matches.