Villarreal vs Valencia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 17th March 2024

Much more than mere points are at stake when Villarreal clash in a derby with their rivals Valencia on Sunday at Estadio de la Ceramica.

Villarreal are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Valencia and odds favour them to pull it off.

Villarreal scored two goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 20 times. They conceded 16 goals, an average of 1.6 and pulled off one clean sheets.

Valencia managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded nine goals in total, and while claiming four clean sheets, they conceded 0.9 goals an average per game.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 3-1 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest this coming Sunday?

Villarreal vs Valencia Prediction

Villarreal Form

In the previous three matches, Villarreal lost 4-0 against Marseille, beat Real Betis by 2-3 and won 3-1 against Marseille. Villarreal claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the La Liga. They also drew three and lost one, scored ten goals and conceded eight.

Valencia Form

Valencia look solid currently after going three matches unbeaten, which started by drawing 0-0 against Sevilla. They followed that up by sharing the spoils with Real Madrid in a 2-2 draw, before taking out Getafe in a 1-0 win. Valencia claimed two wins against zero draws and four defeats in their last six away matches in the La Liga. The scoreline from these matches reads eight goals conceded and six scored.

Valencia and Villarreal seem to find it tough getting their defensively lines in order, as they both concede too many goals. We hope the trend continues on Sunday, as we aim for both teams to score.

Villarreal have a record of nine wins, eight draws and 11 defeats in the La Liga this season. Valencia have a record of 11 wins, seven draws and nine defeats in the La Liga.

Villarreal vs Valencia Squads

Villarreal Squad

Marcelino Garcia will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Valencia from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the La Liga this season):

Filip Joergensen (0/27), Iker Alvarez (0/0), Pepe Reina (0/0), Adria Altimira (0/11), Aissa Mandi (1/12), Alberto Moreno (1/22), Antonio Espigares (0/0), Daniel Budesca (0/0), Eric Bailly (0/7), Jorge Cuenca (2/21), Juan Foyth (1/12), Kiko (0/15), Raul Albiol (0/21), Stefan Lekovic (0/0), Yerson Mosquera (0/6), Alejandro Baena (2/25), Dani Requena (0/0), Daniel Parejo (2/23), Denis Suarez (0/0), Etienne Capoue (1/26), Francis Coquelin (0/10), Manuel Trigueros (0/11), Ramon Terrats (0/14), Santi Comesana (2/19), Alexander Soerloth (13/24), Alfonso Pedraza (1/14), Bertrand Traore (0/3), Gerard Moreno (10/25), Goncalo Guedes (2/7), Ilias Akhomach (1/23), Jorge Pascual (0/0), Jose Luis Morales (6/21), Yeremi Pino (0/7).

Valencia Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Valencia players that the manager Ruben Baraja will choose from for the upcoming game:

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Giorgi Mamardashvili (0/27), Jaume Domenech (0/0), Cenk Ozkacar (0/13), Cristhian Mosquera (0/25), Dimitri Foulquier (0/23), Hugo Guillamon (1/20), Jesus Vazquez (1/13), Jose Gaya (1/21), Marco Camus (0/0), Mouctar Diakhaby (1/14), Thierry Correia (0/20), Yarek Gasiorowski (0/9), Andre Almeida (0/8), Fran Perez (1/27), Hugo Gonzalez (0/7), Javier Guerra (4/25), Pepelu (4/27), Peter Gonzalez (0/4), Selim Amallah (0/16), Alberto Mari (0/7), David Otorbi Ejededawe (0/0), Diego Lopez (3/25), Hugo Duro (12/27), Pablo Gozalbez (0/5), Roman Yaremchuk (3/19), Sergi Canos (1/18).

Villarreal vs Valencia Team News

Villarreal are sweating on the fitness of no less than seven players before their match on Sunday. Alberto Moreno and Alfonso Pedraza can't be called up by the Villarreal-manager, with both serving a ban.

Eric Bailly, Alfonso Pedraza, Ramon Terrats, Daniel Parejo, Juan Foyth, Yeremi Pino and Denis Suarez are missing from the squad, Villarreal will field against Valenciaon Sunday.

Valencia have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Villarreal this coming Sunday. Hugo Guillamon is ineligible for selection in the Valencia squad, as he is suspended.

Diego Lopez, Thierry Correia and Andre Almeida all face a spell on the sidelines for Valencia due to various injuries.

Villarreal vs Valencia Lineups

Villarreal vs Valencia H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 3-1 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest this coming Sunday. Both teams aim for the throat, when taking on each other as only one of their last ten matches finished all square. Villarreal came out on top in four games, whereas Valencia ran away with three points five times. Picking the home win gets you odds at 21/20 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 13/5.

Villarreal vs Valencia Results

Of the last ten encounters between Villarreal Valencia over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 19/20 with bookies.

Villarreal vs Valencia Betting Tips

When looking for in-form players to find the target, there are some interesting names popping up in both teams. Alexander Soerloth brings great form to the table, as he is now on five goals in six games. Surely, Villarreal will start him against Valencia, who also have some appealing names to consider. Not least Hugo Duro, who notched up three goals in his past six games.

In their last 10 matches at Estadio de la Ceramica across all tournaments Villarreal won five times, drew four and lost one times. Valencia claimed five wins, zero draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Villarreal on home soil currently, as both teams scored in seven of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target four times in Valencia''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Villarreal managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Valencia averaging 1.5 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet six times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Villarreal’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Valencia's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.