Villarreal vs Valencia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd February 2026

Form hasn't been great recently for Villarreal, who hope to turn things around against Valencia this coming Sunday. This is a round 25 match in the current LaLiga campaign, and they face each other at Estadio de la Ceramica.

Sitting two places behind the top of the table, Villarreal claimed 48 points after 24 rounds. Meanwhile, Valencia amassed 26 points and rank as number 15 in the LaLiga at the moment.

Villarreal took down Valencia in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Sunday.

Villarreal scored an average of 1.6 goals in ten matches or a total of 16 while allowing 13 goals against. This is an average of 1.3 goals against per match with two clean sheets along the way.

Valencia managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 15 goals in total, and while claiming two clean sheets, they conceded 1.5 goals an average per game.

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Villarreal came away with a 0-2 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at Estadio de la Ceramica, but face stern opposition, of course.

Villarreal vs Valencia Prediction

Villarreal Form

Villarreal have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Espanyol by 4-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 2-1 against Getafe, before achieving a 0-1 win against Levante. Villarreal won four of their past six matches on home soil in the LaLiga, where they also lost twice but drew none. They scored ten goals and conceded seven times.

Valencia Form

In their last three matches, Valencia lost against Athletic Club and Real Madrid by 1-2 and 0-2, respectively, and beat Levante by 0-2. Valencia won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the LaLiga. The scoreline from these matches says nine goals conceded and seven scored.

Valencia and Villarreal are almost always cautious, when going toe-to-toe with each other, which makes under 2.5 goals the value bet this coming Sunday.

Villarreal took 30 points from their last 11 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the LaLiga table. This amounts to ten wins after scoring 27 times and conceding six. Valencia fought their way to one wins and five points from their last nine games against teams inside the top six. They were on target eight times in these matches, but also let in 23 goals. Villarreal are looking at a record of 15 wins, three draws and six defeats in the LaLiga this season. Valencia are looking at six wins, eight draws and ten defeats in the LaLiga.

Villarreal vs Valencia Squads

Villarreal Squad

The 60-year-old coach of the home team, Marcelino Garcia, will select the lineup against Valencia from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the LaLiga this season:

Arnau Tenas (0/3), Diego Conde (0/0), Luiz Junior (0/21), Alex Freeman (0/3), Alfonso Pedraza (1/18), Ismael Sierra (0/0), Juan Foyth (0/13), Logan Costa (0/0), Pau Navarro (0/12), Rafa Marin (1/16), Santiago Mourino (0/17), Sergi Cardona (0/19), Willy Kambwala (0/0), Alberto Moleiro (9/23), Carlos Macia (0/4), Daniel Parejo (0/20), Hugo Lopez (0/2), Mahamoud Barry (0/0), Pape Gueye (2/18), Renato Veiga (0/21), Santi Comesana (2/22), Tajon Buchanan (5/22), Thomas Partey (0/15), Alfon Gonzalez (1/10), Ayoze Perez (2/16), Georges Mikautadze (8/19), Gerard Moreno (7/12), Nicolas Pepe (3/23), Pau Cabanes (0/0), Tani Oluwaseyi (2/20).

Valencia Squad

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

Cristian Rivero (0/0), Julen Agirrezabala (0/18), Stole Dimitrievski (0/6), Aaron Mayol (0/0), Cesar Tarrega (0/21), Dimitri Foulquier (0/15), Eray Coemert (1/7), Jesus Vazquez (0/14), Jose Gaya (1/20), Mouctar Diakhaby (0/0), Thierry Correia (0/15), Unai Nunez (0/2), Andre Almeida (0/14), Baptiste Santamaria (1/19), Filip Ugrinic (0/14), Guido Rodriguez (0/2), Javier Guerra (0/23), Lucas Nunez (0/0), Pepelu (2/22), Alberto Mari (0/0), Arnaut Danjuma (3/22), Daniel Raba (0/11), Diego Lopez (3/22), Hugo Duro (7/23), Largie Ramazani (2/13), Lucas Beltran (1/21), Luis Rioja (2/23), Umar Sadiq (1/11).

Villarreal vs Valencia Team News

Villarreal could be looking at five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Valencia. 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.

Villarreal vs Valencia Lineups

Villarreal vs Valencia H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Villarreal came away with a 0-2 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at Estadio de la Ceramica, but face stern opposition, of course. Villarreal have a 40% win rate against Valencia, who won three of these matches. The total record reads 4-3-3, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Villarreal vs Valencia Results

Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Villarreal took on Valencia. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 1/1 with the bookies.

Villarreal vs Valencia Betting Tips

Largie Ramazani shows decent form right now for Valencia, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the LaLiga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Villarreal, who are strong favourites this coming Sunday. Siding with Georges Mikautadze also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six LaLiga matches.

Villarreal claimed five wins in their previous 10 matches at Estadio de la Ceramica across all tournaments. They lost five as well, while visitors Valencia won five of their last 10 away matches. They drew one and lost four. It is a tough one to call who gets to draw first blood this coming Sunday. Villarreal managed to open the scoring in no less than six of their previous 10 league games at home. Valencia have been equally quick to get off the mark, scoring the opener in six of their last 10 away games.

Less than 2.5 goals came out three times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet four times. Villarreal managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Valencia averaging 1.1 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Villarreal’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Valencia's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.