Villarreal vs Espanyol Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 27)

📊 Form Guide

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Villarreal

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Villarreal will be hoping for a better result following a 2-0 La Liga defeat last time out to Celta Vigo.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Villarreal have shown defensive steel. In fact, Villarreal have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals in the process.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Villarreal:

• haven't lost in the league to Espanyol in their last 5 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.
• have not won at home in their last 4 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

Espanyol

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Last time out, Espanyol drew 1-1 in the La Liga match with Valencia.

In that game, Espanyol had 33% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Espanyol was Javi Puado (40'). Valencia got 16 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Javi Guerra (57') scored for Valencia.

A sequence of hard-working displays from the Espanyol defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 clashes combined. In that period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 10. Such a trend isn’t assured to be continued here, of course.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Espanyol:

• haven't won against Villarreal when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head-to-head clashes going back to 19/01/2020 tells us that Villarreal have won 4 of these & Espanyol 1, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

In all, 19 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 13 for El Submarino Amarillo and 6 being from Periquitos. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league match featuring these sides was La Liga match day 7 on 26/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal.

That day, Espanyol had 56% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jofre Carreras (45').

Villarreal got 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Ayoze Pérez (45', 63') scored.

The match was refereed by Alejandro Quintero González.

ℹ️ Team News: Villarreal

Tajon Buchanan (unknown injury) and Ilias Akhomach (Cruciate ligament injury) are not available for Villarreal boss Marcelino García Toral.

📋 Team News: Espanyol

Owing to an otherwise healthy group, there is just the one fitness issue for the Espanyol boss Manolo González to contend with. José Gragera (Toe injury) won’t be in action.

✨ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Villarreal will more than likely get amongst the goals when they face Espanyol, who will be up against it finding the net themselves.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 2-0 winning score for Villarreal when all’s said and done.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

In terms of the bookies’ odds on the 90 min. result market, putting your money on Villarreal is available for 1.44, a wager on a drawn result is 5 & staking on victory for Espanyol gets you 6.25. These are the top prices being offered at the moment.

Andre Moura, 21:10 23/04/2025