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Villarreal

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Villarreal are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-1 La Liga triumph over Rayo Vallecano.

In that match, Villarreal had 49% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Villarreal was Ayoze Pérez (66'). On the other side, Rayo Vallecano had 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.

Their more recent scorelines shine a light on the fact that not much more can be done by the Villarreal backline. Villarreal have given the opposition little, resulting in the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past 6 matches standing at 4. We will have to see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Their previous form shows that Villarreal:

• have not been beaten in the league by Espanyol in their last 5 games.
• are undefeated in their last 4 home league matches.

Espanyol

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Espanyol will go into this match following a 0-1 La Liga win against Alaves in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Espanyol managed 38% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Espanyol was Fernando Calero (86'). For their opponents, Alaves had 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.

Over the course of their last six clashes, Espanyol have amassed the sum of 7 goals. Espanyol have additionally got on the scoresheet in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve seen 5 goals scored by their opponents.

Coming into this contest, Espanyol have not won against Villarreal in away games against them for the last 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 19/01/2020 shows us that Villarreal have won 4 of these games & Espanyol 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

In all, 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 13 of them for El Submarino Amarillo and 6 netted by Periquitos. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The previous league encounter featuring the two was La Liga match day 7 on 26/09/2024 when it ended Espanyol 1-2 Villarreal.

In that game, Espanyol managed 56% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer was Jofre Carreras (45').

On the other side, Villarreal got 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Ayoze Pérez (45', 63') was the scorer.

The referee was Alejandro Quintero González.

📰 Team News: Villarreal

There is just one fitness concern for the Villarreal gaffer Marcelino García Toral to be concerned about from a near full-strength group. Ilias Akhomach (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t play.

📰 Team News: Espanyol

Thanks to a mainly healthy group of players, there is only the sole fitness problem for the Espanyol gaffer Manolo González to be concerned with. Fernando Pacheco (Ankle injury) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

We feel that Villarreal are likely to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

In contrast, Espanyol are also probably going to find it difficult to score themselves - but, we do see them scoring.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Villarreal when all’s said and done.

Lucas Pereira, 07:01 28/02/2025