Villarreal vs Red Bull Salzburg Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Villarreal

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Villarreal go into this fixture following on from a 1-1 La Liga draw against Athletic Bilbao.

In that match, Villarreal managed 53% possession and 3 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Villarreal was Gerard Moreno (16'). For their opponents, Athletic Bilbao had 18 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Álex Berenguer (44') was the scorer for Athletic Bilbao.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Villarreal have kept a clean sheet. In fact, El Submarino Amarillo have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 7 goals during that time. Historical results aside, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern shall continue on in this match.

Red Bull Salzburg

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Red Bull Salzburg head into the match after a 4-2 Bundesliga win with the eclipse of Rapid Vienna in their previous fixture.

For Red Bull Salzburg, the goalscorers were Patson Daka (30', 64', 70') and Karim Adeyemi (90'). Ercan Kara (90') and Lion Schuster (90') scored for Rapid Vienna.

Showing their partiality to eventful encounters, the back of the net has been hit 23 times in the previous 6 games in which Red Bull Salzburg have taken to the field, yielding a mean average of 3.83 goals each meeting. Their opponents have got 7 from this total.

📋 Team News: Villarreal

Francis Coquelin (Ankle Injury), Mario Gaspar (Muscle Injury), Alberto Moreno (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Vicente Iborra (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will not be able to play for Villarreal boss Unai Emery.

ℹ️ Team News: Red Bull Salzburg

RB Salzburg boss Jesse Marsch has to choose a team with limited availability. Bernardo (Ruptured sideband in the knee), Ousmane Diakité (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Youba Diarra (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Noah Okafor (Torn Muscle Fibre) are not able to play. The players who will not be able to play in this game through being suspended are David Affengruber, Maurits Kjaergaard and Benjamin Sesko.

🔮 Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Red Bull Salzburg may find it difficult to break down this Villarreal side who we think will likely get the vital goal that wins it.

That’s why our selection here is for a 1-0 advantage for Villarreal at the end of this one.

Should be an interesting one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:10 21/02/2021