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Villarreal

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Villarreal fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-1 La Liga victory vs Girona FC.

In that game, Villarreal had 45% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Villarreal was Karl Etta Eyong (89'). For their opponents, Girona got 6 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

Marcelino García Toral's Villarreal have netted a sum total of 10 times in their past 6 outings. The corresponding tally of goals that they have conceded in those same games is 8.

Coming into this meeting, Villarreal are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.

Leganés

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Leganés go into this encounter after a 3-2 La Liga win in the defeat of Espanyol in their most recent match.

In that game, Leganés had 50% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Leganés, the goalscorers were Seydouba Cissé (33') and Yan Diomande (41'). On the other side, Espanyol got 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Marash Kumbulla (63' Own goal), Leandro Cabrera (79') and Pere Milla (98') scored for Espanyol.

The stats don’t lie, and Leganés have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 7 goals in all. Defensively, Leganés have been far from perfect.

Leading up to this clash, Leganés:

• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 8 matches in the league. A poor run.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head clashes going back to 17/04/2018 shows us that Villarreal have won 5 of them and Leganés 1, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

An aggregate of 20 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 14 of them from El Submarino Amarillo and 6 coming from Leganés. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The previous league clash between these clubs was La Liga match day 18 on 22/12/2024 when the final score was Leganés 2-5 Villarreal.

In that game, Leganés had 36% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorers were Seydouba Cissé (6') and Dani Raba (33').

On the other side, Villarreal had 18 attempts on goal with 9 on target. Thierno Barry (16', 45', 65'), Gerard Moreno (92') and Pau Cabanes (98') scored.

The referee was Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz.

ℹ️ Team News: Villarreal

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just one fitness concern for the Villarreal gaffer Marcelino García Toral to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Ilias Akhomach (Cruciate ligament injury) is out of contention.

In all likelihood, El Submarino Amarillo will possibly kick off with a 4-4-2 formation this time featuring Luiz Junior, Pau Navarro, Juan Foyth, Logan Costa, Alfonso Pedraza, Yeremi Pino, Pape Gueye, Daniel Parejo, Alejandro Baena, Nicolas Pepe and Ayoze Perez.

📋 Team News: Leganés

Leganés manager Borja Jiménez has multiple availability issues to deal with. Enric Franquesa (Cruciate ligament injury) and Borna Barisic (Cruciate ligament tear) can’t be considered.

We’re of the thinking that Leganés seem most likely to make use of a 5-3-2 system, settling for Marko Dmitrovic, Valentin Rosier, Jorge Saenz, Sergio Gonzalez, Adria Altimira, Javier Hernandez, Yvan Neyou Noupa, Renato Tapia, Seydouba Cisse, Daniel Raba and Munir El Haddadi.

✨ Prediction

We envisage that Villarreal look likely to create the chances to score more than once when they come up against Leganés, who will be up against it finding the net themselves.

Our selection here is for a comfortable 2-0 winning score for Villarreal at the end of the 90 minutes.

Renata Leite, 16:04 14/05/2025