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Valencia

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Valencia will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 1-0 La Liga loss in their previous game against Athletic Bilbao.

In that game, Valencia had 49% possession and 2 shots on goal with 0 on target. At the other end, Athletic Bilbao had 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Beñat Prados (45') was the scorer for Athletic Bilbao.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Valencia have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Valencia have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals during that time. Still, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern shall be replicated in this match or not.

Heading into this contest, Valencia haven’t won at home in the past 6 league games. Fans are getting restless.

Villarreal

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Villarreal will go into this meeting following on from a 4-3 La Liga win versus Celta Vigo in their most recent outing.

In that match, Villarreal had 45% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 9 on target. For Villarreal, the goals were scored by Sergi Cardona (26'), Thierno Barry (60') and Dani Parejo (100'). For their opponents, Celta Vigo had 20 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Borja Iglesias (12'), Óscar Mingueza (31'), Jaílson (64' Own goal) and Carl Starfelt (80') scored for Celta Vigo.

The stats don’t lie, and Villarreal have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals overall. In defence, Villarreal have clearly had some problems.

A look at their previous results shows us that Villarreal:

• haven't beaten Valencia when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league matches. Not the best of away records.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 30/10/2021 tells us that Valencia have won 2 of these & Villarreal 3, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 of them for Los Che and 7 for El Submarino Amarillo. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The previous league game between the two was La Liga match day 29 on 17/03/2024 when it ended Villarreal 1-0 Valencia.

In that game, Villarreal had 53% possession and 13 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Their only player to score was Jorge Cuenca (54').

At the other end, Valencia had 14 attempts at goal with 7 on target.

The referee was Jorge Figueroa Vázquez.

📰 Team News: Valencia

José Gayà (Muscle injury) and Mouctar Diakhaby (Knee injury) are unavailable for Valencia boss Rubén Baraja.

It looks as if Los Che look set to go for a 4-4-2 system, handing starts to Giorgi Mamardashvili, Thierry Correia, Cristhian Mosquera, Cesar Tarrega, Jesus Vazquez, Diego Lopez, Pepelu, Hugo Guillamon, Luis Rioja, Andre Almeida and Hugo Duro.

📋 Team News: Villarreal

We reckon that El Submarino Amarillo will likely play in a 4-3-3 lineup, giving starts to Diego Conde, Kiko, Logan Costa, Raul Albiol, Sergi Cardona, Santi Comesana, Daniel Parejo, Pape Gueye, Yeremi Pino, Thierno Barry and Ayoze Perez.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Villarreal and Valencia may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw. We therefore see a very even match with a 0-0 score at full-time.

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

Andre Moura, 19:04 31/08/2024