Spanish La Liga - Villarreal VS Real Madrid Prediction
Spanish La Liga - Villarreal VS Real Madrid
Match Time:16-03-2025 01:30 Sunday (GMT+8)
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Villarreal
The home team will be without the services of Gerard Moreno and Ilias Akhomach. Meanwhile, Kiko Femenia remains a major doubt for this fixture. Despite the disappointing result last time, it will be more or less the same XI that started against Alaves.
Against Real Madrid on Saturday, Villarreal will line up in a 4-4-2 formation, where Diego Conde will be in goal. The back four will be made up of Juan Foyth, Willy Kambwala, Logan Costa, and Sergi Cardona. Foyth and Cardona will be the full-backs, while Costa and Kambwala will feature in the heart of the defence.
In the centre of the park, Yeremy Pino and Alex Baena will feature on the flanks, while Pape Gueye will partner with Dani Parejo in a more central role. Thierno Barry could come into the XI in place of Nicolas Pepe, and he should partner Ayoze Perez in the final third.
Real Madrid
Eder Militao, Dani Carvajal and Dani Ceballos remain on the sidelines, while Ferland Mendy is also unavailable after picking up a knock last time out. Carlo Ancelotti could shuffle the pack after his team was involved in an intense second leg against Atletico Madrid a few days back.
The visitors will stick to the 4-4-2 formation, where Thibaut Courtois will be in goal. Lucas Vazquez and Fran Garcia could be the full-backs for this one, while David Alaba could return to the XI and partner Raul Asencio at the heart of the defence.
Brahim Diaz and Jude Bellingham will feature in the wide areas in midfield. Meanwhile, Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni should start in a more central role. They will look to control the tempo. Kylian Mbappe might start on the bench for this, with Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo taking charge up top for Real Madrid against Villarreal.
Villarreal possible starting lineup:
Conde; Foyth, Kambwala, Costa, S Cardona; Pino, Gueye, Parejo, Baena; Barry, Perez
Real Madrid possible starting lineup:
Courtois; Vazquez, Asencio, Rudiger, F Garcia; Valverde, Tchouameni, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius
Villarreal vs Real Madrid Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
Real Madrid have an excellent recent record against Villarreal and have won 25 out of the last 48 matches between the two teams, as opposed to Villarreal's six victories.
After a winning streak of four matches in La Liga that concluded in January this year, Real Madrid have won only two of their last six games in the competition and have lost two of these matches.
Villarreal were on an unbeaten run of six matches on the trot in La Liga before they suffered a damaging 1-0 defeat at the hands of Deportivo Alaves in their previous game.
Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last three matches against Villarreal in all competitions, with their previous such defeat coming by a 3-2 scoreline in April 2023.
Prediction: Villarreal 1-2 Real Madrid
This is a huge match, and Villarreal will be confident after watching Real Madrid's struggles against Atletico last time out; we were extremely close to backing a draw here, but we believe that Real Madrid will find a way to secure a huge three points on Saturday night.
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