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Villarreal v Espanyol : La Liga match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 27th Apr, 01:00 BST, Estadio de la Cerámica, Castellón

Villarreal and Espanyol meet at the Estadio de la Cerámica on Monday night, with both Marcelino Toral and José Manuel González Álvarez hoping for success in the La Liga. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've searched our extensive database and dug out the stats that will help you do exactly that. Head-to-head and recent form is included, and these are used to generate our predictions. Odds are there to ensure you get the best price.


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Best Tip: Villarreal to win

We're predicting Villarreal will come out on top after 90 minutes on Monday in the win / draw / win market. The latest form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) records below all that they're well placed to do just that and, as favourites with the bookies, the odds back that up too. There could be wild scenes among the home fans when that final whistle blows at Estadio de la Cerámica.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Villarreal are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 65% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.44.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Villarreal
65%
4/11
4%
4/11
3%
Draw
19%
4/1
11%
19/5
Espanyol
15%
7/1
28%
7/1
14%
Villarreal 2-0
10%
11/2
13%
5/1
14%
Villarreal 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Villarreal 1-0
10%
6/1
7%
5/1
14%
Draw 1-1
9%
17/2
6%
15/2
Villarreal 3-0
7%
15/2
15%
7/1
6%
Villarreal 3-1
7%
11/19/1
Draw 2-2
5%
20/1
11%
16/1
13%
Draw 0-0
4%
12/110/1
8%
Espanyol 2-1
4%
20/1
11%
18/1
12%
Espanyol 1-0
4%
18/1
12%
14/1
Villarreal 4-0
4%
14/1
21%
12/1
Villarreal 4-1
4%
20/116/1
13%
Villarreal 3-2
3%
28/1
26%
20/1
24%
Espanyol 2-0
2%
40/1
21%
28/1
12%
Villarreal 4-2
2%
40/128/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
8/11
7%
8/11
8%
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
11/10
2%
21/20
7%
Home 1st Goal
58%
1/4
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
40%
3/1
14%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
54%
1/1
13%
21/20
11%
BTTS - No
46%
3/4
9%
7/10
8%
BTTS - Home Win
31%
9/4
5%
11/5
10%
BTTS - Draw
15%
11/2
8%
5/1
4%
BTTS - Away Win
8%
14/1
36%
12/1
18%
Home/draw
85%
1/12
1%
1/14
3%
Away/draw
35%
2/1
15%
2/1
4%
Home/away
81%
1/6
2%
2/11
1%
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
2/9
3%
2/9
2%
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
10/314/5
10%
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
7/4
2%
7/4
10%
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
4/9
2%
2/5
5%
Over 4.5 Goals
21%
4/14/1
15%
Under 4.5 Goals
79%
1/6
4%
2/13
4%
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
9/117/2
19%
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/16
2%
1/20
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/25
2%
1/33
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
12/110/1
8%
Home DNB
79%
1/8
1%
1/10
3%
Away DNB
29%
5/1
20%
5/1
14%
Villarreal win to nil
34%
11/10
16%
-
Espanyol win to nil
7%
12/1
18%
-
Villarreal / Villarreal
40%
21/20
7%
19/20
5%
Villarreal / Espanyol
2%
40/140/1
21%
Villarreal / Draw
5%
16/1
13%
14/1
Draw / Villarreal
20%
3/1
8%
3/1
Draw / Espanyol
6%
14/1
15%
12/1
Draw / Draw
12%
6/1
8%
11/2
Espanyol / Villarreal
4%
20/1
11%
18/1
12%
Espanyol / Espanyol
6%
14/1
36%
10/1
10%
Espanyol / Draw
4%
18/1
12%
16/1
13%
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Win / draw / win La Liga table

Villarreal have played 27 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the La Liga league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 6 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Villarreal have outscored their opponents by 49 goals to 26 goals.

Home League Performance

Villarreal have played 13 games at home winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored 29 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 21 goals at home.

Espanyol are in 15th position in the La Liga on 28 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 5 and won 4. Espanyol have conceded 32 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Villarreal
Espanyol
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Barcelona2719354860 
l
 
1-5A
May 18
May 14
l
 
3-1A
2
Real Madrid2818643260 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
4-1F
3
A.Madrid2816842456 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1F
Mar 29
d
 
0-00-0
4
A.Bilbao28141042252 
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-1A
5
Villarreal Home2712871144 
-
-
l
 
1-2F
Apr 27
6
Real Betis281288344 
l
 
1-2A
Apr 13
May 4
l
 
1-0A
7
Mallorca2811710-640 
w
 
4-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1F
8
Celta2811611039 
w
 
4-3A
Apr 23
w
 
3-1F
Apr 12
9
R.Vallecano289109037 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
Apr 4
10
Getafe289910236 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 30
Apr 20
l
 
1-0A
11
Sevilla289910-536 
May 25
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
12
R.Sociedad2810513-535 
Apr 20
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
13
Girona289712-534 
d
 
2-2F
May 11
d
 
1-1F
l
 
4-1A
14
Osasuna277128-633 
May 4
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
May 18
15
Espanyol Away277713-1328 
Apr 27
w
 
1-2A
-
-
16
Valencia2861012-1528 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 23
17
Alaves286913-1027 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-1F
18
Leganes286913-1727 
May 14
w
 
2-5A
d
 
1-1F
May 11
19
Las Palmas286715-1525 
w
 
3-1F
w
 
1-2F
May 25
l
 
1-0A
20
Valladolid284420-4516 
w
 
5-1F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
Win / draw / win form
Villarreal 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
46
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
Draw
8
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Villarreal1 - 1Valencia
Villarreal5 - 1Valladolid
Villarreal4 - 0Mallorca
Villarreal1 - 1R.Vallecano
Villarreal1 - 2Real Betis
Villarreal2 - 2Girona
Villarreal3 - 0Alaves
Villarreal1 - 1Getafe
Villarreal3 - 1Las Palmas
Villarreal1 - 5Barcelona
Villarreal4 - 3Celta
Villarreal2 - 2A.Madrid
Villarreal4 - 4Real Madrid
Villarreal3 - 2Sevilla
Villarreal3 - 0R.Vallecano
Villarreal1 - 2A.Madrid
Villarreal1 - 0Valencia
Villarreal5 - 1Granada
Villarreal1 - 1Getafe
Villarreal0 - 0Cadiz
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVillarreal1 - 0R.Vallecano
HVillarreal1 - 1Valencia
AVillarreal2 - 1Las Palmas
HVillarreal5 - 1Valladolid
AVillarreal1 - 1A.Madrid
HVillarreal4 - 0Mallorca
AVillarreal0 - 1R.Sociedad
AVillarreal5 - 2Leganes
HVillarreal1 - 1R.Vallecano
HVillarreal1 - 2Real Betis
AVillarreal0 - 2A.Bilbao
HVillarreal2 - 2Girona
AVillarreal2 - 2Osasuna
HVillarreal3 - 0Alaves
AVillarreal2 - 1Valladolid
HVillarreal1 - 1Getafe
AVillarreal0 - 2Real Madrid
HVillarreal3 - 1Las Palmas
AVillarreal2 - 1Espanyol
HVillarreal1 - 5Barcelona
Espanyol 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
11
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
3
Draw
7
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Alaves0 - 1Espanyol
R.Sociedad2 - 1Espanyol
Sevilla1 - 1Espanyol
Las Palmas1 - 0Espanyol
Getafe1 - 0Espanyol
Girona4 - 1Espanyol
Barcelona3 - 1Espanyol
A.Bilbao4 - 1Espanyol
Real Betis1 - 0Espanyol
Real Madrid4 - 1Espanyol
A.Madrid0 - 0Espanyol
Valladolid1 - 0Espanyol
Real Oviedo1 - 0Espanyol
S.Gijon0 - 1Espanyol
Amorebieta0 - 0Espanyol
Valladolid0 - 0Espanyol
Elche2 - 2Espanyol
Leganes0 - 0Espanyol
Burgos0 - 0Espanyol
Zaragoza0 - 1Espanyol
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AEspanyol1 - 0Alaves
HEspanyol1 - 1A.Bilbao
AEspanyol1 - 2R.Sociedad
HEspanyol1 - 0Real Madrid
AEspanyol1 - 1Sevilla
HEspanyol2 - 1Valladolid
HEspanyol1 - 1Leganes
AEspanyol0 - 1Las Palmas
HEspanyol1 - 1Valencia
HEspanyol0 - 0Osasuna
AEspanyol0 - 1Getafe
HEspanyol3 - 1Celta
AEspanyol1 - 4Girona
AEspanyol1 - 3Barcelona
HEspanyol0 - 2Sevilla
AEspanyol1 - 4A.Bilbao
HEspanyol2 - 1Mallorca
AEspanyol0 - 1Real Betis
HEspanyol1 - 2Villarreal
AEspanyol1 - 4Real Madrid
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Villarreal have beaten Espanyol in 4 consecutive league meetings
5
Villarreal have not lost to Espanyol in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Villarreal since 2015
Villarreal
Espanyol
Goals: Scored
17
11
Games: Scored
6 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
2 / 8
VIL
4
D
2
ESP
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Villarreal
Villarreal4 - 2
Villarreal5 - 1
1 - 2Espanyol
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Villarreal2 - 0
Villarreal3 - 1
0 - 3Espanyol
League games at Espanyol since 2014
Espanyol
Villarreal
Goals: Scored
8
9
Games: Scored
5 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
4 / 9
VIL
3
D
5
ESP
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Espanyol
1 - 2Villarreal
0 - 1Villarreal
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Villarreal
Espanyol3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.2 is fairly strong for Villarreal in their meeting with Espanyol, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 40 consecutive La Liga games.

Goals have been an issue for Espanyol of late. It has been 5 La Liga matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Monday night against Villarreal.

Villarreal 5th Espanyol 15th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.2
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
11%
1
25%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
17%
There is a 64% probability that Villarreal will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
39%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Espanyol scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+29
Villarreal have scored 29% more goals at home than predicted
-36
Espanyol have scored 36% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.3
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
La Liga - 2024/2025 season
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Villarreal
PG (predicted goals)
Espanyol
2.2
1
Attack rating
28%
better
VIL
ESP
view stats
Games scored23
19
Failed to score4
8
Scored first16
13
Goals scored49
26
Avg. goals scored1.8
1
Avg. shots per game11
6
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.9
0.8
KickOff rating
+28%
Defence rating
VIL
ESP
6%
better
view stats
Games conceded24
23
Clean sheets3
4
Conceded first11
12
Goals conceded38
39
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded9
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against16%
13%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.7
KickOff rating
+6%

Villarreal v Espanyol La Liga lLine ups will show here when available.

Villarreal La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
261178
S CardonaA PérezÁlex BaenaY Pino
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Conde GLK211
2
-
J Foyth DEF101
3
-
L Costa DEF212
2
-
W. Kambwala DEF10
1
S Cardona DEF2616
6
-
Y Pino MID2414
8
-
D Parejo MID2531
6
-
P Gueye MID252
4
1
Álex Baena MID2567
8
-
N Pépé FWD1912
1
-
A Pérez FWD2011
3
-
Subs
L Júnior GLK7
-
Albiol DEF15
5
-
E Bailly DEF10
2
-
K Femenía DEF211
6
-
A Pedraza DEF3
-
P. Navarro Badenes DEF10
-
D Suárez MID1512
-
T Buchanan MID5
-
S Comesaña MID2532
5
-
T Barry FWD2683
3
-
Espanyol La Liga squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27849
J GarcíaJ PuadoÁlvaro TejeroO Hilali
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J García GLK27
2
-
O Hilali DEF262
9
-
M Kumbulla DEF252
6
-
L Cabrera DEF2321
3
-
C Romero DEF2321
5
-
J Carreras MID2633
5
-
U González MID61
1
-
P Lozano MID20
9
-
A Kral MID271
1
-
J Puado FWD2581
4
-
R Fernández FWD82
1
-
Subs
Ángel Fortuño GLK
-
P. Tristán Jiménez GLK
-
F Calero DEF121
-
Álvaro Tejero DEF2314
2
-
B Oliván DEF171
2
-
S Gómez DEF11
1
-
E Expósito MID8
2
-
P Milla MID11
2
-
Álvaro Aguado MID12
3
-
A Véliz FWD211
2
-
W Cheddira FWD1811
2
-
A. Roca Vives FWD161
3
-