Villarreal vs Espanyol Preview

Villarreal vs Espanyol 

Competition – Spanish Primera

Stadium – Estadio de la Cerámica

Date – 21st September 2017

Kick-off time – 19:00 GMT

Live in-play betting – 

Villareal won their last match 3-0 which was their first major victory this season and their fans will be hoping that is the start of good things to come.

They have been plagued by injuries this season which is still troubling some of their key players.

Despite the injuries though, the Yellow Submarines have enough fit players to maintain their winning momentum as they look to climb up the league table.

With the likes of Roberto Soriano and Enes Ünal playing from the bench in their last game, they seem to have the depth to see out Espanyol in this game.

Villareal have won 4 of their last 6 home games against Espanyol.

Espanyol are also experiencing some bad luck with injuries especially to their defensive players.

Their 5-0 loss at Barcelona was the most obvious show of their defensive struggles and going away to Villarreal, they know they will have to do better than they did against the Catalans.

They played on Monday and had fewer days than their opponents to rest ahead of this game – it will be interesting to see if Quique Sanchez Flores rests some of his players ahead of their home game on Sunday or put out his best players for this game.

Espanyol have kept only a single clean sheet in their last 11 away league matches.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Villarreal 

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Villarreal 3-1 Real Betis Sep 10, 2017 Spanish Primera División
L Real Sociedad 3-0 Villarreal Aug 25, 2017 Spanish Primera División
L Levante 1-0 Villarreal Aug 21, 2017 Spanish Primera División
L Internazionale 3-1 Villarreal Aug 6, 2017 Friendly
W Valencia 1-3 Villarreal May 21, 2017 Spanish Primera División

Espanyol 

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Barcelona 5-0 Espanyol Sep 9, 2017 Spanish Primera División
L Espanyol 0-1 Leganes Aug 27, 2017 Spanish Primera División
D Sevilla FC 1-1 Espanyol Aug 19, 2017 Spanish Primera División
W Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Espanyol Jul 28, 2017 Friendly
W Granada 1-2 Espanyol May 19, 2017 Spanish Primera División

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Villarreal 2-0 Espanyol Mar 4, 2017 Spanish Primera División
Espanyol 0-0 Villarreal Oct 2, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Espanyol 2-2 Villarreal Jan 23, 2016 Spanish Primera División
Villarreal 3-1 Espanyol Aug 28, 2015 Spanish Primera División
Villarreal 0-3 Espanyol Apr 9, 2015 Spanish Primera División


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:

March 29, 2024
Cadiz 21:00 Granada
March 30, 2024
Getafe 14:00 Sevilla
Almeria 16:15 Osasuna
Valencia 18:30 Mallorca
Barcelona 21:00 Las Palmas
March 31, 2024
Celta Vigo 12:00 Rayo Vallecano
Girona 14:15 Real Betis
Alaves 16:30 Real Sociedad
Real Madrid 19:00 Athletic Bilbao
April 1, 2024
Villarreal 19:00 Atlético de Madrid
April 4, 2024
Granada 18:00 Valencia
April 12, 2024
Real Betis 19:00 Celta Vigo
April 13, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 12:00 Girona
Rayo Vallecano 14:15 Getafe
Mallorca 16:30 Real Madrid
Cadiz 19:00 Barcelona
April 14, 2024
Las Palmas 12:00 Sevilla
Granada 14:15 Alaves
Athletic Bilbao 16:30 Villarreal
Real Sociedad 19:00 Almeria

Spanish Primera Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Real Madrid 29 22 6 1 64 20 +44 72
2 Barcelona 29 19 7 3 60 34 +26 64
3 Girona 29 19 5 5 59 34 +25 62
4 Athletic Bilbao 29 16 8 5 50 26 +24 56
5 Atlético de Madrid 29 17 4 8 54 34 +20 55
6 Real Sociedad 29 12 10 7 42 31 +11 46
7 Real Betis 29 10 12 7 34 33 +1 42
8 Valencia 28 11 7 10 32 32 +0 40
9 Villarreal 29 10 8 11 47 51 -4 38
10 Getafe 29 9 11 9 37 42 -5 38
11 Las Palmas 29 10 7 12 29 32 -3 37
12 Osasuna 29 10 6 13 33 43 -10 36
13 Alaves 29 8 8 13 26 35 -9 32
14 Mallorca 29 6 12 11 25 35 -10 30
15 Rayo Vallecano 29 6 11 12 25 38 -13 29
16 Sevilla 29 6 10 13 36 44 -8 28
17 Celta Vigo 29 6 9 14 32 44 -12 27
18 Cadiz 29 3 13 13 20 40 -20 22
19 Granada 28 2 8 18 30 58 -28 14
20 Almeria 29 1 10 18 28 57 -29 13

Spanish Primera Results

March 17, 2024
Atlético de Madrid 0 - 3 Barcelona
Rayo Vallecano 2 - 0 Real Betis
Villarreal 1 - 0 Valencia
Las Palmas 0 - 1 Almeria
Sevilla 1 - 2 Celta Vigo
March 16, 2024
Athletic Bilbao 2 - 0 Alaves
Getafe 1 - 0 Girona
Osasuna 2 - 4 Real Madrid
Mallorca 1 - 0 Granada
March 15, 2024
Real Sociedad 2 - 0 Cadiz
March 11, 2024
Almeria 2 - 2 Sevilla
March 10, 2024
Real Betis 2 - 3 Villarreal
Real Madrid 4 - 0 Celta Vigo
Las Palmas 0 - 2 Athletic Bilbao
Alaves 1 - 0 Rayo Vallecano
March 9, 2024
Girona 2 - 0 Osasuna
Granada 2 - 3 Real Sociedad
Cadiz 2 - 0 Atlético de Madrid
Valencia 1 - 0 Getafe
March 8, 2024
Barcelona 1 - 0 Mallorca

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