Football Previews
Valencia vs Villarreal
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – Estadio Mestalla
Date: 23rd December 2017
Kick-off time – 15:15 GMT
This is another derby in the Spanish La Liga this weekend albeit a lesser derby compared to the El Classico.
Valencia may be doing well this season but their city rivals Villarreal have been the most prosperous of them recently.
Valencia seem to have come back to their best with the appointment of Marcelino who walked out on Villarreal last season.
Marcelino’s team have been one of the most transformed teams this season but they have suffered a recent blip in form.
Those setbacks came away from home and they will be back to their confident best in this game at home.
Valencia have won 75% of their home games this season scoring an average of 2.5 goals per game, conceding just 0.5 goals and winning at least 2.5 points per game.
Villarreal meanwhile do not have the most attractive away record as they have lost 44% of their road games this season, conceding an average of 1.56 goals while scoring just 1 goal on average.
They have struggled against the top clubs this season losing to Sevilla and Barcelona at home and they have failed to beat any top six side which makes it look like Valencia has the upper hand at least on paper.
Villarreal are unbeaten in their last three visits to the Mestalla and have won three of the last four meetings againt Valencia.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Valencia
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Eibar |  |
2-1 |  |
Valencia | 16 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Valencia | |
2-1 |  |
Celta Vigo | 9 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Getafe |  |
1-0 | |
Valencia | 3 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Valencia | |
4-1 |  |
Real Zaragoza | 30 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Copa del Rey |
| D | Valencia | |
1-1 |  |
Barcelona | 26 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
Villarreal
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Celta Vigo | |
0-1 |  |
Villarreal | 17 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Villarreal | |
0-2 | |
Barcelona | 10 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Villarreal | |
0-1 |  |
Maccabi Tel-Aviv | 7 Dec, 2017 | UEFA Europa League |
| L | Leganes |  |
3-1 | |
Villarreal | 3 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Villarreal | |
3-0 |  |
Ponferradina | 30 Nov, 2017 | Spanish Copa del Rey |
H2H
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia | |
1-3 | |
Villarreal | 21 May, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| Villarreal | |
0-2 | |
Valencia | 21 Jan, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| Valencia | |
0-2 | |
Villarreal | 1 May, 2016 | Spanish Primera División |
| Villarreal | |
1-0 | |
Valencia | 31 Dec, 2015 | Spanish Primera División |
| Valencia | |
0-0 | |
Villarreal | 5 Apr, 2015 | Spanish Primera División |
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:
| August 23, 2019 | ||
| Granada | 19:00 | Sevilla |
| Levante | 21:00 | Villarreal |
| August 24, 2019 | ||
| Osasuna | 16:00 | Eibar |
| Real Madrid | 18:00 | Real Valladolid |
| Getafe | 20:00 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Celta de Vigo | 20:00 | Valencia |
| August 25, 2019 | ||
| Mallorca | 16:00 | Real Sociedad |
| Deportivo Alavés | 16:00 | Espanyol |
| Leganes | 18:00 | Atlético de Madrid |
| Barcelona | 20:00 | Real Betis |
| August 30, 2019 | ||
| Sevilla | 19:00 | Celta de Vigo |
| Athletic Bilbao | 21:00 | Real Sociedad |
| August 31, 2019 | ||
| Osasuna | 16:00 | Barcelona |
| Levante | 18:00 | Real Valladolid |
| Getafe | 18:00 | Deportivo Alavés |
| Real Betis | 20:00 | Leganes |
| September 1, 2019 | ||
| Valencia | 16:00 | Mallorca |
| Espanyol | 18:00 | Granada |
| Atlético de Madrid | 18:00 | Eibar |
| Villarreal | 20:00 | Real Madrid |
Spanish Primera Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Mallorca | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Real Valladolid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 | Atlético de Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 7 | Deportivo Alavés | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 9 | Granada | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 1 |
| 10 | Villarreal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 1 |
| 11 | Real Sociedad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 1 |
| 12 | Valencia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 1 |
| 13 | Eibar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Real Betis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Barcelona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Getafe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Leganes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Levante | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Celta de Vigo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Espanyol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Spanish Primera Results
| August 18, 2019 | ||
| Atlético de Madrid | 1 - 0 | Getafe |
| Real Betis | 1 - 2 | Real Valladolid |
| Espanyol | 0 - 2 | Sevilla |
| Deportivo Alavés | 1 - 0 | Levante |
| August 17, 2019 | ||
| Villarreal | 4 - 4 | Granada |
| Leganes | 0 - 1 | Osasuna |
| Mallorca | 2 - 1 | Eibar |
| Valencia | 1 - 1 | Real Sociedad |
| Celta de Vigo | 1 - 3 | Real Madrid |
| August 16, 2019 | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 1 - 0 | Barcelona |
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