Football Previews
Villarreal vs Levante
Competition – Spanish Primera
Stadium – Estadio de la Cerámica
Date: 20th January 2018
Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT
Villarreal were surprise winners over Real Madrid last weekend.
Their 1-0 win over the defending champions has piled pressure on Zinedine Zidane at the Bernabeu and more importantly enhanced their reputation as one of the giant killers in the league.
They also beat high flying Valencia by the same score line but games like this where you expect them to win has frustrated them this season.
They are currently fifth in the league table, just one point behind Real Madrid and a win here would see them move two points clear of Los Blancos for at least one day.
They seem to have found defensive stability as they have kept a clean sheet in 50% of their home games this season and have conceded just 3 goals in their last 6 games.
Levante started the season in an impressive manner with a win over Villarreal but they have only won one other game since that time and they head into this game with just 1 win in 14 league games.
Interestingly none of their players have scored since 19th November and the only goal they have scored since that time was an own goal by Aymeric Laporte of Atleitco Madrid.
Levante have lost their last 3 visits to Villarreal in a row.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Villarreal
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Real Madrid |  |
0-1 |  |
Villarreal | 13 Jan, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Villarreal | |
2-1 |  |
Leganes | 10 Jan, 2018 | Spanish Copa del Rey |
| D | Villarreal | |
1-1 |  |
Deportivo La Coruña | 7 Jan, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Leganes | |
1-0 | |
Villarreal | 4 Jan, 2018 | Spanish Copa del Rey |
| W | Valencia |  |
0-1 | |
Villarreal | 23 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
Levante
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Levante |  |
0-1 |  |
Celta Vigo | 14 Jan, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| L | Levante | |
0-2 |  |
Espanyol | 11 Jan, 2018 | Spanish Copa del Rey |
| L | Barcelona |  |
3-0 | |
Levante | 7 Jan, 2018 | Spanish Primera División |
| W | Espanyol | |
1-2 | |
Levante | 4 Jan, 2018 | Spanish Copa del Rey |
| D | Levante | |
0-0 | |
Leganes | 19 Dec, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
H2H
| LAST FIVE GAMES | DATE | COMPETITION | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levante | |
1-0 | |
Villarreal | 21 Aug, 2017 | Spanish Primera División |
| Villarreal | |
3-0 | |
Levante | 28 Feb, 2016 | Spanish Primera División |
| Levante | |
1-0 | |
Villarreal | 4 Oct, 2015 | Spanish Primera División |
| Villarreal | |
1-0 | |
Levante | 24 Jan, 2015 | Spanish Primera División |
| Levante | |
0-2 | |
Villarreal | 24 Aug, 2014 | Spanish Primera División |
Other fixtures taking place this week in the Spanish Primera:
| November 2, 2024 | ||
| Valencia | 21:00 | Real Madrid |
| November 22, 2024 | ||
| Getafe | 21:00 | Real Valladolid |
| November 23, 2024 | ||
| Valencia | 14:00 | Real Betis |
| Atlético de Madrid | 16:15 | Alaves |
| Las Palmas | 18:30 | Mallorca |
| Girona | 18:30 | Espanyol |
| Celta Vigo | 21:00 | Barcelona |
| November 24, 2024 | ||
| Osasuna | 14:00 | Villarreal |
| Sevilla | 16:15 | Rayo Vallecano |
| Leganes | 18:30 | Real Madrid |
| Athletic Bilbao | 21:00 | Real Sociedad |
| November 29, 2024 | ||
| Mallorca | 21:00 | Valencia |
| November 30, 2024 | ||
| Barcelona | 14:00 | Las Palmas |
| Alaves | 16:15 | Leganes |
| Espanyol | 18:30 | Celta Vigo |
| Real Valladolid | 21:00 | Atlético de Madrid |
| December 1, 2024 | ||
| Villarreal | 14:00 | Girona |
| Real Madrid | 16:15 | Getafe |
| Rayo Vallecano | 18:30 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Real Sociedad | 21:00 | Real Betis |
Spanish Primera Table
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 12 | +28 | 33 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 27 |
| 3 | Atlético de Madrid | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 26 |
| 4 | Villarreal | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 24 |
| 5 | Osasuna | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Athletic Bilbao | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 20 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 20 |
| 8 | Real Sociedad | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 18 |
| 9 | Mallorca | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | +0 | 18 |
| 10 | Girona | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Celta Vigo | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | +0 | 16 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Leganes | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 14 |
| 15 | Alaves | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 13 |
| 16 | Las Palmas | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Getafe | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 10 |
| 18 | Espanyol | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 10 |
| 19 | Real Valladolid | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 9 |
| 20 | Valencia | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 7 |
Spanish Primera Results
| November 10, 2024 | ||
| Real Sociedad | 1 - 0 | Barcelona |
| Real Valladolid | 1 - 1 | Athletic Bilbao |
| Getafe | 0 - 1 | Girona |
| Mallorca | 0 - 1 | Atlético de Madrid |
| Real Betis | 2 - 2 | Celta Vigo |
| November 9, 2024 | ||
| Leganes | 1 - 0 | Sevilla |
| Villarreal | 3 - 0 | Alaves |
| Real Madrid | 4 - 0 | Osasuna |
| November 8, 2024 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 1 - 3 | Las Palmas |
| November 4, 2024 | ||
| Celta Vigo | 1 - 0 | Getafe |
| November 3, 2024 | ||
| Athletic Bilbao | 1 - 1 | Real Betis |
| Sevilla | 0 - 2 | Real Sociedad |
| Barcelona | 3 - 1 | Espanyol |
| Atlético de Madrid | 2 - 0 | Las Palmas |
| November 2, 2024 | ||
| Girona | 4 - 3 | Leganes |
| Osasuna | 1 - 0 | Real Valladolid |
| November 1, 2024 | ||
| Alaves | 1 - 0 | Mallorca |
| October 28, 2024 | ||
| Mallorca | 0 - 0 | Athletic Bilbao |
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