Villarreal vs Real Madrid, La Liga Round of 16 tie is scheduled for Saturday 7th January at 17:15 at El Madrigal and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 2, Prima Sport 2 and Orange Sport 2. .
In the most interesting match of the 16th round of LaLiga, the first scheduled for 2023, “Villarreal” and “Real” will meet.
Villarreal are in 7th place with 24 points from 15 games, one behind the two teams above them, Athletic Bilbao and Betis Sevilla, and are coming off a 2-1 home league win against Valencia.
The Yellow Submarine have the second-best defense in La Liga with 11 goals conceded (only Barcelona conceded less, with 6), but they face major problems in attack with 17 goals (four of which belong to team leader Baena bombardier).
In the first official match of 2023, Villarreal defeated Cartagena (second division) 5:1 away and thus reached the round of 16 of the Spanish Cup.
From October 25, 2022, Villarreal will be coached by Quique Setien (in recent years at Betis Sevilla and Barcelona), who replaced Unai Emery in the Premier League, who left for Aston Villa.
Real Madrid finished 2022 in 2nd place with 38 points after 15 stages, level with leaders Barcelona, who they beat 3-1 at home, but with a lower goal difference than their opponents from Catalonia.
Los Blancos won their last league match, played on 30 December 2022, 2-0 away to Valladolid, and they are through to the last 16 of the Copa del Rey after 1-0 at Casereno in mid-week. , a team from the fourth league.
The team coached by Carlo Ancelotti has the strongest attack in the championship with 35 goals scored, the most, seven, scored by Karim Benzema.
Their last five games at El Madrigal have ended in draws and Real have not beaten Villarreal in La Liga since 2014 when they won 2-0.
In fact, the two previous season’s games ended 0-0 each time, with Real Madrid’s last success against Villarreal coming on 22 May 2021 at the Santiago Bernabeu with a score of 2-1.
Superbet offers odds of 1.35 on the prediction X2: a draw or a win for the guests in the match Villarreal – Real Madrid.
| Villarreal – Real Madrid | X2 | ||
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| Share it | 1.35 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
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