The countdown match of the 33rd stage of the Spanish championship “Valencia” – “Villarreal” will take place on Wednesday, May 3, at 20:30 at “Mestalla” live on Orange Sport 3 and Prima Sport 3.

Valencia and Villarreal face off in the Valencia derby at different times for the two teams, with the home team fighting for relegation and the away team not giving up a place in the Champions League.

Valencia is in 17th place with 33 points, just two points ahead of Espanyol and Getafe, 18th and 19th places, the first two can be relegated (Elche, last ranked, with 16 points, is already making plans for next season in LaLiga 2).

Valencia, a club founded in 1928, were promoted to the first division in 1931 and have since been relegated only once, at the end of the 1985-86 season, but have returned to the elite of Spanish football after one season spent in the second division.

“Bats” came out after two wins and three losses in the last five matches of the championship, and in the previous stage they conceded on the field of Cadiz, one of the contenders for the fight for relegation, with a score of 1:2.

Since February, Valencia has been coached by its former captain Ruben Baraja, who replaced Gennaro Gattuso, and one of his “seconds” is another former player of the team, Carlos Marchena.

Valencia have won seven, drawn three and lost six at home this season, with veteran Edinson Cavani leading the team with five goals in the league.

Villarreal are in 5th place with 53 points, which secures a place in the Europa League (they have four points over Betis Sevilla, the team in 6th place), but have not given up on the idea of ​​qualifying for the Europa League. The Champions League, for which he is fighting with Real Sociedad, in conditions where it is impossible to reach the top three of the rating of Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atlético.

Quique Setien’s side have won three and lost two of their last five La Liga games, beating Celta Vigo 3-1 at home in the previous round.

Villarreal are one of the best teams away from home with six wins, three draws and seven defeats, and the top scorer for the Yellow Submarine is Jose Luis Morales, who has scored seven goals in this edition of LaLiga.

In a league match played on 31 December 2022, Villarreal beat Valencia 2-1 at home after goals from Chukwueze (45) and Foyt (88) respectively, Cavani (21).

Superbet offers odds of 1.62 on the prediction 1X: home win or draw in the match Valencia – Villarreal.

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