La Liga Preview: Real Madrid vs Villarreal, Key-stats, Line-ups, Odds, Prediction – 2020-21

Karim Benzema-Vinicius Junior-Zinedine Zidane-Real Madrid
Karim Benzema-Vinicius Junior-Zinedine Zidane-Real Madrid | Photo Credit: IMAGO

Real Madrid host Villarreal in the Spanish La Liga this weekend and the League title is on offer for Los Blancos.

Venue: Alfredo di Stefano Stadium

Key Statistics

  • Real Madrid are undefeated in their last 17 matches (LaLiga).
  • Real Madrid are undefeated in 18 of their last 19 home matches against Villarreal in all competitions.
  • Real Madrid have scored at least 2 goals in 5 of their last 6 home matches (LaLiga).

Real Madrid

The home side are just two points adrift of league leaders Atletico Madrid and they will need to win here in order to keep their title hopes alive.

The three points here will not guarantee their title win and they will have to hope that Atletico Madrid drop points.

Real Madrid are coming into this game on the back of an impressive away win against Athletic Bilbao and they will fancy their chances against Villarreal.

Possible Real Madrid line-ups

Thibaut Courtois; Miguel Gutierrez, Nacho Fernandez, Eder Militao, Alvaro Odriozola; Casemiro, Federico Valverde, Luka Modric; Eden Hazard, Vinicius Jr, Karim Benzema

Villarreal

The away side will be fighting for a place in the Europa League and they will be desperate to win as well.

They are just one point adrift of the fifth spot and they could easily secure Europa League qualification with a win over Real Madrid and a bit of luck in terms of other results.

The visitors have a dreadful away record against Real Madrid and they will be hoping to make amends here.

Possible Villarreal line-up

Sergio Asenjo; Alfonso Pedraza, Pau Torres, Raul Albiol, Ruben Pena; Etienne Capoue, Dani Parejo, Manuel Trigueros; Carlos Bacca, Gerard Moreno, Moi Gomez

Betting Odds

Real Madrid : Draw : Villarreal :: 1.40 : 5.00 : 6.50

Prediction

There is no doubt that Real Madrid are the better team here and they will be firm favourites to win. The home side will be full of motivation given the importance of the game in the context of the title race.

They should be able to grind out a narrow win here.

Real Madrid 2-1 Villarreal