H2H: Villarreal vs Valencia – Result Prediction (La Liga

Preview and Teams Comparison.

Without Paco Alcácer’s three goals, Villarreal would have half the LL points they currently have – he also scored the opener in the last H2H. Meanwhile, Maxi Gómez has scored after HT in Valencia’s two LL away games so far. Villarreal have won despite a -1 handicap in five of their last six LL wins.

Villarreal Insights.

Villarreal have had a decent start to the new La Liga (LL) campaign (W2, D2, L1) and subsequently enter this game as favourites. That’s a tag they should be comfortable with considering they’re unbeaten in 80.77% of the league games they’ve started as favorites since the beginning of last season (W15, D6, L5). Yet whilst the hosts remain unbeaten at home (W2, D1), just one of their five LL games this term (home/away) actually saw Villarreal score first. That’s not impacted well on their numbers upfront, with their tally of six goals scored so far (1.2 on average) their second-lowest tally after five matchdays across the last decade.

Valencia Insights.

Valencia have begun the season in mid-table form (W2, D1, L2), but with goals in both halves in four of those games, and the opener netted by the 20th in three, their fixtures have certainly been watchable. In fact there could be more of the same here, considering four of the last five competitive H2Hs saw the opener netted by the 15th minute – three times by Valencia. That said, three of Valencia’s last four away league games ended via a 1-0 scoreline either way (W1, L2). However their 1-0 victory in their previous road trip did halt their worst top-flight winless away streak since December 2012, but worryingly, the visitors have still scored over 1.5 team goals in just one of their last 13 LL away games.