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Villarreal and Steaua Bucharest play at Camp El Madrigal in a Europa League match (Group Stage). In this match the home factor can play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Villarreal
After 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss, the home team is currently in 4th place with 6 points earned. In the last match, they drew 1-1 (1: 1) against FC Zürich after having lost (1-2) at home to Ankaraspor. This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when they play in front of their fans, since in the last 30 matches they have 2 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats as a visitor, with 14 goals scored and 16 conceded, against 8 wins, 3 draws And 4 defeats at home, with 20 goals scored and 12 conceded. In the last game that disputed, for the Primera Division, tied with Leganes outside by (0-0). In the last 10 home games Villarreal have recorded 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
In this competition, you have not won any of the last 4 games you played. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded at least one goal in each of the last 5 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 5 matches in this competition . In his home games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 13 of his last 30 matches finished with Less than 1.5 goals and 20 in 30 finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 5 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. In the last 12 home games in all competitions there are 1 periods in the standings: he suffered 4 of his 10 goals between the minutes (0′-15 ‘).
Villarreal come to this game with a goalless draw in the field of Leganés, registering in this way the second consecutive game without losing in official matches. To advance to the next phase of the Europa League, Villarreal need to add all three points. In this game at home coach Fran Escribá should keep the team in 4-4-2 with Sansone and Alexandre Pato being the most offensive references of the team: the second player is Villarreal’s top scorer with 5 goals scored. For this game the home manager can not count on Soriano, Castillejo, Soldado, Cheryshev and Jokic, players who are injured.
Steaua Bucharest
The visiting team is currently in 2nd place, with 6 points earned, after 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, he tied for FC Zürich (0-0). In the last match, won at home to Ankaraspor by (2-1). This is a team that curiously shows more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses as a visitor, with a total of 19 goals scored and 13 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, with a total of 16 goals scored and 16 conceded. The team arrives in this match after a home win with Pandurii Târgu Jiu by (3-1). In the last 10 matches played in all competitions, Steaua Bucharest won 5, drew 2 and lost 3. Defensive solidity has not been their strong point as they conceded 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition.
Steaua Bucharest’s team come to this motivated game with a 3-1 home victory over Pandurii, putting an end to their two straight games without a win: goals were scored by Enache (2 goals) and Pontilii . Like your opponent, the visiting team only needs to win to advance in this competition. Usually coach Laurentiu Reghecampf has gone for a run down the rankings, passing himself up 4-2-3-1, benefiting from defensive line and counter attacks, especially through the wings. Fernando Boldrin is the highlight of the visiting team with 6 goals and 3 assists. It seems that the coach can not count on Filip, Bourceanu and Tanase, all injured.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.75