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Valencia vs Villarreal Prediction & Betting tips
The Spanish get-together in the quarterfinals of the Europa League between Valencia and Villarreal seems as good as halfway through, because thanks to last week’s 1-3 victory, Valencia can hardly miss a place in the last four. Villarreal hopes to be able to play its rival in the Derbi de la Comunitat on Thursday evening.
Valencia:
These are exciting times for Valencia, which recovered after a poor first half of the season. Los Che recently set a new club record by remaining unbeaten for seventeen games in a row. In addition, they settled 3-1 in their own Mestalla with fellow townman Levante last weekend, which means that a final ranking in the top four of La Liga is still possible.
With the Europa League, Valencia has a second trump card in its search for a starting ticket for the Champions League. Thanks to the 1-3 victory last week, the team of coach Marcelino Toral is naturally on roses, although that result was somewhat flattering. The 1-2 of Daniel Wass and the 1-3 of Goncalo Guedes only fell in injury time. The shape of Guedes in particular will appeal to the fans of Valencia, because for the first time in a long time the Portuguese midfielder is back to his level of last season. With six goals in his last eight duels in the shirt of Valencia, he finally fulfills his hefty price tag of forty million euros last summer.
Villarreal:
The European adventure of Villarreal is likely to end on Thursday evening. The yellow shirts play in Europe all season with a combination of reserves and basic players. The Spaniards still managed to get away with this against Sporting CP and Zenit Sint-Petersburg, but fellow countryman Valencia clearly seems to be a measure of the team of coach Javi Calleja, who has not yet given up the fight: ‘There is still a game to play. In the first leg we were the better party for more than 75 minutes. We only went under in the last fifteen minutes. ‘
Nice words, but as far as I can remember, no club has ever managed to shake a 1-3 home defeat in the return in the knockout phase of a major European tournament. In addition, there is a good chance that Calleja will also rotate in the return and save some key players for the home game against Leganes next Sunday. Thanks to last weekend’s 0-1 victory over Girona, Villarreal has finally managed to leave the Spanish relegation zone behind, but the differences in the tail of the Primera Division remain extremely small. It is therefore not surprising that Calleja is already looking ahead to next Sunday with a slanted eye.
Valencia vs Villarreal head to head matches
11.04.19 EL Villarreal Valencia 1 : 3
26.01.19 LL Valencia Villarreal 3 : 0
23.09.18 LL Villarreal Valencia 0 : 0
05.05.18 LL Villarreal Valencia 1 : 0
23.12.17 LL Valencia Villarreal 0 : 1